[News] Flames getting a jersey sponsor on their partnership with PlayAlberta

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by dino7c

seemed implied...you said you hope they sell less jersey's for the 7 years of this contract...just saying they will have even more ads or bigger ads by the time that is due.

You may not like dino7c, but again, likely true.

We come at it from totally different perspectives but there is no denying that he's right way more often than the rest of us are.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

I can appreciate the irony in having jersey ads to promote gambling and a helmet ad to promote not gambling too much.

Every ad to control your gambling is a reminder to gamble.

It's never 'stop gambling you poor idiot,' it's always 'after shelter and food are covered, gamble all you want.'

The fact that people have to be told not to loose their shelter and/or starve (because then you might have a problem) tells you everything you need to know about how vulnerable many people are to this addiction, and how laughable these anti gambling efforts are.

[BACKCHECK!!!]

I’ve honestly lost a lot of respect for the Flames organization over this.

The constant stream of gambling ads is the worst thing to ever happen to the NHL. I’m uncomfortable watching the TV broadcasts with my son. “Hey, hockey is great, but remember, ignore the constant stream of socially corrosive behaviour they’re promoting at every puck drop.”

I’ve watched a lot less hockey the last two years specifically because of the gambling ads. And hoping that they’ll come back around at some point.

Looks like the Flames have chosen to lean into it even harder.

This really sucks.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

I don’t even care about ads or what they look like. I just think it’s scummy to promote gambling.

It's AOK as long as the government gets their cut.

[Howie_16]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

It’s not going away. Gambling is the league’s main strategy for promoting engagement with young men who have zero interest in watching a 3 hour hockey game. Every other league in North America wishes it was the NFL, and they know how much of that league’s popularity comes from sports betting.

This is a significant worry I have as a father of three young boys.

I have very little interest in gambling on sports outside of a small stakes wager with friends who might cheer for another team, and I tend to mentally tune out the references to these gambling sites when I watch a game. I don't know if my young boys will be able to do the same and what will the consequences of that be for them once they turn 18 and are able to legally make wagers of their own?

[dino7c]

Gambling is pretty far down my list of worries about my kids these days

[Howie_16]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Gambling is pretty far down my list of worries about my kids these days

Fair enough. Maybe I should say that I am not so much worried about them making small stake wagers, but I do worry about them getting in over their heads where their gambling debts become excessive. This is very much a real world problem that shouldn't be easily dismissed.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Table 5

If we're gonna be pushing gambling, we might as well just bring back cigarette advertising, as at least those always looked good with sports. I'd much rather have a sweet Marlboro patch on.

Growing up my sister was into Equestrian.

Bring back DuMaurier!

Its got the right colors, good branding and lets be honest...

How hard would it be to re-crest the Jerseys and have Blasty just having a few darts??

If we're going to get into this lets not half-ass it! Whole ass all the way!!!

I should have gone into advertising!

[Locke]

We could repurpose the T-Shirt cannon to fire out packs of smokes into the crowd!

Promotional puck! They have a pack of smokes taped to them and the players give them to children!

"Here you go little one! Dont smoke them all in one place!"

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Originally Posted by Locke

Growing up my sister was into Equestrian.

Bring back DuMaurier!

Its got the right colors, good branding and lets be honest...

How hard would it be to re-crest the Jerseys and have Blasty just having a few darts??

If we're going to get into this lets not half-ass it! Whole ass all the way!!!

I should have gone into advertising!

The good old days when you could buy a pack of smokes at the concessions and smoke them on the concourse.

Spoiler!

[Locke]

We're living too long. We need to bring back Health Hazards.

Get Blasty on the Jumbotron smoking a pack and then hand them out to the crowd!

[getbak]

It looks like they're now selling the Fanatics Authentics ($500 for a blank). No advertising patches.

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