Quote Originally Posted by mjag21 View Post
Bill,

With all due respect, I vehemently oppose your position. At the risk of sounding redundant, as many other people here said, if you became a pro on December 31, 2011 you would not have to renew until December 31, 2013. I renewed on Feb. 13, 2012, so now I have to renew on Feb 13, 2013. That person's $200 investment is worth 2 years, while my $200 investment is only worth one. The point is not that someone owes us anything. No one here was owed anything. SBR did a very nice gesture for the majority of the people who renewed their pro status. However they are leaving out a minority of people who did the exact same thing, albeit during months that SBR deems unworthy. The point of your argument therefore becomes null and void. I am not saying SBR owes us anything. Nothing was taken from anyone who is Pro status. I am happy for the people who received an extra year of Pro Status.I am only speaking for myself, who ends up getting screwed. I don't understand why you will argue against this anyway. By SBR giving us an extra year, it would have no effect on you whatsoever. If everyone gets an extra year, then SBR shows they value everyone's Pro membership the same, regardless of when you renewed. I look forward to hearing John's response.

Just saw this thread and read through it briefly. I became Pro Feb. 3rd 2011 and renewed a few months ago, so I'm part of the group that is getting screwed. Pretty ****** up SBR is not giving the extension to us Jan/Feb guys, I can't even bet the Superbowl next year now.

Anyways, my whole take is SBR is being way too paranoid. U.S. citizens can't even buy points to gamble, so why would a U.S. agency want to go after SBR? They are based in Costa Rica anyways, all they need to do is change from a .com to something else to be super safe. If SBR has no U.S. based presence, don't allow U.S. citizens to buy points or use any real cash to gamble on their site.....how could they get in trouble? Just seems silly to not allow U.S. people to renew Pro status through sports books anymore. Is SBR afraid they could get into trouble because it could be said they encourage U.S. citizens to gamble by allowing them to deposit into a sportsbook to gain Pro status? If so, then the main administrators at SBR are way too paranoid, grow a pair.