Which Sports forum will be the 1st to close up shop

[Sam Odom]

Of these 5

a- SBR

b- Majorwager

c- TheRx

d- EOG

e- Covers

[doc]

Haha... none of them. Some of them may scale back on the money they spend on stuff like SBR's beautiful live lines but none of them are going anywhere because the traffic is self sustaining.

[Sam Odom]

one forum owner is telling his readers to pull their $$ out if a book drops their ad money to his site

[doc]

one forum owner is telling his readers to pull their $$ out if a book drops their ad money to his site

Wow, who is that?

[bigboydan]

I don't think SBR will be closing anytime soon Sam. I feel it all depends on if the who's the one thats not complying with the new laws at the time the DOJ starts raiding gaming portals.

[Sam Odom]

Wow, who is that?

eog

[freebie]

I think SBR. cause they're the only sports forum to separate US viewers and the rest of the world.

[moses millsap]

SBR and EOG. I don't see the other 3 going anywhere.

[doc]

I think SBR. cause they're the only sports forum to separate US viewers and the rest of the world.

That was a kinda retarded move IMO.. So I cannot click on shit on the homepage but i can click on the banners at the top of the forum.

What was that supposed to accomplish?

But my assumption is SBR can still demand AD money and they will always be here as long as they can land contracts.

[Sam Odom]

i agree with the poll sofar in that TheRX aint going 1st

[jjgold]

EOG

MW and SBR have very strong numbers

[WhiteCap]

"I don't think SBR will be closing anytime soon Sam. I feel it all depends on if the who's the one thats not complying with the new laws at the time the DOJ starts raiding gaming portals."

I'm not an expert, but I do not think the gov't will do anything to the gambling portals that simply link to sportsbooks and accept advertising dollars. I really don't think they are going to do a thing to the one's who use non-US servers and are businesses outside of the US like covers, mw, and eog. Furthermore, the gov't has never arrested any portal owner or media agency for displaying ads. They have used intimidation tactics to scare companies like Google, Yahoo, and Sporting News to stop taking ads and pay fines to avoid prosecution, but I don't think they will actually arrest and prosecute any portal owner who refuses to obey their threats. My 2 cents. Only the strong will survive. The weak will fold like a cheap suit to the government's scare tactics.

[bigboydan]

I see your points Whitecap. However, I have this something very similar happen in another industries a few years back, and site owners did face jail time over it. If a site owner obeys the laws they should be fine.

[BuddyBear]

I doubt anyone will close down. They can always say they are a sports talk forum...that's what covers does.

[imgv94]

Other than Covers,SBR,EOG and theRX

All the other forums are really slow and boring right now,imagine when it's there is only baseball and NBA? it will only get worse..

[jjgold]

EOG in the lead right now as they should be, they just do not have the secondary products to last and the URL is very weak.

[bigboydan]

All the other forums are really slow and boring right now,imagine when it's there is only baseball and NBA? it will only get worse..

I think a lot of peoples money is tied up in NT right now, and that could be a big part of the reason traffic is down on the forums.

[onlooker]

Other than Covers,SBR,EOG and theRX

All the other forums are really slow and boring right now,imagine when it's there is only baseball and NBA? it will only get worse..

Baseball is the funniest time of the year, I dont understand why people leave durning that stretch.

[Tchocky]

Who's "MW"? Nevermind.