so pros got 50 pts and non got 6

[MickChunky]

Pros get rewarded for supporting the site. Maybe seeing this will be incentive to non-pros to step up their game. If you can't keep a $200 balance, what are you even doing this for?

[SBR_John]

When we planned the points program we wanted to give double points for Christmas and we did. What we give Pro's really shouldn't be compared. Plus, if you really wanted the rewards of a Pro it's extremely easy to become Pro.

[ttwarrior1]

can i do 50 dollars at a time and build it to 200, or put 50 on, get it to 200 and become pro?

[harlee71]

When you have $200 in a sponsored book then apply. That is all it takes.

You post was way out of line.

[Lo$t]

Cwissy prefers to stay amateur.

[yisman]

hmm i didnt complain, i would lose any ammount in the casino anyway, but wow 6 vs 50, stunning

You didn't complain?

[sharpcat]

What makes you think that you should receive as many points or even close to as many as players who have deposited at least $200 into a sponsor book????

[obamaismyuncle]

I have deposited at least $200 into 5 different books thru SBR, I want 50 points for each one, thanks..

[mtneer1212]

Non-pros should feel lucky to get 6 points.

[Flexin]

While I don't agree with the reasons for creating this thread, I do understand where he is coming from with this post, as the regular world is much the same way and it does make me sick. Rich celebrities get free iPods and iPhones when regular people have to pay for them from their own pockets. Children of university employees get free tuition, while people making half that money have to pay for it from their pocket as well. These are just two examples, but the whole world is like that and it just helps people who are already ahead get more ahead. And 90% of the time it has nothing to do with work ethic or laziness, it is just luck, as the people who are ahead don't work more than anyone else for what they want in life. That being said, I'm fukking glad I got these pts as I went all in on Hawaii ML (500 pts) and lost everything.

As far as University goes, yes most if not all get discounts for working there. Thats just a benefit of working there. People making less money have to pay full price but so do the people making the same amount and also the ones making more.

How would you feel if you were a paying member of an auto club which gave you a free tow but then a guy comes in behind you with his car on the hook that wasn't a member that still got the free tow?

They did it right with the points. I'm happy to get any at all for being a non pro. Thanks SBR.

James

[King Mayan]

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100... If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this...

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

So, that's what they decided to do..

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve ball. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20". Drinks for the ten men would now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. So the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men? The paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share?

They realised that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.

So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by a higher percentage the poorer he was, to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using, and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay.

And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% saving).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% saving).
The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28% saving).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% saving).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% saving).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% saving).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out of the $20 saving," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,"but he got $10!"

"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar too. It's unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!"

"That's true!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back, when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!"

"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison, "we didn't get anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!


As in real life, the bludgers, ignorant and jealous types will just about always whinge like a bitch, even though nothing has changed for the worse. And more often than not, ruin the party for everyone involved.

the 10th man just finished a job that paid the 1st 4 men minimum wage for back breaking work while his trust fund(which opened the business) ass made thousands for just checking in from time to time.......

[saints7011]

I'm trying to think of something clever to say so John may drop me a few extra points for saying something clever in support of SBR , only problem is I'm not clever enough to come up with something clever to say , so a simple Thank You SBR will have to do...

thanks for the point John , you rock...

[Swinging Johnson]

the 10th man just finished a job that paid the 1st 4 men minimum wage for back breaking work while his trust fund(which opened the business) ass made thousands for just checking in from time to time.......

If people were rewarded financially based on how laborious their work was then roofers, garbagemen and general laborers would work a day and then quit to enjoy their billions. It's not only how hard you work, it's how smart you work. The best businessmen are the ones who start something, employ dozens, hundreds or thousands of others and then put a construct in place which will allow others to run it.

I'll never understand how people like yourself feel the very people who benefit from an entrepreneur's vision by being employed, are the same who bitch that the guy who started it doesn't work hard enough or makes too much money. If you think that, then start your own business and see how that works out for you.

The 1st 4 men don't have to work for minimum wage. If they are skilled enough, someone else will pay them what they're worth. As for the 10th man who reaps the benefits of this business that employs the others, what business is it of yours as long as he's paying his help? This is the kind of thinking that turns a democracy into a socialist style government. Everybody is the same and everyone gets paid the same amount. Well, I'm here to tell you, we're not all the same and the unskilled, the unambitious and the uneducated should not be compensated comensurately to those who are visionaries and those who do create while the rest are content to benefit from that very creation. It's like ttwarrior being rewarded the same as SBR John. Foolish right? Well so was your analogy.

[MadTiger]

“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work.
“At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing. So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day. So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.
“At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, ‘Why haven’t you been working today?’
“They replied, ‘Because no one hired us.’
“The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’
“That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first. When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage. When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage. When they received their pay, they protested to the owner, ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’
“He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you. Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’
“So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.”

[Cookie Monster]

ttwarrior, the writing is in the wall: "BECOME A PRO".
If you want to stay as regular, that is your decision. But do not complain about pros getting most of the perks.

[thadchr]

I didn't get anything... how come?

[Lo$t]

Cwissy says this is from the same nitwit who is responsible for everyone in the Carib yearly and weekly Classic getting awarded too too points either side, either total of the Vikings/Eagles game. Cwissy says this will almost positively affect final prize standings as might the ridiculous house pick rule. Cwissy says Swinging Johnson should be quiet.

If people were rewarded financially based on how laborious their work was then roofers, garbagemen and general laborers would work a day and then quit to enjoy their billions. It's not only how hard you work, it's how smart you work. The best businessmen are the ones who start something, employ dozens, hundreds or thousands of others and then put a construct in place which will allow others to run it.

I'll never understand how people like yourself feel the very people who benefit from an entrepreneur's vision by being employed, are the same who bitch that the guy who started it doesn't work hard enough or makes too much money. If you think that, then start your own business and see how that works out for you.

The 1st 4 men don't have to work for minimum wage. If they are skilled enough, someone else will pay them what they're worth. As for the 10th man who reaps the benefits of this business that employs the others, what business is it of yours as long as he's paying his help? This is the kind of thinking that turns a democracy into a socialist style government. Everybody is the same and everyone gets paid the same amount. Well, I'm here to tell you, we're not all the same and the unskilled, the unambitious and the uneducated should not be compensated comensurately to those who are visionaries and those who do create while the rest are content to benefit from that very creation. It's like ttwarrior being rewarded the same as SBR John. Foolish right? Well so was your analogy.

[ttwarrior1]

i will become a pro this week if d brees can put up 25 fantasy points tonight, 6 points for a passing td, 1 pt for every 25 yards passing, so 250 yards and 2 td can do it and i still have celek, but celek might lay a goose egg.

Oh yes, I will make a post saying non pros are losers if this happens.

[King Mayan]

If people were rewarded financially based on how laborious their work was then roofers, garbagemen and general laborers would work a day and then quit to enjoy their billions. It's not only how hard you work, it's how smart you work. The best businessmen are the ones who start something, employ dozens, hundreds or thousands of others and then put a construct in place which will allow others to run it.

I'll never understand how people like yourself feel the very people who benefit from an entrepreneur's vision by being employed, are the same who bitch that the guy who started it doesn't work hard enough or makes too much money. If you think that, then start your own business and see how that works out for you.

The 1st 4 men don't have to work for minimum wage. If they are skilled enough, someone else will pay them what they're worth. As for the 10th man who reaps the benefits of this business that employs the others, what business is it of yours as long as he's paying his help? This is the kind of thinking that turns a democracy into a socialist style government. Everybody is the same and everyone gets paid the same amount. Well, I'm here to tell you, we're not all the same and the unskilled, the unambitious and the uneducated should not be compensated comensurately to those who are visionaries and those who do create while the rest are content to benefit from that very creation. It's like ttwarrior being rewarded the same as SBR John. Foolish right? Well so was your analogy.

Money makes money...smarter doesn't make money...... And of course ttwarrior doesn't deserve shit... But to say the poor are uneducated and unambitious is just being dumb...

[Bcatswin]

Where can one find SBR trivia? Thanks...

[Bcatswin]

Nevermind, found it...

[maxcraft]

Nevermind, found it...

where?

[Bcatswin]

Gotta be a pro...

[the-phenomenal-1]

thought they gave sbr points for signing up

[cant call it]

If you dont like your 6 points give them to me.
thanks sbr lou

[jetsjets1028]

wow what huge difference that isnt right

[Carissa81]

especially since we know the pros are depositing 100, then withdrawing imediately

do you get more points or something if you do this? sounds like a scam

[teecee]

thanks for the double points, sbr.

[CollegePro]

Non-pros should feel lucky to get 6 points.

wow.. feeling really special... not!!! **** that

[Swinging Johnson]

Money makes money...smarter doesn't make money...... And of course ttwarrior doesn't deserve shit... But to say the poor are uneducated and unambitious is just being dumb...

Some of the smartest men I know do not have a college education. If you think I am saying all poor people are stupid then you have misconstrued my statements. What I am saying is that if someone is truly ambitious and truly intelligent (not necessarily educated), they will not remain poor for long.

And by the way, just having money does not necessarily mean you will make more. Ask Madoff's victims or peruse the bankruptcies among professional athletes. Money alone does not guarantee more money. If you're stupid with your money you will lose it. Money only allows you the opportunity to make more of it through investing and not hard work...and that by the way, is not a crime.

[sickler]

If people were rewarded financially based on how laborious their work was then roofers, garbagemen and general laborers would work a day and then quit to enjoy their billions. It's not only how hard you work, it's how smart you work. The best businessmen are the ones who start something, employ dozens, hundreds or thousands of others and then put a construct in place which will allow others to run it.

I'll never understand how people like yourself feel the very people who benefit from an entrepreneur's vision by being employed, are the same who bitch that the guy who started it doesn't work hard enough or makes too much money. If you think that, then start your own business and see how that works out for you.

The 1st 4 men don't have to work for minimum wage. If they are skilled enough, someone else will pay them what they're worth. As for the 10th man who reaps the benefits of this business that employs the others, what business is it of yours as long as he's paying his help? This is the kind of thinking that turns a democracy into a socialist style government. Everybody is the same and everyone gets paid the same amount. Well, I'm here to tell you, we're not all the same and the unskilled, the unambitious and the uneducated should not be compensated comensurately to those who are visionaries and those who do create while the rest are content to benefit from that very creation. It's like ttwarrior being rewarded the same as SBR John. Foolish right? Well so was your analogy.

I disagree with the part in bold. We're talking about a Christmas bonus, right? When I was a teen I had a part time job as a parking lot attendant. My boss was a powerful local businessman, owned a lot of property in the downtown core. He had a business across the street from the parking lot, wanted to give free parking to his customers, they just had to get their ticket validated inside. Made money from non-customers as well, it was a big lot and all the parking in this area was pay.

Anyways, he gave me the same Christmas bonus as all his other employees, salesmen making six figures, etc...I think he did the right thing, it wasn't a performance bonus. At the time I was unskilled, uneducated, and unambitious. It's sitting on your ass in a small booth punching tickets, doing nothing most of the time. No skill, ambition or education required.

Are there some "non-SBR pros" who show support to the site in other ways? Imagine if there's a non-pro who volunteers to grades contests. He gets six points at Christmas, while the "pro" gets 50. Not fair.

This is an impartial opinion, I truly do not care about SBR points.

[Lo$t]

Cwissy says Swinging Johnson is a Swinging Jackass.

[HeeeHAWWWW]

Don't see a problem here, tbh. Points are a freebie intended to help SBR's bottom line. The bonus system reflects that.

[MBENZ]

Cwissy says Swinging Johnson is a Swinging Jackass.

Cwissy says this was the final straw.

[aceking]

1 point = 5 cents .

you can earn more at Burger King .