Only Way To Become Pro Is Donation????

[boeing power]

I'm just gonna join up at heritage to renew my pro membership.

You Americans are getting screwed.

[opie1988]

Charity starts at home. This is why I've just added another option to the link.

"The Opie fund: Money for Opie".

Please open your hearts, and especially your wallets, to this wonderful cause!

[bettilimbroke999]

Donate to charity r u serious? This is a degenerate online gambling site if 99% of these ***** ever could save two benjamins theyd be down at walmart moneygramin it to pablo jorge rodriguez in nicaragua

[Mikeyanks23]

Donate to charity r u serious? This is a degenerate online gambling site if 99% of these ***** ever could save two benjamins theyd be down at walmart moneygramin it to pablo jorge rodriguez in nicaragua

not every1..ive been very fortunate to succeed in my own business, and i give back all the time. I donated 200 today. I donate something to a charity at least once a month. Id pay for others to go pro with m y donations if it was possible. Oh im a degenerate too I just have my priorities strait.

Bettilimbroke did you ever buy that composite or aluminum bat?

[bettilimbroke999]

not every1..ive been very fortunate to succeed in my own business, and i give back all the time. I donated 200 today. I donate something to a charity at least once a month. Id pay for others to go pro with m y donations if it was possible. Oh im a degenerate too I just have my priorities strait.

Bettilimbroke did you ever buy that composite or aluminum bat?

Congrats on your success but just reading this forum you can tell we got alot of ppl livin in their parents basements and a 200 donation to doctors without borders is about the last thing on their mind

About the bat....no I didnt, though you're makin me want to eBay one right now, the truth is no one I know is really a consistent baseball/softball player and its such a random once a year thing I just gave up on it (I also hurt my shoulder throwin a 100 fastballs to see how far they could hit it) but yea its fun when you get together and play but also when you've just got a couple other guys its not really a baseball game its just batting practice, Id like to join like a softball league and have a good time playin on an actual team...maybe next year

[Goat Milk]

Charities, ha.

Someone puts a sick child on TV and asks people for their "support" and everyone bites. The money you're sending in gets filtered. There is a process. Just like any government project. Let's say an estimation of 10 million to build this new school. Do you know how much it would cost if you put a conservative on the job that actually keeps track of every penny?

You're $200 becomes $20 when it's filtered down to the person that actually needs it...

[ttrace35]

Word

[bettilimbroke999]

Charities, ha.

Someone puts a sick child on TV and asks people for their "support" and everyone bites. The money you're sending in gets filtered. There is a process. Just like any government project. Let's say an estimation of 10 million to build this new school. Do you know how much it would cost if you put a conservative on the job that actually keeps track of every penny?

You're $200 becomes $20 when it's filtered down to the person that actually needs it...

Whats funny is that if you or I started a "charity" and paid ourselves 180 salary of every 200 donated wed be put in jail for fraud, when the UNICEF CEO gets paid 2 mil a year salary thats just bc hes running the charity so well...nevermind that its not a business and hes just pocketing money donated to poor kids

[samgurt]

Charities, ha.

Someone puts a sick child on TV and asks people for their "support" and everyone bites. The money you're sending in gets filtered. There is a process. Just like any government project. Let's say an estimation of 10 million to build this new school. Do you know how much it would cost if you put a conservative on the job that actually keeps track of every penny?

You're $200 becomes $20 when it's filtered down to the person that actually needs it...

this is why i would rather volunteer somewhere than donate $

[Nittany Lion]

I like the idea of being able to renew SBR Pro by using points, they should also let Non-Pros pay points to become SBR Pro. Like Pro's pay 3K points to renew membership, a non-pro would have to pay 4k points to join. Gives something for non-pros to work up to......why not allow this SBR?

The only thing non-pros can buy with their points is hats/shirts and other stupid shit right? Let them pay for pro membership.

Nominate this post if you guys agree.

[The Giant]

I like the idea of being able to renew SBR Pro by using points, they should also let Non-Pros pay points to become SBR Pro. Like Pro's pay 3K points to renew membership, a non-pro would have to pay 4k points to join. Gives something for non-pros to work up to......why not allow this SBR?

The only thing non-pros can buy with their points is hats/shirts and other stupid shit right? Let them pay for pro membership.

Nominate this post if you guys agree.

Bad idea.

That would be the ultimate freeroll for non-pro members, and they would never join until their ten-team parlay miraculously paid off.

There should be some kind of support for the site.

[baskets]

can we somehow get it linked to porn sites?

we're all adults here... Walker has to be able to work out some sort of sponsorships..... and this audience eats up porn like horses eat up hay


make it happen, brass

[boeing power]

can we somehow get it linked to porn sites?

we're all adults here... Walker has to be able to work out some sort of sponsorships..... and this audience eats up porn like horses eat up hay


make it happen, brass

Sbr will not support your ebony porn.

[Nittany Lion]

Bad idea.

That would be the ultimate freeroll for non-pro members, and they would never join until their ten-team parlay miraculously paid off.

There should be some kind of support for the site.

Disagree, most of the non-pros would continuously gamble away their points trying to reach the 4k point mark (or whatever amount) to buy SBR Pro membership. SBR loses money when a non-pro with lets say 5k points (the max amount that can be carried over) donates $200 to a charity to become Pro and then cashes out their 5K points for $200 in gift cards as soon as they become Pro, that is $200 SBR loses down the drain. At least by charging 4k points to become Pro, SBR receives the points instead of having somebody cash them out after they become pro.

Btw, you do realize non-pros can't really do much with their points and if they turn Pro, they can only carry over 5K points? So if you have 30K points and become Pro, you lose 25K worth of points.

[DJ Dalamar]

Bad idea.

That would be the ultimate freeroll for non-pro members, and they would never join until their ten-team parlay miraculously paid off.

There should be some kind of support for the site.

SBR said they get nothing from the charity donations so were not supporting the site already. Trying to turn 6 a day into 4K by gambling isn't exactly a freeroll. If it was that easy everyone on here be rich with real money. The other links SBR got a cut of the sells so they were truly supporting the site. Was a brillant concept really I assume there are legal reason why they took it down.

I'm disappointed I donate every month but I don't like having the terms dictated to me. I personally feel too much of our money already goes overseas and there are plenty of people in the US that need help.

I was goign to go pro before when the Bigblue scandal hit and that made me back off. Now as I was feeling comfortable to do it again this happens. Guess it's not meant to be.

[ttrace35]

Regardless of anything, there should have been some type of warning. This is a big change and nobody was even notified. SBR Lou pm'd me last week and said that I should use one of the fantasy options to become pro. Then when I go to do it, it is taken away. Foul. I think an exception should be made for Tracer. I should have been warned in Lou's PM last week.

[DJ Dalamar]

On top of it right before football and the huge BTP contest that requires you to go pro? Bad bad form with no warning. I'm amazed how simple concepts like this goes over people in charge.

[johnka04]

I only come around during football season so this has been my first day back. What great news to come back to, right as my PRO status is about to expire. LOL I have no real issue donating to a charity, however, this nonsense about being told what charity I can donate to is a little ridiculous. Seems like US players are the real ones getting shafted, so why not have US based donations? Seems a little dirty to take away all options except donations to US members then make the charity that we would be forced to donate to be beneficial only outside the US. Why not make it a worthy cause in the US like the WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT? Whether you agree or disagree with the current US conflicts the soldiers just do what there told and nothing more. It just seems appropriate that since US players are the ones affected by this that their should be a US based charity or two.

Also, good point GIANT about the renew via pts for current SBR pros. Since it seems like this wasn't widely known about til now do current pros with expiration dates right around the corner get some type of grace period to come up with 3,000 pts for PRO renewal?

[Louisvillekid1]

SBr make this right

[agharah1]

Since the Fantasy sports sites are legit, people in the US can take their money out easily. I wouldn't be surprised if people were just depositing, going pro, then withdrawing the following week. Fanduel will give you $30 freeplay and if you lose your first $5 or $10 game you can withdraw for free.

[playersonly69]

Guys it is only $200!!!! Calm the **** down!



I mean you are going to gamble 3x to 4x that amount each week on football anyway. It isnt that big of a deal!



As for points used to renew membership, I would think that 5000 points is a very fair amount to charge for that process. And it should cost nonpros like 10,000 to join pro status. Dont make it the same amount for nonpros to join as it cost pros

[Louisvillekid1]

I'll go pro with points anytime... that's a great concept.

[killawookie]

Is there any news on WHY they took fantasy options away? I'm ready to deposit and support SBR like I did the first time I became pro.. you are losing money here.

[Blondie]

SBR said they get nothing from the charity donations so were not supporting the site already. Trying to turn 6 a day into 4K by gambling isn't exactly a freeroll. If it was that easy everyone on here be rich with real money. The other links SBR got a cut of the sells so they were truly supporting the site. Was a brillant concept really I assume there are legal reason why they took it down.

I'm disappointed I donate every month but I don't like having the terms dictated to me. I personally feel too much of our money already goes overseas and there are plenty of people in the US that need help.

I was goign to go pro before when the Bigblue scandal hit and that made me back off. Now as I was feeling comfortable to do it again this happens. Guess it's not meant to be.

Then why not find a charity that assists people in the US and suggest it?

Worse thing that could happen is they don't use it, but at least then you tried...

[Hankwins]

Re their any plans to add new options in the near future?

[gafl]

John, SBR extended current pros another year until I think next August. Don't know if this is only for those in the US.

[killawookie]

I just would like an OFFICIAL answer to why it was taken away and if and when it will be coming back. I'm a huge supporter of SBR and wish to continue to be.

[shari91]

Since the Fantasy sports sites are legit, people in the US can take their money out easily. I wouldn't be surprised if people were just depositing, going pro, then withdrawing the following week. Fanduel will give you $30 freeplay and if you lose your first $5 or $10 game you can withdraw for free.

Very true. The number of posters who bragged about depositing and immediately withdrawing I'm sure didn't help anything.

As for charities, keep in mind Bill and John have explained before that not every non-profit can get approval to be associated with SBR from their board. And then they need a platform where we can facilitate these donations through here. But as Bill said, keep suggesting the ones you're interested and they'll be looked in to!

The renewing with points was literally suggested and agreed to by John within this very thread so no one has missed out on anything yet. Many Pros - both International and US - were automatically renewed to 2013 earlier in the year so don't freak out yet if you're one of those. By the time you need to renew in say September 2013, chances are the options will be very different to the ones you see here.

[Wilfred]

Yeah I want to go pro by Football season, but not sure if I want to just throw away $200 to a charity that $5 actually gets to the purpose of it.

[Regul8er]

I was going to become pro....but I already have a charity I donate to, and was in need of another book, so that was my excuse. So I guess pro isn't in the cards for me!

[DJ Dalamar]

As for points used to renew membership, I would think that 5000 points is a very fair amount to charge for that process. And it should cost nonpros like 10,000 to join pro status. Dont make it the same amount for nonpros to join as it cost pros

Math isn't your strong point is it? A ** gift card in the SBR store cost 2647 and is about the closest equivalent to cash US players can get. So you donate to charity for 200 turn around and buy 2 gift cards for a little over 5000 points and you basically get your money back and bought your membership for about 5K worth of points. If you get store specific gift card your cost drops a few hundred points more. I can buy 4 50.00 gift cards for less then 5K.

Why in the world would anyone pony up 10K instead of doing that?

And Blondie I can suggest a charity but I still don't like it. 200 to my church has a lot more impact on more people then 200 to some huge charity with high overhead. Wildfires are tearing through Oklahoma and many people lost everything they own that's who my charatible income is going to not some country that probably hates the US anyway.

I am however going to be buying concert tickets and fantasy football anyway so I might as well help out SBR while I do it.

However the real problem is lack of heads up or even a explanation. If it's a simple thing like "our lawyers told us to do it" that's fine and understandable. But to not say anything give the impression that SBR think we aren't worthy of being in the know.

[TomJSports]

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[boeing power]

I'll go pro with points anytime... that's a great concept.

so you would pay 4000 in points to become pro?

how does that make any sense?

at least when you put 200 into a sportsbook you can win and get your money back.

[Mr KLC]

I don't see the big deal. I got my pro membership through charity donation this last time around. I make that back, with interest, in the SBR store by the end of the year anyway.

[Easy-Rider 66]

so you would pay 4000 in points to become pro?

how does that make any sense?

at least when you put 200 into a sportsbook you can win and get your money back.

John said it would be about 3000 points to turn Pro. Think it's a fair deal.