NHL Players Getting Venmo Requests from Fans that Lost Bets on the Players Teams

[Dolemite]

It blows my mind that fans are really this stupid.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/59...etting-harassment/?source=user_shared_article

But these days, as sports betting becomes more and more prevalent in the hockey world, there’s a new app jockeying for space atop players’ home screens.

“I’ve been sent Venmo requests before,” one NHL player surveyed in The Athletic’s player poll said. “Like, ‘Hey, I bet on you guys to win and you blew it. So give me back my 50 bucks.’”

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

This is why items need common sense warnings.

 

[RickyLafleur]

Bunch of corey and trevors think they are gonna get their money back...hahaha this is pathetic.

 

[Peasy]

Gen Z are going to be such massive degenerate gamblers.

 

[Ararana]

This is why items need common sense warnings.

Your faith in the average Joe being able to comprehend common sense language is misplaced.

 

[The Note]

If you message a player - really for any reason but particularly because you lost a bet - you are a loser of the highest order.

 

[TrufleShufle]

Can we file this under harmless and funny? My overreactive anger cabinet is filled to the brim right now.

 

[qc14]

legalizing online gambling in the US is one of the worst developments period of the last 10 years

 

[Rodgerwilco]

well I can't read that pay-walled article. (why are we linking to pay-walled content anyway?), but I'm not going to shed tears over some venmo requests. NFL players have publicized getting literal death threats and/or having their families threatened for messing up people's bets or losing games, causing injury, etc.

Unless the people messaging are frequently and repeatedly messaging, this isn't "harassment" anyway. I'm not paying for The 'Bird Cage Liner' Athletic, so maybe there is something more significant, but it seems like playground material compared to what I've seen from NFL guys.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Can we file this under harmless and funny? My overreactive anger cabinet is filled to the brim right now.

+1

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Gen Z are going to be such massive degenerate gamblers.

Yes, a stark contrast from the Boomers and Gen X'ers that I've literally watched stand at scratch-off and "traditional" lottery machines throwing away their lives for hours at a time, sometimes multiple times a day.

The best was watching a regular buy $40 in scratch-offs, $20 in regular lottery numbers, $30 in cigarettes, and then get $8.19 in gas lol.

 

[Golden_Jet]

losers

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I just send ‘em pokemon trade requests like a sane person.

 

[Rob Brown]

I view this more as people just trying to troll and/or be funny (it's not) vs. genuinely thinking the player should and will pay them back.

 

[SomeDude]

legalizing online gambling in the US is one of the worst developments period of the last 10 years

The normalization of it for people like 18-24 years old is pretty insane to me. So many are going to lose so much. Always gotta find a way to get the money out of the pockets of the little people.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I view this more as people just trying to troll and/or be funny (it's not) vs. genuinely thinking the player should and will pay them back.

It’s like walking up to a stranger during their private time and demanding an explanation for why they messed up at work. Whether you actually expect to get the explanation is beside the point, it’s harrassing behavior either way.

 

[Voodoo Child]

Bunch of corey and trevors think they are gonna get their money back...hahaha this is pathetic.

Get rid of this stereotype against proud Maritimers.

His name was Corey Trevor, I think the other guy was Randy Lahey.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

I just send ‘em pokemon trade requests like a sane person.

Marner seems like the type of guy who would trade fans a haunter so you can evolve to gengar.

Great player. Great friend.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Betting on sports is so stupid anyway. Only idiots do it.

 

[Rebels57]

Gen Z are going to be such massive degenerate gamblers.

Possibly the worst generation humanity has ever spawned.

 

[TrufleShufle]

It’s like walking up to a stranger during their private time and demanding an explanation for why they messed up at work. Whether you actually expect to get the explanation is beside the point, it’s harrassing behavior either way.

If you have alerts on, tied to any social media where people can message you, it is not "private time." You have options to make it private time, or very close friends and family time. There are many options to deal with "harassments" online that do not work in person. These are not the same.

 

[NyQuil]

Marner seems like the type of guy who would trade fans a haunter so you can evolve to gengar.

Great player. Great friend.

He also looks like a Pokémon trainer.

Just needs a red hat.

 

[Oscar The Grouch]

Possibly the worst generation humanity has ever spawned.

Said every generation about the generations after it.

 

[Rob Brown]

It’s like walking up to a stranger during their private time and demanding an explanation for why they messed up at work. Whether you actually expect to get the explanation is beside the point, it’s harrassing behavior either way.

I totally agree, I'm just saying I doubt many of the people doing it actually expect the player to send them money back. They're trying to be funny or trolling and don't have proper boundaries or social awareness in terms of what is appropriate.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

The normalization of it for people like 18-24 years old is pretty insane to me. So many are going to lose so much. Always gotta find a way to get the money out of the pockets of the little people.

It's insane how so many men have made gambling their entire personality at this point.