Steve "UrinatingTree" Linkowski was once sponsored by scammers Established Titles.
Once their scam was revealed, he still had one ad obligation left on his contract.
He refused to do it. Thankfully, it doesn't look like he was punished for this.
I say this because of how much it hurt him to learn of the scam. He said that was the most fun he'd ever had in shooting ad spots--walking around with a faux-ermine cape and scepter like he ruled the place. He completely owned how silly it all sounded, but his integrity was more important.
Sorry, had to get that out there, but god damn I love him, even if I don't watch as much American football as I used to and mostly watch soccer and baseball. I heard of that company ages ago but didn't really know what they were until recently, but it seems that this just keeps going along with 2024 being a year of revealing the truth.
Despite what the other guy said, AFL is terrible compared to 20 years ago. Everyone is too fit and there's no restrictions on where players can be on the field. So it means that the entire team just follows the ball all game.
Oh and the rules may as well be made up for how often they're changed and just flat out not called.
Steve "UrinatingTree" Linkowski was once sponsored by scammers Established Titles.
Once their scam was revealed, he still had one ad obligation left on his contract.
He refused to do it. Thankfully, it doesn't look like he was punished for this.
I say this because of how much it hurt him to learn of the scam. He said that was the most fun he'd ever had in shooting ad spots--walking around with a faux-ermine cape and scepter like he ruled the place. He completely owned how silly it all sounded, but his integrity was more important.
I know we hate sportsball here, and I get why, but I have a soft spot for the man for this reason. It helps that he agrees with us more often than not.
FUCK YOU, SPANOS!
Sorry, had to get that out there, but god damn I love him, even if I don't watch as much American football as I used to and mostly watch soccer and baseball. I heard of that company ages ago but didn't really know what they were until recently, but it seems that this just keeps going along with 2024 being a year of revealing the truth.
Yeah, he's the only way I keep up with "real" sports at all anymore.
I quit watching the NBA after about 25 years once the game had devolved into nothing but threes--and its fans keep claiming it's evolved.
The last straw was when I watched my hometown Houston Rockets have a big lead over the Golden State Warriors...and kept shooting threes.
Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank.
Twenty-seven missed threes in a row.
All because THE ANALYTICS said it was EFFICIENT.
They blew their lead and lost the game. In Game 7. Ending their season.
Here's a great video on that disaster of a game.
The league going woke shortly after, if they weren't already, was just the brown cream on the shit sundae.
By the way, it's only gotten worse since. Have a game where a team's down by two, they have a four-on-one fast break in the final seconds, and...
Despite what the other guy said, AFL is terrible compared to 20 years ago. Everyone is too fit and there's no restrictions on where players can be on the field. So it means that the entire team just follows the ball all game. Oh and the rules may as well be made up for how often they're changed and just flat out not called.
Bring back the biff!