free
adverb
1.
without cost or payment.
"ladies were admitted free"
synonyms: without charge, free of charge, for nothing, complimentary, gratis, gratuitous, at no cost; informalfor free, on the house
"elementary education should be free"
A forum member who is not a Pregame Pro should not be allowed to package threads as "Free Picks"
- Free picks are suggestive. They lure people into believing that the poster has better plays which can be bought by visiting the person's website or Twitter handle.
- The idea of the Pregame community is for people interested in sports betting to share ideas and interact with Pregame Pros.
- People soliciting their own pay for plays services by posting free picks are being disingenuous to the ethics of the community,
- Allowing people to post free pick threads incentives disingenuous and unscrupulous people to setup multiple accounts until one goes on a hot run and then watch unsuspecting forum members pay for that person's pay for plays.
- It is insulting to the intelligence of the community to package a thread as a "free pick". I myself post numerous plays on threads, and they are the best plays that I can possibly post on here and I expect the same from other community members. The idea is we help each other to win and learn from others area of expertise. Helping people win is fun, its not my business model and that's how 99% of forum members act.
- The current status quo of people posting free plays and bragging what big shots they are in the betting world with the soul intention of selling their own picks should not be tolerated.
- There are Pregame Pros here for a reason. I can choose to buy their picks or not. What I shouldn't have to do on this forum is wade through daily threads from people who are essentially trying to feed off the Pregaem Pro's scraps by soliciting their plays.
- Pregame.com database of members are worth a lot of money to wannabe pick sellers. By allowing these people to solicit their business on the Pregame.com forum the site is essentially giving them a free pop at their mailing list. This is not right. People sign up to this forum to access the information provided on this site, not to be touted by pond life with fake Twitter handles and sexy pictures to look like professional bettors