I hesitated to write this post, but after consideration, have decided to address an issue that has me really hot. I joined Pregame in 2009 and since 2012 when my business partner and I formed River City Sharps, I have consistently posted not only our RCS free plays but also other valuable information and contributed to the dialog on the board. In 2012, we decided to change our signature to include our web address and twitter feed. When this was added, we wanted to make sure that we didn't do anything to anger the Pregame forum Mods and always have refrained from promotion of what our service might be doing on a given day or weekend. We have done that because we respect the Pregame management and the forum which they give not only us, but hundreds of other valuable posters.
So we were fairly surprised this morning to receive a notice from Pregame management that they were removing our web address from our signature immediately as we were in violation of the Pregame terms of service. While I can certainly respect that decision, the timing strikes us as so odd...kind of out of the blue! And when we look at other posters on the forum, there are plenty of other regular contributors that also post a web address or other destination. I'm not going to single any of them out, because I don't think that their signature inclusions hurt the forum or Pregame's ability to sell their service to their clients. Now if River City Sharps or any other poster is blatantly promoting their "game of the year" or "weekend special", then they should have restrictions put on their signature. But we have been model citizens in this forum for six years now and all of a sudden on a random Saturday morning, our signature is now problematic and requires immediate change.
This forum is a tremendous place for ideas and banter between people that love sports betting and the strategies that come with it. Unfortunately, as with any large enterprise, there are other folks that like to "stir the pot" and simply create problems and drama because...well, it's what they do. We have a pretty good idea where the complaint is coming from and if you really want to figure it out, you could pretty easily as well. I'm not going to dignify their existence by calling them out on this post, and they are certainly one of a growing many that are trying to simply ruin the forum and what people come for everyday. It's probably not a coincidence that the free plays we have been posting consistently every day have been really, really solid now for an extended period of time and when you have success, there are inevitably those that want to tear it down.
So we have decided to take the following action in response to our signature change. We will still actively participate in forum discussions and certainly add any information we can to the discussion. But we will no longer be posting our daily FREE PLAY which we believe has become a pretty popular thread on this forum everyday. We understand that Pregame is a business, but we're also sure that they understand that when you have members that are posting valuable content everyday on the site, that not only helps River City Sharps boost our brand, but also helps Pregame in the form of increased traffic and membership. We know there are plenty of folks on this forum every day that wait for us to post our free play and we think we have provided a pretty nice profit opportunity for those folks. We don't want to penalize our loyal followers, but we simply can't sit by and do nothing...because this simply isn't right. If you want to know who to blame, we're pretty sure you can scroll back through some of our many posts and find the offenders.
The free play we post everyday is actually one of the Premiums we release to clients everyday, not just a throw away pick to promote our service. We're pretty sure if you want to seek out our plays in the future, you know where you can find us. Thanks for taking the time to read this lengthy post and thanks to everyone on this forum that is here for the right reasons...Be well everyone!