Losing Money Online: Sports Websites

Blogging certainly isn’t the only way to frivolously spend money on the internet. In our series “Losing Money Online”, we will highlight some of the most compelling methods of wasting your cash across the web.

Today’s post will highlight the various ways to lose money on sports websites. Typically these types of pages bring us news, highlights and scores from the world of sports. They were a welcome change from the days of watching the 10 o’clock news and anxiously waiting the 5 minute sports brief toward the end of the show.

Some sports websites were born from networks, and these are typically the best around. However, I’ve noticed that many of these companies now charge a membership fee in order to read or watch useless things which can be found elsewhere for free.

These exclusive clubs afford you the luxury of reading pointless mock drafts, worthless speculation and rumors. Why in the world would anyone want to pay for these things? They can all be found on other blogs and websites for the low low price of $0.

Just because a mock draft is written by a so-called expert doesn’t make it any more likely of happening. Speculation and predictions are just an opinion of what may transpire in the course of time in sports, and it’s ridiculous to shell out to gain access to this. Finally, rumors run rampant — from trades to free agent signings, there’s always a bit of juicy gossip to be had. The sports world is just like a soap opera, and people are attracted to that, but paying to see rumors is just dumb.

These aren’t the only ways to lean out your pockets on these web pages. You can also pay for extra fantasy sports analysis and pay for score alerts, among many other things. Our point here is that most if not all of this information can be acquired without losing a dime.

On the other hand, if you love wasting money online, then this is a slam dunk.