For last night's MIN/GB game, I bet a prop on Sportbet "first turnover will be an interception" (the other option was "first turnover will be a fumble.") They graded it as a push. I asked why it was a push when the first turnover was an interception, and they told me that the bet was a push because the first turnover was a blocked field goal. I told them that blocked field goals aren't considered turnovers, and they said that nfl.com is their source for grading. So, I directed them to this link:
http://www.nfl.com/stats/teamsort/NFL/OFF-TURNOVERS/2006/regular?sort_col_1=9
which very clearly indicates that only fumbles and interceptions are considered turnovers.
They still refused to change the grading, and when I told the chat employee to show the prop manager the above link, I was told "Sir, he is telling that the link states that it's a turnover if the other team recovers the ball by any actioon of the other team."
I wasted almost an hour of my time on the live chat feature trying to get them to change the grading, but to no avail.
I've read on a few message boards that Sportbet has been going downhill since their manager Jake left a few months ago, and that definitely seems to be the case. Making the mistake originally is no big deal, but after I gave them that link from nfl.com, to still insist that a blocked field goal is a turnover is utter incompetence.
http://www.nfl.com/stats/teamsort/NFL/OFF-TURNOVERS/2006/regular?sort_col_1=9
which very clearly indicates that only fumbles and interceptions are considered turnovers.
They still refused to change the grading, and when I told the chat employee to show the prop manager the above link, I was told "Sir, he is telling that the link states that it's a turnover if the other team recovers the ball by any actioon of the other team."
I wasted almost an hour of my time on the live chat feature trying to get them to change the grading, but to no avail.
I've read on a few message boards that Sportbet has been going downhill since their manager Jake left a few months ago, and that definitely seems to be the case. Making the mistake originally is no big deal, but after I gave them that link from nfl.com, to still insist that a blocked field goal is a turnover is utter incompetence.
