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I don't know how they have gotten started. BGR will never charge.

The site was started to allow people to come together and make friends, talk sports and other areas of interests.

The main reason I created this site is to allow people to be part of something just as good as other sites without charging them for it.

I don't believe in making money off other peoples knowledge. If I charged thats essentially what I would be doing. I get the priviledge of reading wonderful content everyday. I dont supply the content here, you do. Why would I charge. Your friendships and knowledge are worth more than the money to me.

I assure you the intent of this website is not making money. I do this as a hobby. To me its a very productive hobby that allows to practice some of my computer knowledge, make friends and discuss sports. I also love making people happy. I wouldn't want anything more from it.

Well, some may ask.. Whats up with the google ads. I can assure the google ads are not there for profit.. When they are clicked BGR does receive a Click percentage from that. The money made through those ads is applied to hosting and bandwidth charges.

That alone doesnt cover the hosting. The rest of the money is paid out of my pocket.

Others ask, How can you keep going in the hole with hosting charges monthly and expect to keep this site up? As long as their are members here to contribute to the content and BGRs growth I dont mind going in the hole. I am willing to pay the costs out of my pocket to bring others a nice ALWAYS FREE community with servers/features as good, if not even better than the payed KY sports sites.

There will be a BGR shop opened shortly with BGR clothing. Selling a few of these will help cover costs and any extra will go into advertising only.

My mission is to become the biggest and best sports site in Kentucky. Its not about seeing how big my bank account gets.

Money can't replace family or true friends.

One other thing.. BGR will never have intrusive ads that pop up on you without your request. We may have some local advertisers eventually. (But this too is free) Local advertisers are welcome to advertise on BGR for free in exchange for advertising at their place of business. However, I would make sure the ads are not intrusive (meaning they wont be popping up in you face and they will not get in the way your content).

I never could understand why some places charge you for membership and then force intrusive ups and advertising at you. This to me is places that are only in the business for the money.