Poker Freerolls

I would be interested to know if you guys think freerolls are good for the game of poker.

I am becoming more and more convinced that they are not necessarily good. I understand the premise. A freeroll is an opportunity for people that may not have been able to build a bankroll to play and qualify for events or even begin to build that bankroll up.

That said, as I watch these games I have realized that freerolls tend to promote bad play. Then as these players move on to the event they qualified for or they play some other levels with the money they earned in the freeroll that bad play is still there. Now they are up against better players that know how to exploit these types of players and they are pushed out quickly.

The reason I think this is maybe not so good for the game is that the players that are not able to make it in the next level because of the bad play they learned in the freeroll, now blames the site as making them "unlucky"... So many times I hear "f'ing site... the best hand always loses." When in actuality they are shoving 20 BB's with pocket 4's and getting called with mathematically better hands than theirs.

It seems like if these players had an opportunity to play/see good poker before they learn from the freerolls then everyone would be a lot happier, and the poker sites might actually see more traffic.

What are your thoughts?

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