This is the first complaint I've heard in a long time. In fact, I've been served some very relevant and targeted ads based on my prior browsing experience (hosting providers, VOIP, cell phones, business class IT services, etc.) which has lead me to research and even purchase the advertised products. Perhaps you are blocking some ads on other sites which result in you getting more generic ads?
Outside of a few times when the ad cannot load and causes the page to not display, I haven't had much issue with them, and my corporate network is by far the most locked down network I've ever used. I have found if I don't allow the first visit of the day's pop under ads, it keeps trying to show those and keeps bugging me. If I let them through that one time, it's happy.
As for our actual provider and "other fan sites," that's not accurate as we use Fantasy Sports Ventures/Big Lead Sports which is a top 5 sports network just behind Yahoo Sports and ESPN in terms of monthly hits.
http://www.fantasysportsventures.com/network.html
Any ad provider is going to fill an impression with a non-targeted ad after it reaches its limit on it's premium ads. Even still, I haven't gotten any not-work-friendly ads in months (after I contacted FSV about some questionable remnant ads we were getting, which FSV promptly stopped from showing on ALL of their ~500 sites.)
Anybody else having issues with questionable content ads? If so, please take screen shot of it and email it to me at
ryan@bobcatattack.com.