Alex Call calls out broadcasters for suggestive advertisement during games.

[u/tankyouout]

[u/Facemanx64]

Let’s check in with the prediction markets to see whether MLB will get its advertising under control.

[u/tigerjaws → u/Facemanx64]

I find it insane how the Pete Rose scandal happened yet we have kalshi literally sponsoring lounges at dodger stadium and stars (not just in MLB) in commercials promoting these pseudo gambling sites

[u/ecc_dg → u/tigerjaws]

I also want Kalshi and the prediction markets to go away, but let’s not forget that Pete Rose bet (and this is key) on the team he was managing and/or playing for.

[u/Kingkongcrapper → u/ecc_dg]

Yeah, that’s the thing I hate about the Rose stuff. I think there should be a waiver for betting on your own team.

[u/duxbak99 → u/Kingkongcrapper]

The problem is if one bets on their own team to win, but only certain games, one might manage differently (choose higher quality relievers, for example) to win some games and the cost of others.

[u/mdb_la → u/tigerjaws]

I think sports betting is a huge problem, but there's clearly a difference between betting on games you're actively involved in vs. encouraging the public to waste their own money.

[u/M4k31tcl4p6969 → u/mdb_la]

Okay, but with Pete Rose, he was betting on his team to WIN. We aren't talking about a Chicago Black Socks scandal here

[u/Dom-Perspective7628 → u/M4k31tcl4p6969]

We don’t know that for sure. All we know is he did bet and agreed to take full punishment if the MLB would cease and desist their investigation.

No doubt in my mind he did shadier stuff like bet against his own team.

Also betting to win, he might be overworking a reliever instead of saving him for the next game so it does have an effect.

[u/cXs808 → u/M4k31tcl4p6969]

Yes but that doesn't matter he was still betting on a game he was playing in.

Obviously it's not as bad as Clase's bullshit but it's still not okay. Whose to say that Rose didn't talk to opposing manager and offer splitting winnings? We can't know but we know that Rose was involved in the game and it was possible.

[u/M4k31tcl4p6969 → u/cXs808]

You know, that's a very valid argument I never considered

[u/cXs808 → u/M4k31tcl4p6969]

I think that's why it gets messy when it comes to on-field participants wagering on outcomes. They have incredibly easy access to way too many things/people who can affect the game one way or another.

It's easier to just outright ban it and come down hard on anyone who tries to skirt the rules.

[u/OceanMerc → u/cXs808]

By this argument and logic, every bet can be a conspiracy. You can always make the bet, have behind the scenes arrangements with someone in the game, and split the winnings. All this to say betting always carries a risk and I wish it went away.

[u/cXs808 → u/OceanMerc]

I'm in agreement with what you're saying. Sports should have never got in bed with sports betting. Sports betting was a seen as a degenerate, shameful activity when I was young. Not sure what happened since then but it's ugly.

[u/El-Whiskey → u/M4k31tcl4p6969]

As far as we know. You have far more control over helping your team lose than win. Everything we know about Rose, it seems unlikely he would bet against his own team, but that's the concern. He's dead, now he can be in the hall, but betting on your own sport and especially own team should always be a red line.

[u/Dom-Perspective7628 → u/El-Whiskey]

I think he did bet against his team. Why he was punished so harshly. We aren’t told what MLB knows. Just what they want to tell us.

[u/6millionreps → u/Facemanx64]

😂😂😂

[u/BruitNoise → u/Facemanx64]

Let’s see if MLB will take down those Kalshi ads everywhere. Especially near the empty seats of the Rays vs Guardians seats because most of the fan base watching the ALCS were at home gambling.

[u/MD32GOAT → u/Facemanx64]

The fucking polymarket ad WITH ohtani behind home plate drives me crazy.

[u/828knows → u/Facemanx64]

Double up on kalshiiiiet. New variant of sidney Sweeney commercial will win you $200

[u/SouthCable846]

Is it the one with Sydney Sweeney? That shit reminded me of those old Carl Jr’s commercials that used to be super horny for no reason lol

[u/MedicinalHammer → u/SouthCable846]

Either that or the Megan Fox dick pill one

Both are pretty egregiously just “look at my tits and ass and buy this” ads

[u/Quick-Budget6813 → u/MedicinalHammer]

It’s literally every single commercial break too. Is there really no other advertisers out there that don’t involve gambling or sex?

[u/jlopez1017 → u/SouthCable846]

The Megan Fox ad is super corny. When did she go from being naturally pretty to a plastic bimbo?

[u/xShockmaster → u/jlopez1017]

Uh like over a decade ago lmao

[u/Odd-Most-9186 → u/SouthCable846]

Likely..

[u/Qrusher14242 → u/SouthCable846]

yeah i hate how she says 'sports' for some reason. Such a strange ad lol

[u/LengthObjective2253 → u/SouthCable846]

I miss those commercials as a kid. Especially the one about the jalapeño burger

[u/MacArthurParker → u/SouthCable846]

if it doesn't get all over the place...

[u/whenyoda]

This and ads encouraging gambling.

[u/copyrightname → u/whenyoda]

It’s made me have a discussion with my kid on why there are so many of these ads- because the company is making millions off the gullible people placing bets.

[u/Present_State546 → u/whenyoda]

Mute every commercial, they’re all unnecessary bullshit. Do pushups with your kiddo, and let’s get back to focusing on back to back to back World Series championships here. 

[u/AdamantArmadillo → u/whenyoda]

Something I never thought about until I had kids is the horror movie ads, especially in October. I'll be watching sports and suddenly I'm trying to cover my 2yo's eyes to prevent him from having nightmares for a month.

[u/lee_is_me]

All the dick-pill and gambling ads are kinda messed up. NGL

[u/500rockin → u/lee_is_me]

Not sure I need to see NuGenix commercial again any time soon

[u/xjusablurr]

I somewhat agree here.

I think for me it's more of the gambling ads. MLB literally has a player involved gambling scandal in the last year and then lets a star player in Acuna Jr go be in a Kalshi commercial. It just doesn't make sense to me. I'm all for players getting endorsements and paid outside of the game but for things like shoes/clothing/etc. Promoting gambling where they LITERALLY can affect the outcome of said bets just seems so obviously blatant of something that should not be happening.

[u/rightbyrobert]

I can agree with him even though I don’t believe the same as him. There’s no room or need for sex ads in sports. I’m also really tired of the gambling ads

[u/LostInNvrLand → u/rightbyrobert]

I’m kinda tired of all ads. Can we get rid of the Megan Fox ad for her spark pill too.

[u/NoTrillionaires → u/LostInNvrLand]

You mean you don’t want to take megan fox’s viagra pill to get a raging boner watching naked sydney sweeney to release your sexual frustration on kalshi prop bets?

[u/yoinkss → u/NoTrillionaires]

r/BrandNewSentence

[u/LostInNvrLand → u/NoTrillionaires]

I’m a girl. So no thanks 😑

[u/NoTrillionaires → u/LostInNvrLand]

What’s the equivalent of a female boner? redditors have never talked to a live woman before remember 

[u/pargofan → u/LostInNvrLand]

But it's different.

I don't like gambling or alcohol ads which I know generally make 80% of their money off addicts.

[u/burdie185 → u/rightbyrobert]

Good news! In this instance the gambling ad IS the sex ad!

[u/jlopez1017 → u/rightbyrobert]

This is the trumpificationof America. Degenerates are allowed to make the rules

[u/ecc_dg → u/jlopez1017]

We are in the Back To The Future timeline where Biff is the casino magnate.

[u/tenderbranson301 → u/ecc_dg]

I'm ready for someone to steal back the Sports Almanac.

[u/Individual_Check_442 → u/jlopez1017]

I hate Trump as much as the next man but are you honestly suggesting that they haven’t been selling sex in sports games forever?

[u/BruitNoise → u/Individual_Check_442]

We've always had sexuality in ads and prob worse with Cigarette ads but now we got gambling ads so if cancer doesn't kill you, personal debt will.

[u/cXs808 → u/Individual_Check_442]

They always have but not this aggressively. I've NEVER seen boner pill ads in primetime playoff baseball ad breaks in my life prior to this. I remember when "sexy" ads were fully clothed women moving suggestively. Now we have full blown tits and ass out with a football or hockey stick covering the nipple. Like cmon.

Regular season games? Probably. Primetime CS games? Never.

Couple that with the other degenerate advertisements about sports gambling and yeah it's definitely worse than I can ever remember.

[u/Doucejj → u/cXs808]

You don't have a great memory then. Carl's Jr ads and GoDaddy ads were huge 20 years ago.

The nascar driver Mark Martin used to drive a Viagra sponsored car. I remember going to look at the hot wheels section in Walmart and you could buy a toy viagra car.

It was always there. Social media just makes everything louder now

[u/Sadfacetoday1 → u/cXs808]

I remember watching this commercial during NFL games repeatedly 20 years ago

https://youtu.be/t5CR5aAIP8I?is=Dq3kMilSEQispWgN

[u/eviltwin154 → u/cXs808]

The boner pill ads were always there but it was always like an older couple in the forest. Now they are just women in low cut shirts bouncing up and down. Like there actively trying to get you aroused

[u/KyleB2131 → u/jlopez1017]

I hate Trump as much as anyone, but dude lol “sex sells” has been the rule of advertising for 50 years.

[u/Frequent-Ferret-5110 → u/KyleB2131]

Regulations have been loosened across the board and his own family is heavily invested in prediction markets while he fights against states' ability to regulate them, while federal agencies including the FCC now exist solely to further his personal agenda

"Sex sells" has gotten worse under him and now it's blatantly being used to take advantage of people so that he can profit

[u/ajv1993 → u/KyleB2131]

This. These commercials unfortunately reminded me of the ones I saw as a kid in the early 2000s. Remember the Paris Hilton Carl's Jr. ads or Enzyte with..."Smiling Bob?" shudders

[u/cXs808 → u/ajv1993]

Smiling bob is nowhere near as inappropriate as Megan Fox in a full body skin tight suit talking about boners. At least smiling bob you had to read between the lines.

Paris Hilton had clothes on, clothes that wouldn't even be considered that revealing compared to todays standards. Need I remind you that 10x a game they show sydney sweeney fully nude with nothing but a football covering her nipples or a hockey stick covering her vag?

We also never had sports gambling commercials, period.

[u/secretsauce2388 → u/rightbyrobert]

It's especially jarring when the game is on at 2-5pm. I'm not a prude or anything but found myself remarking to my parents during game 2, after the Ro viagra pill or whatever Megan Fox is selling, that aren't there decency laws or something?

[u/Full_Increase_4531 → u/rightbyrobert]

The boner pill ads were kinds making me laugh out loud.

[u/divalasvegas]

As a woman who loves baseball, I find the commercials more cringe than anything. Watching Spectrum LA all the commercials are for limp dick gamblers who don't smell like gentlemen, with the occasional irritant that is a Kars 4 Kids commercial.

[u/Small-Huckleberry-76]

Can we get all the propaganda ads off too? That would be fun. I agree with Alex here also

[u/Hot-Dust7459 → u/Small-Huckleberry-76]

christian nationalism is also propaganda.

[u/ZiggyPalffyLA → u/Hot-Dust7459]

You won’t see Alex Call complain about those though

[u/mynewusernamedodgers → u/ZiggyPalffyLA]

N’or BLAQ

[u/ransomed_]

Yeah, the Sydney Sweeney ads while my 10 and 8 year olds were watching the game with me were uncomfortable

[u/dst_corgi → u/ransomed_]

I assume this has to be the one he’s talking about, and yeah, it’s so over the top for a sports broadcast. And to top it off, it’s for a fucking prediction market lol.

[u/B4LLISL1F3 → u/ransomed_]

I was watching with my grandma :/

[u/JudgementOwls → u/B4LLISL1F3]

You poor soul

[u/_amonique → u/ransomed_]

I’m a 34 year old woman and it even made me uncomfortable. I’ve never cared how we women want to portray ourselves as since it’s OUR choice. But fuck man. I don’t wanna see titties when I’m trying to actually talk to my son about the game.

[u/omegaxcross → u/ransomed_]

Yeah I was watching with my father in law and it was really awkward and I had to look away from the screen.

[u/alvinvin00 → u/ransomed_]

oh yeah, that also took me by surprise, i had to quickly close the PiP window because of it

[u/No-Cat-3951 → u/ransomed_]

I thought he was talking about Rho viagra commercial

[u/SacrificeFlyGirl]

Today, this fourteenth day of October, Alex Call and I agree on something. There’s no reason for sexually suggestive commercials or commercials promoting gambling (or “prediction markets”🙄) to air during nationwide sporting events. I do get a small amount of satisfaction that they air on Fox though. “Family First America” right Fox?

[u/ecc_dg → u/SacrificeFlyGirl]

Hypocrisy is fundamental to the movement!

[u/TheGoatPurdy → u/SacrificeFlyGirl]

Does nobody here remember superbowl commercials? Sexually suggestive commercials existed long before Sydney Sweeney

[u/SacrificeFlyGirl → u/TheGoatPurdy]

I remember the GoDaddy, Victoria’s Secret, and Carl’s Jr. commercials and yes, they were weird too. But there’s something about a woman pushing her naked tits up with footballs while peddling a gambling platform and another woman writhing around on the ground in a catsuit peddling boner pills that just doesn’t sit right with me.

[u/BurnerAcctObvs]

No wahrs
No pahleteks
Jest… sparts

[u/rreK → u/BurnerAcctObvs]

sssportsss

[u/KlirisChi → u/BurnerAcctObvs]

No defs

[u/TheIndependen]

My wife said essentially the same thing yesterday. “Isn’t baseball a family game? Seems like every ad I see is either for gambling or boner bills and they all include naked or sexualized women.”

I do agree with her but I can’t completely tell whether the sexualized ads have actually gotten worse or I’m just getting older and now have kids.

[u/FrostyPlum → u/TheIndependen]

Definitely, unequivocally worse

[u/chrispylikecheeze → u/TheIndependen]

idk if its worse nowadays but the sexualized carls jr ads back in the day were wild

[u/Otter_Cloud_13 → u/chrispylikecheeze]

As a kid those ads made me understand that I was gay

[u/Icy_Bit_2042 → u/TheIndependen]

To me, seems worse this year

[u/BruitNoise → u/TheIndependen]

The American consumer culture is pretty much very simple.

Example Ads by Aaron Judge or the American sponsors: Credit Cards, Aaron Judge shirt off Polo Cologne, Alcohol, Trucks, Fast Food, Half Naked Women and Sports Betting, Relgious, Hospital Marketing, Insurance, Prescription Drugs.

Example Ads by Ohtani or the Japanese Sponsors/Market: Green Tea, New Balance, Churu cat treats, UNIQLO, skin care, Luxury Cars, Video games and Insurance. (No Hospitals ads, because they have socialized health care.)

[u/UCanDoNEthing4_30sec → u/TheIndependen]

If you recall as a kid; it probably doesn’t register. As an adult I always think when watching older shows from back in the day and think, geez I can’t believe my parents let me watch this. But back then I thought nothing of it.

[u/KenTrevor]

I’m old enough to remember when boner pill drugs had people in his and hers bathtubs on a hill

[u/Lich-Slapped]

Its awful, we cant watch the playoffs in my office since its a fuckin HR issue.

[u/GreenBagger28 → u/Lich-Slapped]

Literally, I have the game on my laptop in my office and keep having to change tabs between innings cause I would prefer not to have Megan Fox promoting erectile medication or a naked Sydney Sweeney on my screen at work

[u/fincog → u/Lich-Slapped]

Because of the Sweeney ad?

[u/Lich-Slapped → u/fincog]

Yes lol

[u/MokiKim]

Part of the issue is also that it’s the same commercial over and over again, so you’ll see those Megan Fox and Sydney Sweeney commercials multiple times during a single game. If it were just once a game, maybe it wouldn’t be as annoying. But I don’t need to keep hearing Sydney Sweeney talking about guys betting on the color of her underwear or whatever the F she’s saying.

[u/whatevs_9]

The discomfort is real when watching with your 9 year old daughter.

[u/TheIndependen → u/whatevs_9]

It’s real when watching with your in-laws too. Can confirm. And probably anyone else really

[u/MisterWizzle → u/TheIndependen]

Grandparents of a couple of the kids in your youth group (with said kids there as well). My ceiling fan has never had so many people looking around at it before.

[u/NoQuarter44]

Megan Fox was trying to sell us boner pills all game long the other day

[u/escodoozer]

Pete Rose should be let into the HoF at this rate. Embarrassing ass betting ads featuring current and former athletes makes me physically sick. Being addicted to gambling is tragic.

[u/ted_cruzs_micr0pen15 → u/escodoozer]

Yeah. I mean I would rather the league go back to, like, not ruining the game by partnering with gambling companies—then the hypocrisy is gone and Rose is still out.

That being said, it’s worse for Rose. He was gambling in the team he managed, which even now would be a big deal if caught like he wasz

[u/VeniceDrumGuy → u/ted_cruzs_micr0pen15]

His lack of remorse certainly didn’t help his cause.

[u/Dr-Acula8472 → u/escodoozer]

The only reason he hasn't is because he was an asshole. Both him & Shoeless Joe need to go in. But Beltran gets to go in because he kissed massive amounts of ass. Give me a break.

[u/solariam → u/Dr-Acula8472]

He bet on his team while managing the team and raped a teenager but sure

[u/a_smart_brane → u/Dr-Acula8472]

No, MLB knew that Pete fucked a 14 year-old girl. So all parties agreed that Pete doesn’t get into the HOF, and MLB doesn’t let out that Pete fucked a 14 year old.

[u/VeniceDrumGuy → u/a_smart_brane]

I think if Pete had been less of an a-hole and showed even a modicum of contrition, he would’ve gone in.

[u/Dr-Acula8472 → u/VeniceDrumGuy]

For sure. He was his own worst enemy.

[u/VeniceDrumGuy → u/escodoozer]

In Rose’s case, rightly or wrongly, I think the lack of contrition and the betting on his on team will keep him out forever.

I actually think the case for keeping “Shoeless” Joe out is stronger. For as hard as Field of Dreams worked to rehab his image and you can argue based on performance that he didn’t throw games, the fact remains that he accepted money from gamblers intending to fix the Series and that completely undermines the integrity of the game.

I personally they both should be let in and on their plaques, you have a paragraph that mentions their faults and what it was they did. I don’t think their faults should be whitewashed away, but they shouldn’t be kept out either. I think the same should go for steroid era guys like Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, and Clemens. It seems like the majority of the league was using something and those guys happened to be the best. If you keep those guys out, I think you have to keep everyone out from the steroid era and that would be ridiculous.

[u/silly_scoundrel → u/escodoozer]

All of these betting ads and ads for nsfw shit need to go. Last post season every other ad was for wiener pills or gambling all of your shit away. I haven't seen the pill ads but this year I've seen Sydney Sweeney way too much. Really annoys the whole family, nobody wants to see her and even her voice is annoying. But a lot of kids watch Baseball (including my little brother and me when I was a kid) so it's real weird to show to children, and the betting stuff is a bad influence on kids (I'm a senior in hs and I know way too many teens who are already in a mountain of debt from using mommy's credit card on betting for sports they don't even watch). 

This post season though I've only gotten baseball related ads and old clips and stadium stuff. It's more enjoyable to watch and sometimes I'll sit through the ads rather than walk away for something else.

[u/tonyrunstrails]

He's right. We were having my son's 1st birthday party/Game 1 watch party with our family on Sunday evening and every commercial break was just awkward when you're watching with children and grandparents.

[u/thedogmumbler]

Protip: Set your VPN to Japan and watch on MLB.TV. No more politcal ads, no more sports betting ads. Just reruns of baseball highlights between innings.

[u/Some_Target2436]

They want all the kids to grow up to be degenerate gamblers

[u/captainsunshine489]

my wife and i are literally turning off the tv because my kids are watching and i don't need that shit to deal with right now

[u/poneil74]

Agree, annoying to see this Megan Fox commercial while watching the game with my son

[u/DrRamthorn]

Brewers fan checking in: I also hate it. Nothing more awkward when I'm watching the game with my wife and mother in law that a half naked Sydney Sweeney getting 30 seconds of screen time. This is a family sport and that is anything but wholesome.

[u/Odd-Most-9186]

The GAMBLING ads are where I have a problem.. You don’t want players involved, however it is just as much in their face as ours!!

[u/smoores02]

I have more of an issue with the gambling shit. They are genuinely trying to get people to make life ruining decisions. Shamelessly too. Fuck that.

[u/GinoGreer → u/smoores02]

Another scheme to transfer wealth upward and great a larger divide between "classes"

[u/Particular_Pitch_745]

The sports betting advertisements need to go, especially the one with Derek Jeter in it.

[u/Hot_Tag]

I know it's been mentioned in comments, but the funny thing about so many people saying "the gambling ads are way worse" is that the Sydney Sweeney ad is literally promoting sports gambling.

[u/FallAspenLeaves]

If you go to a PG rated movie at the theater, all the previews shown have to be PG rated too, for that audience.

A baseball game is like a PG rated movie, it’s family friendly. So, why are these commercials allowed? I think these commercials should only be aired after 10:00 PM.

Some of the horror movie commercials are shown during the day on CNBC….UGH.

[u/Born-Dimension5196 → u/FallAspenLeaves]

This is a great perspective and I appreciate it. 

[u/irwtkyrm]

Also her voice is just annoying as shit

[u/jordan3257 → u/irwtkyrm]

Just... sports... did that sound sexy guys?? 😒

[u/GreenBagger28 → u/irwtkyrm]

Megan Fox or Sydney Sweeney?

[u/irwtkyrm → u/GreenBagger28]

I had Sweeney in mind. Fox is slightly less sexual at least, still not a fan. She's completely unrecognizable now

[u/StealthStaminaKills → u/GreenBagger28]

Yes

[u/oatterz → u/irwtkyrm]

Sports. Sports. Sports.

Sports.

Sports. Sports.

[u/irwtkyrm → u/oatterz]

Just sports. And gambling. And sex.

Just sports.

[u/byproxxy → u/irwtkyrm]

sperts

[u/sunshineajw1384]

Gambling will affect your kids far more than a girls cleavage.

[u/king_zlayer]

And TWINS

[u/Shadow-Vision]

A real man always pays

[u/CaliKindalife]

And gambling ads. 8 year olds are watching and see you whats her boobs half naked selling a gambling ad.

[u/vertomun]

Gambling, gambling, tits, trucks, gambling, ozempic, tits.

[u/cherrytoffee]

all these gambling and viagra ads need to go.

[u/Aggressive_Oil5712]

It’s not gambling, it’s ED pills, if it’s not either it’s political ads, and if it’s neither it’s “SOMETHING OUR CHEVY CUSTOMERS WONT DO IS PAY INTEREST ON THEIR NEW 2026 SLIVERADO!”

[u/Crooks_Castles]

Yes agreed with this. I shouldn’t have to change the channel watching the games with my family with little ones. Keep it family friendly during prime time

[u/lurkingworkng]

I actually agree with Call on this.. I've always hated that and the gambling ads. I don't have kids currently but if I did, I'd feel the same way.

[u/Grouchy_Guide7496]

I wouldn’t mind a Micro Machine ad. That guy talked fast.

[u/bobsmith696969]

My 4 yo has really enjoyed the Novig ads 👀…he’s spot on though tbh

[u/richardspictures]

I’m more annoyed by war.gov

Maybe it’s just me.

[u/dankdepthsbb]

It's the Sweeney gambling ad and the Fox ED ad, and I agree super not appropriate for children

[u/RealistRebel1]

[u/posted3030]

I wonder if he was the one that posted something similar here on Reddit but then deleted it after people were telling him to talk to his kids because the internet is way worse once they get their hands on it.

[u/Gnosticks]

Concur. I'm not a prude, Megan and Sydney don't really do it for me, but the last thing I want when watching ball games is a half-naked woman on the screen to make the rest of my family uncomfortable.

I thought this was just a Sling.tv thing, but are you guys saying this crap is also being broadcast OTA???

[u/okinawa_obasan05 → u/Gnosticks]

Yes 😭

[u/eternalgrey_]

I’m sure he has no issue with how his president conducts himself, though. All these religious nuts are the biggest hypocrites.

[u/theGreatwasLate → u/eternalgrey_]

The only thing they’re religious about is their pockets.

[u/kingofmymachine]

Why are we pretending like we dont remember the era of carls jr commercials with models?

[u/shizbox06 → u/kingofmymachine]

Plenty of people thought that shit was absurd.

We also remember the Swedish bikini team and girls fighting over “tastes great vs less filling” innuendo before that. It’s all tasteless, absurd and wonderful at the same time.

[u/BigRedFury → u/kingofmymachine]

Those commercials only existed because Carl (I forget who was actually CEO was a big time creeper who specifically wanted hot chicks eating hamburgers.

Not that it makes it any better, better but most of the time those were regional commercials that didn't air with nearly the same frequency of Novig.

As a married guy, I've just learned to make it obvious I'm staring at my phone during commercial breaks during these playoffs.

ETA: Never underestimate the power of a lady to notice how closely you're paying paying attention when there's another lady on the TV.

[u/Materasu1224 → u/BigRedFury]

Yup, Andrew Puzder was the creep who was suuuper adamant about keeping them. Carl hated them.

[u/StealthRUs → u/kingofmymachine]

AND TWIIIIIINS!

[u/UhMeh12]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2woaq3tGIMjZzXdDDv
Sport sports sports sports

[u/Gonoles1851]

Campaign ads next

[u/SMD913]

Feels good to hear someone of note say this. Felt like I would be screaming in the void if I brought this up

[u/HippoExtension5640]

Yeah like the fucking man scape add where it shows a naked man shaving his nuts that was great tv while me and my daughters watch fucking bullshit

[u/Cmorethecat]

I had to explain to my kids when they were elementary school age what erectile dysfunction is… Because of baseball commercials. Now we are inundated with commercials encouraging viewers to gamble. Do better, MLB.

[u/louie3723jr]

Lol true it’s always awkward when the megan fox or Sydney Sweeney ad pops up when you’re with family

[u/AceMariner1]

How about knocking off all the stupid polymarket nonsense, which is sports gambling, which should be illegal

[u/Aggressive-Video7321]

The gambling is far worse and more destructive.

[u/Quick-Budget6813]

This is the right wing bro culture we’ve voted in. Gambling and sex … for your kids!

[u/Ceeti19]

It out of control. On top of the lude ads, I saw percentages on top of receivers trying to promote in game betting. They show the percentages before games for who will hit Home runs. They've sold their souls.

[u/stillinform]

The commercials are disturbing. Not suitable for children.

[u/ligray]

Gambling and blue pill ads have been the norm for sports but when I saw them from sports broadcasts as a kid, I thought it was just for general health or something considering it always just showed old men laughing all the time and said to consult a doctor.

[u/TheBotchedLobotomy → u/ligray]

Yeah the only difference now is its megan fox in a body suit instead of old men out at a fancy dinner with their wife lol

[u/FlobiusHole]

The gambling ads are way worse than whatever other ads he’s talking about. That shit is out of hand and is cancer to society in a way that a half naked woman is not.

[u/HeartyBeefBarley]

The president they all worship is a pedo

[u/Dodger_Blue17]

Sucks when I’m watching at work and those damn ads come on. Make people think I’m watching something else.

[u/Wren_2738]

I have to toggle to another channel. I am sick of it. They need to check in with their marketing team. Disgusting and disgraceful.

[u/JellyBearJam]

Young men are especially vulnerable to gambling ads. And once it starts, it’s hard to kick. And I get AC’s point about younger kids and the suggestive ads. That’s everywhere, but yes, it would be nice for the younger kids to be able to watch games early.

[u/Rowbehr23]

What? I’m confuse because I don’t stick around for the commercials. That’s my break to go get my snacks and a cold one.

[u/lelio98]

And get rid of the gambling ads!

[u/OnlyKey5675]

I'm so glad I never got the gambling bug. It does nothing for me.

I was at a bar the other day here in LA and there were some 20 something guys talking about better and for some reason I thought betting was still illegal in CA. They went on to explain to me that its not via predication markets. Then one of them showed me how to do it etc and his betting history. He was all in the red. Thousands of losses. His friends were the same (according to him).

[u/PatoLoco310]

Tired of the gambling and horror movie ads.

[u/HeavensRoyalty]

Seriously and they're even talking about raping women in the fucking damn commercials. This should not be happening

[u/Kevinator24]

To preface, I’m not a prude by any means. However in this specific instance, I was getting the Sydney Sweeney “just sports” ad every…fucking…commercial break last few games. It just got exhausting and I can see why Alex is upset.

[u/FatSteveWasted9]

Couldn’t care less about sexuality in advertising. People fuck,it’s kind of how and why we’re here.

I do however care greatly about the gambling ads. Kids definitely don’t need to see that shit. Hell, adults don’t need to see that shit. It creates degenerates, and we have enough of those already.

[u/False_Donkey_498]

Your kids love these ads as much as you do.

[u/dansFC1]

Why are they more upset about the promiscuous women than they are about the predatory gambling apps that are already being proven to cause harm to young men especially?

[u/FreedomCommercial451]

As the Dodgers’ baseball optometrist, I will prescribe him some horse blinders.

[u/dominicsantini]

Wait until he sees the Gravité ads.

[u/discerningdm → u/dominicsantini]

These are actually funny though. It’s clearly just models in a weird Las Vegas hotel room - creepy and off putting but kind of silly?

[u/VersaceSamurai → u/discerningdm]

Yeah what does cologne have to do with saving one self for marriage lmao

[u/hamHamAlucard]

Scary movie ads are worse IMO.

[u/thewarfreak → u/hamHamAlucard]

https://giphy.com/gifs/J53YM4GDajfnpa56Jd

[u/appleavocado]

Another AC win. I’m getting old and I’m a dad now, but damnit that back to back Sweeney and then viagra commercials - that’s too much, man.

[u/felixthecat15]

Completely agree. I have to monitor the commercials now.

[u/Batman_Forever]

I've been watching the Canadian feed to get away from the gambling/midterm ads 😆

[u/burritolist]

Lemme see what ads yall talkin about 👀

[u/copyrightname]

He’s a legend for this! I have to watch so many viagra ads, Sydney Sweeney side boobs, and non stop betting ads while watching baseball and I am not the market for any of those ads!!

[u/DodgerFanArd24]

Lmao.

[u/futuristicflapper]

I’m so over not necessarily because of the content but because they’re practically the only damn ads you see. I’ve seen Sydney Sweeney more times in the past couple weeks than in the entire time she’s been acting.

[u/DesertShazzy]

I don't wanna agree with this godsquad dude but I do. It's all betting and beer and fried beige food. I mute every ad and check my phone during the hundreds of breaks. Then squeeze in some baseball between that stolen base 'brought to you by'...

[u/Electronic_Screen387]

Honestly fair, between the political shit, the boner pills, and the gambling ads there's really nothing else being advertised during that is theoretically an event for the entire family.

[u/Infinite-Floor-5242]

100% agreement with Alex Call, didn't see that coming. I'd throw in political ads too. So many of them loudly reference child sexual abuse. I usually only stream so it's jarring seeing the state of ads nowadays.

[u/Different-Pipe-3182]

I literally cannot stand seeing that Sydney Sweeney ad just there in everyone’s faces on public television. I already gotta deal with AI porn ads coming up when I exit a stream, and don’t even get me started on all the gambling ones too

[u/CabbageStockExchange]

Adjacent to this. I’m absolutely tired of the constant gambling ads

[u/youareallnuts]

Since Alex Call is asexual who is the father of "his" kids?

[u/GalloNegr0]

He’s the one that hates gays right

[u/Ickiiis]

I have a bigger issue with what the ad is about. Gambling. Titties never hurt no body. Gambling on the other hand… yikes

[u/spookshowbaby1234]

sex sells baby

[u/Armaced]

I’m far more offended by the countless, relentless ads for gambling.