Dodgers' Alex Call blasts controversial Sydney Sweeney ad

[u/_HGCenty]

https://www.thebiglead.com/dodgers-alex-call-sydney-sweeney-novig-commercial-soft-porn/

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[u/_HGCenty]

Alex Call was replying to another user commenting how the game had the Sydney Sweeney ad, an ED ad with Megan Fox and the creepy Other Mommy trailer.

[u/redditlvlanalysis → u/_HGCenty]

Okay but seriously fuck that other mommy bullshit shit needs to bomb and stop having ads so that I don't have to watch everything on a time delay to make sure I can avoid it. For some reason that particular one really fucks with the kids and I like being able to sleep through the night

[u/TrapperJean → u/redditlvlanalysis]

Shit about parents, especially moms, fucks kids up. That Mars Needs Moms movie bombed hard and the marketing/research determined the biggest reason was kids didnt want to see it because the idea of their moms getting kidnapped was too sad and scary

[u/eljefe87 → u/TrapperJean]

Meanwhile every Disney film wrecked millennials by killing off mom.

[u/_cacho6L → u/eljefe87]

off screen is the way, they learned from The Land Before Tome's mistake

[u/ahappypoop → u/TrapperJean]

I don't know, the Jimmy Neutron movie revolved around all parents being kidnapped and nearly sacrificed to a giant chicken god, and that's been named as the number 1 movie of all time on at least one list (yeah it's my list, so what ya wanna fight about it?)

[u/oneeighthirish → u/ahappypoop]

It's gotta be a vibes thing. If the kids in the movie are distraught over the disappearance of mom, then kids in the audience will be, too. If the kids are partying because there's no rules, then the kids in the audience will be entertained.

[u/Clown_Toucher → u/TrapperJean]

I mean that movie being filled with uncanny valley people didn't help either

[u/PeachMonster_666 → u/redditlvlanalysis]

These James Wan produced movies rarely bomb. They’re made for dirt cheap and audiences show up for them. A lot of them are awful movies but they have the formulaic jumpscare fest down to a science

Remember the 2021 hit Insidious: The Red Door?

I don’t. But it made nearly 200 mil on a 16 mil budget. I’m positive Other Mommy will have similar success and will rake in cash for the rest of the month

[u/the_descendent → u/PeachMonster_666]

I wish James Wan would leave Insidious-world behind. His movie Malignant from a few years ago was so good

[u/PeachMonster_666 → u/the_descendent]

And ironically Malignant has been his biggest box office flop too. The guy made Saw and then started the money printing franchises Insidious and The Conjuring

Then for whatever reason Malignant didn’t get the same success. Despite being arguably the best movie he’s directed

[u/MrSantaClause → u/redditlvlanalysis]

It's getting absolutely terrible reviews so hopefully we're done seeing the ads.

[u/Sooperballz → u/MrSantaClause]

And it was still first place at the box office

[u/Sell_The_team_Jerry → u/redditlvlanalysis]

D+ Audience Score from Cinescore, but it's not a bomb. It already made a profit after 1 week and will continue on for a few more weeks at least. Bad movies can make money if their budget is low enough. Expect more horror schlock

[u/mofongo516 → u/_HGCenty]

[u/Equivalent-Tune6003 → u/_HGCenty]

The fact they didn't call it Other Mother is enough reason not to see it

[u/TuukkaRascal → u/Equivalent-Tune6003]

That’s from Coraline tho

[u/Michael__Pemulis → u/TuukkaRascal]

FWIW, I already assumed it was Coraline related as is until my wife corrected me.

[u/TrapperJean → u/Equivalent-Tune6003]

Sounds too much like Mother Lover

https://giphy.com/gifs/MY6DD5TSu3kL6

[u/ConfidentGarden7514]

sssssports

[u/Green-Cricket-8525 → u/ConfidentGarden7514]

Sportz. Sportz. Sportz. 

[u/ILoveCornbread420 → u/Green-Cricket-8525]

We like sports and we don’t care who knows

[u/GiveMeSmellyFarts → u/ILoveCornbread420]

From shooting hoops to the Super Bowl

[u/amachinesaidiwasgood → u/ConfidentGarden7514]

"Get a blonde girl with big jugs to say the word sports over and over again, fuck it, I don't even care what we're advertising, I just want that to be real" - some exec

[u/iprefercumsole → u/amachinesaidiwasgood]

I don't even care what we're advertising

• Every marketing department for decades

[u/1HappyRoadrunner → u/ConfidentGarden7514]

Sports.

[u/funlikerabbits → u/ConfidentGarden7514]

I legitimately thought the company was called “Just Sports” the first 20 times I heard the commercial.

[u/Patrick2701 → u/ConfidentGarden7514]

Her voice always sounds like someone stuffed up with mucus
https://giphy.com/gifs/ghBHbA9qUIHZFYTqjw

[u/OliveJuiceUTwo → u/ConfidentGarden7514]

Big ol’ sporties

[u/Globeville_Obsolete → u/ConfidentGarden7514]

Spurtzsz

[u/m1k3e]

I really hate all of the gambling ads, tbh. I don’t like how MLB (and even Derek Jeter of all people) have sold out to these gambling/prediction companies. It cheapens the game and normalizes gambling to younger generations.

[u/RogueModron → u/m1k3e]

I don’t like how MLB (and even Derek Jeter of all people) have sold out to these gambling/prediction companies.

Shame used to exist, and a sense of public decency. Now money = winner, so no one fucking cares.

[u/the_cave_allegory → u/RogueModron]

Shame used to exist, and a sense of public decency. Now money = winner, so no one fucking cares.

Well said. It does seem like in just the past few years, money has become everything. Whereas before, it was everything, but shameful to openly declare it so.

[u/Cambot1138 → u/m1k3e]

Simple! Just call it trading!

Then it's all good. Hell, trading sounds responsible.

[u/Beneficial_Cut1661]

these ads really have made it awkward for me and my family. getting up 2-3 times a game to wack my sack is getting exhausting

[u/Unfrozen__Caveman → u/Beneficial_Cut1661]

This is why I bought everyone in my family a blindfold and make them wear it during commercials. There's no way I'm getting out of my chair once I'm comfy.

[u/LEAKKsdad → u/Unfrozen__Caveman]

Dude this comment....generational spin at upgrading old circlejerk jokes.

[u/jdbolick → u/Beneficial_Cut1661]

A family that wanks together stays together.

[u/peon2 → u/jdbolick]

I was about to say what sort of weird puritanical upbringing did this guy have where the living room doesn't double as a masturbatorium? Does the town clergy even let them watch the devil's box?

[u/penguinopph → u/peon2]

I was about to say what sort of weird puritanical upbringing did this guy have where the living room doesn't double as a masturbatorium? Does the town clergy even let them watch the devil's box?

That's what The Crucible is about, no?

[u/peon2 → u/penguinopph]

Honestly I last read that around 2009 in high school so I can't say with complete confidence that is what it is about, but I'm leaning 75/25 that you're right.

[u/SuaveBolo → u/jdbolick]

Missed opportunity to say "sticks" together.

[u/seansy5000 → u/Beneficial_Cut1661]

Why not manipulate the shaft instead?

[u/BalzacTheGreat]

All the sports betting ads, ED ads, pharma ads, the Hegseth fascist military ads, the unhinged political ads, it’s all fucking enough already. 

EDIT: I'm glad we can all agree on something, flairs notwithstanding.

[u/unfortunatebastard → u/BalzacTheGreat]

Man, those war ads are so weird. And we’re playing for it.

[u/PackageDangerous1954 → u/unfortunatebastard]

WARRIOR ETHOS,PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, aka bombing schools and hospitals

[u/FORTY8pak → u/PackageDangerous1954]

Nothing says warrior like having a hair and makeup suite set up in the Pentagon.

[u/grubas → u/FORTY8pak]

And AI/fake as fuck looking backgrounds 

[u/Upset-Dingo-6879 → u/FORTY8pak]

This. That soft bitch is as far from the term "warrior" as you can possibly get. He sure likes to cosplay though.

[u/SupahBlah → u/PackageDangerous1954]

KANE LIVES

[u/meerkatmreow → u/PackageDangerous1954]

Is war even worth it without the war crimes?

[u/jdbolick → u/unfortunatebastard]

Who is that ad supposed to target? The people who crow about patriotism are too busy at their keyboards to serve.

The people who actually join the military want a job with benefits.

[u/sentry_chad → u/jdbolick]

There’s a fresh batch of 18 year olds every year

[u/jlrc2 → u/sentry_chad]

Those batches are getting smaller every year as well, so the armed forces will need to get an increasingly high percentage of them to sign up if they want to maintain their numbers.

[u/galacticdude7 → u/jlrc2]

It's almost as if something happened 18 years ago that ruined the economy and made people not want to have kids

[u/pepperouchau → u/jdbolick]

Somehow is even more cringe that the “army of one climb a mountain hoorah” stuff I remember as a kid

[u/tonesloe → u/pepperouchau]

At least those didn't feel like something written for an Ironman movie, that is supposed to be so over the top you know it's fake.

[u/BritzBeef → u/jdbolick]

Reassure the people who are already on their side. It's like how car ads are often actually for people who have already bought the car and meant to help them feel reassured of their purchase decision.

[u/myassholealt → u/BritzBeef]

meant to help them feel reassured of their purchase decision.

So many American manufucturer ads stopped even touting the actual build quality of the car and it's all blah blah, America, Patriot, America, Be Proud, Buy our vehicle cause America.

[u/Burto72 → u/unfortunatebastard]

The fact that there is a war.gov website is kind of disturbing.

[u/grubas → u/Burto72]

The entire ad is Fascist.  It's not fascist coded it's not fascist winking.  It's literally what you'd expect a character to turn on the TV to illustrate that this is a fascist government.

[u/lot183 → u/grubas]

I mean they are live streaming an execution. All the hallmarks

[u/maxweb1 → u/unfortunatebastard]

fucking disgusting and more than a few obvious nazi nods

[u/MC_Micro_Penis → u/BalzacTheGreat]

For me the absolute darkest ads are from one of the casinos that advertises on spectrum. It will usually show a couple doing whatever, some kind of resort activity, then they will pass through a door that leads to a beautiful landscape where, incongruously, two slot machines are waiting. Of course, these days slot machines are basically designed with the goal of making us into drooling zombies, mashing on a button for hours on end in a diaper.

I think the tag line is the incredibly new-speak-esque "welcome to freedom".

Every time I see it I feel genuinely sad.

[u/KRandMG → u/MC_Micro_Penis]

Come on man, those ads are totally realistic.

All the gorgeous 23-year-old women spend their Friday nights dressed to the nines at the local Indian casino an hour away from civilization, where every man is wearing a tailored suit and high-fiving his buddies as he wins for the fourth time in a row.

[u/altoona_sprock → u/MC_Micro_Penis]

Just like lottery ticket commercials with cartoon animals. PA has Gus the groundhog. I'm sure everyplace else has something similar. Gus even has a "clever" catchphrase. Keep on scratchin!

Scratch your way to forclosure!

Casinos are fun. But like alcohol, moderation and self control is the key. And neither is promoted in any commercial ever.

[u/SmallLetter → u/altoona_sprock]

Addictive activities need to be regulated against advertising at the MINIMUM in such a way that children will never see them. Cigarettes, alcohol, gambling. Anything else is an absolute FAILURE to uphold "the best interests of the child", which is a simple and yet profound concept that most world experts consider to be FOUNDATIONAL to any functionally just and ordered society. Ergo, america is a cesspit that doesn't give 2 shits about it's kids

[u/Unfrozen__Caveman → u/BalzacTheGreat]

It's an accurate representation of the state of our country unfortunately. 

[u/alf0nz0 → u/Unfrozen__Caveman]

The entire economy: scams, subscriptions, drugs, and gambling

[u/Bigjonstud90 → u/alf0nz0]

Depending on what app you’re using, you can parlay it into a subscription gambling scam!

[u/bantha42 → u/BalzacTheGreat]

Kind of insane the 180 we did on gambling as a society seemingly overnight.

[u/RogueModron → u/bantha42]

I'm guessing there was some policy or policies that were quietly dismantled.

You ever wonder why televangelism and the associated scams got big in the 80s? Like why specifically then? There used to be a law that television stations had to give up a few hours of air time on Sundays (or it may have been the weekend) for cheap/free religious programming, that wasn't allowed to profit from this. Reagan did away with that. So the wolves swooped in and started in with the prosperity gospel and made tons of money on it.

This is obviously a paraphrase and honestly it's half-remembered from when I read the excellent book Sleepwalking Through History by Haynes Johnson about the Reagan years, but it's correct in the broad strokes.

The point is, it's usually some small and boring policy change that has huge consequences.

[u/agarret83 → u/BalzacTheGreat]

This is a symptom of every facet of life unfortunately, not just baseball broadcasts. I have made it my mission to block every “Kalshi partner” I get on TikTok and I’m approaching 100 in the last week

[u/gravitasofmavity → u/BalzacTheGreat]

Seriously. I don’t know if the execs care about these things, but I’ll tune out if the commercials get on my nerves. Getting old i guess… truly not enjoying the hyper commercialization of this sport. Doubly so when the ada are all gambling, ED, big pharma, and political ads.

[u/unshifted → u/BalzacTheGreat]

During one commercial break in the Guardians/Rays game, all I could think is that this is exactly what the ad breaks during Ow My Balls looked like.

[u/FloridaMan_69 → u/BalzacTheGreat]

Huh, I guess I'm really glad I'm watching the ALCS on HBO Max, where they just play this annoying little musical stinger on a loop.

[u/BropolloCreed → u/BalzacTheGreat]

I'd still take all those over the political attack ads I'm subjected to this time of year

[u/meerkatmreow → u/BropolloCreed]

How else am I supposed to learn that Sherrod Brown wants to personally trans my kids all by himself?

[u/darnoc9265 → u/meerkatmreow]

As a trans sports fan, it’s so fucking exhausting. I just want to escape into my sportsball and instead I get these relentless bombardments, and in every sport

[u/penguinopph → u/darnoc9265]

As a trans sports fan, it’s so fucking exhausting.

Same, friend. We're strong, but I'm tired of having to be so strong every waking moment.

[u/penguinopph → u/meerkatmreow]

How else am I supposed to learn that Sherrod Brown wants to personally trans my kids all by himself?

I've said this in other threads, but that ad really sucks to see as a trans-woman who lives in Illinois. Not only is it personally attacking me, but I'm not even eligible to vote in that state!

[u/Rc5tr0 → u/penguinopph]

Not only is it personally attacking me, but I'm not even eligible to vote in that state!

Fun fact, the woman starring in those ads isn’t either! She has no connection to Ohio and was not a minor when she had surgery.

[u/KGEighty8 → u/meerkatmreow]

Only if your kid is already 19 and lives in Texas

[u/meerkatmreow → u/KGEighty8]

"They did it without my parents consent!"

"Yes, because you were an adult and could consent yourself"

[u/CarlySimonSays → u/BropolloCreed]

They're extra annoying when they're for elections in other states! National political ads should be saved for presidential election years.

[u/BropolloCreed → u/CarlySimonSays]

I'd argue they should be banned outright. Show me two dudes in diapers kissing on top of a unicorn that's jumping over a rainbow all day long while a half-naked Sydney Sweeney eats pudding with her hands, but keep the political crap off my TV.

[u/Cabanarama_ → u/BalzacTheGreat]

It blows my mind that there are people out there who watch commercials without pressing mute. Mute is the second most important button on the remote, behind Power.

(Most of these are still pretty obnoxious even on mute, though.)

[u/No_Difference_9195 → u/Cabanarama_]

I do this when ads get repetitive and my brain can’t take them anymore. But normally, I use the sound as a signal when the game is back on. I’m doing something and listening for the commentators or other intro, as opposed to staring at the screen without sound or constantly looking up to see if it’s back on.

[u/FPG_Matthew]

Megan Fox ad talking about ED

Sydney Sweeney ad talking about gambling

Other mommy horror movie trailer

All on repeat throughout this postseason

What fun for kids…

[u/SwAeromotion → u/FPG_Matthew]

Sports betting and political ads mixed in make the whole non game watching experience terrible.

[u/InspectorTiny1952 → u/SwAeromotion]

In our household we've taught the kids to loudly boo political and gambling ads.

[u/Charming_Squirrel_13 → u/FPG_Matthew]

don’t forget the dehumanizing political ads being blasted nonstop in swing states. idk what i’d do if i had kids watching these games but the commercials are insanely inappropriate. “join ice” is a hell of a message for developing minds. 

[u/CapriciousMuffin → u/Charming_Squirrel_13]

I’m not in a swing state but I’m right on the border with one so I get a lot of their commercials. I saw one the other day that literally said word for word “are you tired of illegal immigrants stealing your healthcare?”

Like what the fuck does that even mean? How could someone steal another person’s healthcare? Like picking up their prescription from the pharmacy?

[u/Gio_9816 → u/FPG_Matthew]

At least we got 'liberty biberty' ...

[u/Lystian]

The gambling ads are non stop. I keep seeing them everywhere. So over it.

[u/silvermoonhowler → u/Lystian]

Seriously

How many of those things do we really need?

Between the sports betting and trading stuff, we now have the following for the major players:

• DraftKings
• FanDuel
• PrizePicks
• Underdog
• Kalshi
• Polymarket
• Novig

[u/mulder00 → u/silvermoonhowler]

They're not just ads, they're part of the broadcast and pre-game shows, too.

[u/Artistic_Bit6866 → u/mulder00]

Yeah this is what pisses me off most. Impossible to stay away from them. I’ve never gambled on sports and probably never will, but I can’t imagine how shitty it must be to be inundated by this crap if you’re battling an addiction.

[u/Bridgeburner493 → u/Lystian]

Alberta legalized the gambling sites as of September 1, and for the month before and month after it was everywhere. Basically every roadside advertising board and every commercial as for sports betting. Even the ad board behind home plate at Skydome was specifically about a Canadian gambling site now being legal in Alberta.

It's finally dying down in favour of American funded traitors pushing anti-Canada messages.

[u/09f3jns → u/Lystian]

Gambling is becoming the primary reason sports are played.

Fun fact: Legal sports prediction companies (FanDuel, DraftKings, etc.) collectively made more profit last year than any individual sports league. And the total sum of bets placed exceeded $100 billion.

[u/lilacsmakemesneeze]

I’m more frustrated with the Megan Fox Ro Sparks commercials. My 8 yo keeps asking about it and I’m like “it’s medication”.. between that and the gambling commercials, do they realize young kids are watching this garbage? It’s nothing but garbage ads.

[u/nonresponsive → u/lilacsmakemesneeze]

My real problem is the gambling ads are trying to make it look like a game. The new Lebron ad is really bad. They stuffed a bunch of "famous" people and get everyone smiling, having fun, and playing around. Tellin everyone they gotta be trading and win. It might look harmless, but it's incredibly malicious (edit. insidious).

They're trying to get people, and kids, that gambling is cool. All these famous people do it, so you should too. The Sydney Sweeney ad is dumb, but the goal of these gambling ads is way way worse. And the worst part is, they're not going to be as controversial, because the ads themselves seem so harmless.

[u/SirDigbyChknCaesar → u/nonresponsive]

They're trying to make it seem like the only way to have fun watching sports is to participate by gambling along with it. It's awful.

[u/lilacsmakemesneeze → u/nonresponsive]

I had a convo with my son during the regular season as Kalshi’s sign is behind the batter (Padres) and explaining how bad these companies are. I try to be as transparent as I’m usually fuming about the gambling ads. Did we not learn from all of the stock picker ads and people offing themselves during the Covid robinhood 🚀 days? We don’t need kids thinking this is ok either. The political ads are usually enough for me to mute but you can’t mute soft porn gambling ads.

[u/NotLozerish → u/nonresponsive]

I intern for my school’s athletics department, and I’m not allowed to bet on any sports that have a collegiate program. I can’t bet on MLB because the NCAA has baseball. So I think it’s crazy that all these athletes/people that work in sports are in these commercials promoting gambling.

[u/CoastalMatchaFreak → u/NotLozerish]

I think it’s crazy that any athletes shill for these companies knowing that players and their families get online harassment and death threats because of people are pissed at losing money on them, thanks to sports betting. That’s Jeter and the Mannings, though- wave a dollar in front of them and they’ll sign up to make a commercial for whatever you like.

[u/JohnMadden42069 → u/lilacsmakemesneeze]

They do, they also realize that dudes who need boner pills have a lot more income than children.

[u/5Point5Hole → u/JohnMadden42069]

They don't give a shit about kids

[u/JohnMadden42069 → u/5Point5Hole]

Rightfully so, times are too hard for kids to annoy their parents into buying them a set of Sockem Boppers. 

[u/chrisghrobot → u/lilacsmakemesneeze]

Her ads been everywhere man. Like why is this product about ED so rampant right now lmao

[u/iamnewtoreddithelpme → u/lilacsmakemesneeze]

Yeah my 5 year old was watching when the ad came on. The commercials are better catered to adult swim at 9pm then trying to watch baseball with your kid and start a new generation of fandom.

[u/bobboman → u/lilacsmakemesneeze]

aint nothing like having to explain ED pills to a kid while watching baseball

[u/_wiltedgreens]

All of the ads are either for gambling, ed pills, or colonoscopies. It’s atrocious.

[u/Bulky-Scheme-9450 → u/_wiltedgreens]

Colonoscopies: why he say fuck me for?

[u/darwinpolice → u/Bulky-Scheme-9450]

I just love the Cologuard's commercial mascot is an anthropomorphized version of a box that you shit in. He's just this friendly little cube with arms and legs, and he seems awfully chipper and upbeat for someone who's about to get pooped in.

[u/RedstoneRay → u/darwinpolice]

That little freak is probably into it.

[u/phunky_1 → u/Bulky-Scheme-9450]

Yeah, fucking reminders to get colonoscopies or a shit in a box test. I want to die of ass cancer like a real man.

[u/hjugm → u/_wiltedgreens]

Can I introduce you to Liberty Bibberty?

[u/darwinpolice → u/hjugm]

YOU ABSOLUTELY MAY NOT.

[u/Chippermack → u/_wiltedgreens]

hey man, colonoscopies are very important, leave them alone

[u/Intrepid-Message698 → u/_wiltedgreens]

Reddit learning baseball viewership's primary demographic is old men. These commercials also play on sports talk radio for the same reason.

[u/CarneDelGato]

You know, I get that the ads are super sexual, and that parents are concerned. Like, your kids should be able to watch baseball.

But the thing I find most offensive is that she says, “No betting on wars. Or death.” Umm, yeah, I’d rather explain sex than that. 

[u/archimago23 → u/CarneDelGato]

My brain has been incorrectly processing “or death” this whole time. It sounds to me like she’s saying “or ducks,” and 1) I knew that was incorrect, but 2) betting on ducks sounds like something I could legit get into

[u/CarneDelGato → u/archimago23]

I too can get behind duck prediction. I'll start working on an app. It'll be called "Ducks to Ducks."

[u/CoastalMatchaFreak → u/archimago23]

Her sexy baby vocal fry is dialed up to eleven in that commercial. “Or duckth…juthst you…hot cakesth…and sthportssss!”

[u/nowitscometothis]

i am absolutely not one of these pearl clutching, "what about the children" types; but holy shit i cannot watch baseball with my family anymore because of the ads. bimbos selling gambling and dick pills, idiotic military stroking ads and the absolutely repulsive and vile political ads make it so i am just turning the tv off for commercials or finding something else to watch entirely if the kids are up.

[u/Ok-Preparation617 → u/nowitscometothis]

It really is wild. I just 🏴‍☠️games now because I can't stand the ridiculous commercials.

Edit: also jeesh, I saw one of these a few weeks ago and thought it w as a ridiculous... The one I just watched in the ass article is over the top lol.

[u/SneekySinper17]

I’m kinda with him even before I had a kid. It’s one of the reasons I kinda have watched and listened to mlb network less and less. Every 5 minutes you have to listen to a boner pill commercial, a gambling commercial or the stupid Navage commercial.

[u/Stratifyed → u/SneekySinper17]

Not to mention the suspiciously-named Nugenix

[u/clycloptopus → u/Stratifyed]

and, fellas….

….she’ll like it too 😉

[u/redditlvlanalysis → u/SneekySinper17]

I've started watching the games on a 40ish minute delay to skip the gambling and horror movie commercials and be able to sleep through the night.

[u/dionysios_platonist]

Seems reasonable, the ads aren’t really appropriate for children at all, either in how sexual they are or that they promote addictive gambling

[u/bbatardo]

I get more annoyed my kid sings WIN.. WIN WIN WIN WIN.

[u/toxchick → u/bbatardo]

At least they aren’t singing liberty biberty

[u/AerieElectrical3546 → u/[deleted]]

username checks out

[u/TBell01 → u/[deleted]]

Ayeeee what a nice visitor to have from the CFB subreddit 🫡

[u/BassBored]

The Megan Fox one is arguably worse lol

[u/KlimCan → u/BassBored]

Her body proportions look bizarre in that ad.

[u/soul_doubt_66 → u/KlimCan]

She looks like a sex robot

[u/connor-brown → u/BassBored]

The wife and I were trying to figure out what they were going for with that one. We settled that it’s trying to be sexy but it’s so far in the uncanny valley that’s it’s disturbing

[u/evanieCK]

Alex Call's got a good point. It seems today that all you see is violence in movies and sex on TV. Where are the good old fashioned values on which we used to rely?

[u/Green-Cricket-8525]

It’s honestly one of the grossest gambling ads so far and I hope it’s the one that tips the scale on these endless gambling ads. These “prediction markets” are glorified online bookies and need to be shut down. Players partnering with these organizations are deplorable as well. 

[u/lucasd11 → u/Green-Cricket-8525]

I'd go as far to say they're worse. The "prediction markets" are allowed to skirt gambling laws because well, "they're not gambling 😉😉". And everyone just seems to be fine with it. At least the sports books are regulated and need to abide by the gambling laws within the states they operate. The prediction markets are able to exist even in states that online sports gambling/casinos are illegal, because again.. totally not gambling. You're buying into a commodity futures market that the result of your prediction is based on the outcome of an event. It's just that simple!

[u/Ok_Breakfast7588 → u/lucasd11]

As a society we've started letting too much "there's no rule saying a dog can't play basketball" happen.

[u/a_large_plant → u/Ok_Breakfast7588]

Listen, there's no rule saying a dog can't bet on Sydney Sweeney nudity in prediction market ads

[u/ThirdPoliceman → u/lucasd11]

"everyone" isn't fine with it--our glorious politicians are fine with it because they dump insane amounts of lobbying money into congress.

[u/Fredbear_ → u/Green-Cricket-8525]

The grossest one was the "will baseball end segregation" ad from Kalshi

[u/pmfiebig]

While we’re at it can we please remove the pharmaceutical commercials also

[u/PlayOnPlayer]

The ad definitely makes me stupider every time I see it, which extra sucks because it feels like it was designed to make me stupider and I’m falling for it lol

[u/sdewww → u/PlayOnPlayer]

I saw posts about the ad before I actually saw it so I thought it was just a proactive commercial. Saw it for the first time the other day and the thing that bugs me the most is how stupid the target audience must be for the ad just to be her naked saying “Sports” over and over

[u/Own_Proposal3827 → u/sdewww]

The average person isn’t much smarter than a fly, which is why the ad works

[u/dusters]

Now, back to your dick pill, beer, and gambling ads.

[u/SoftwareAny4990 → u/dusters]

Bro the MLB playoffs have been that, plus your local politics.

[u/MonicaLewinskibidis → u/SoftwareAny4990]

Not even local. I'm getting ads for senators not from my state.

[u/tankyouout → u/dusters]

The Sweeney ad is a gambling ad

[u/JonnyActsImmature]

I thought this was pearl clutching until I saw the ad. Is that really on tv?

[u/dst_corgi → u/JonnyActsImmature]

Yeah, I don’t particularly love Call, but I agree with him on this. I do think it’s outrageous to run this on a family event.

And before people “what about” me, I fucking hate gambling ads too. All of it is gross to shove in the faces of kids trying to watch a baseball game.

[u/ZeroCodingXP → u/JonnyActsImmature]

Yes.

[u/JonnyActsImmature → u/ZeroCodingXP]

Child me used to have to wait until 2:30 am when the GGW infomercials came on to see that kinda content

[u/ZeroCodingXP → u/JonnyActsImmature]

::Cue the steel drum track::

[u/VaudevilleDada → u/ZeroCodingXP]

WARNING!

[u/fuckdirectv → u/JonnyActsImmature]

Every commercial break.

[u/Curndleman]

Every “Christian” who was outraged by the Pride gear should technically be double outraged by the Novig ad. And all the other gambling sponsors, prediction markets, the build submarines sponsors…

[u/BigBrainBrad-]

Its the fact they play it on national TV and its literally every ad break its on. If it was an ad on the internet people probably wouldnt be talking about it so much.

[u/Doublex5]

He’s right. Trying watching with your child when the horror movie ads come on too. A couple times it starts so quick you don’t have time to change the channel before some freaky ass shit is on the screen. I’m not watching baseball to test my reflexes and focus while I’m chillin out watching some baseball. Shits been going on for years like this

[u/Exzj]

I feel like these ads are finally reaching the tipping point where people have had enough. They've progressively gotten more and more unhinged throughout the past few years, but the ads this postseason have stooped to a new low. The Sweeny and Megan Fox ad are absolutely gross

[u/vikingrunner]

That entire commercial is basically saying “would you like a side of gambling addiction to go with your sex/porn addiction?”

[u/ModsCantRead69 → u/vikingrunner]

yes but not in front of my children, i've got an image to maintain

[u/Three_Froggy_Problem]

It seems like Call doesn’t care so much that the ad is advertising gambling and just doesn’t like that it features a woman without enough clothing on.

[u/JellyBearJam → u/Three_Froggy_Problem]

Because he is talking about watching tv with a young kid. For gambling, I hate that too but young men are the ones most vulnerable to gambling. My kids are young adults now but yes, when they were younger (elementary age or younger) I really hated the seeing the suggestive ads if they were watching.

[u/AerieElectrical3546 → u/Three_Froggy_Problem]

that IS a problem though, there’s no reason for advertisements that run on “family friendly” sporting events to be so sexualized.

[u/EmuMan10 → u/AerieElectrical3546]

The funny part is that it’s censored on the mlb broadcasts. The actual ad is even worse lol

[u/AerieElectrical3546 → u/EmuMan10]

yikes. even this censored version is uncomfortable with kids in the room 😬

[u/chrisghrobot → u/AerieElectrical3546]

The billboard version in New York is actually insane lol

[u/pickleparty16 → u/EmuMan10]

Gross. Where is this uncensored version? I want to make sure I dont watch it

[u/alien_believer_42 → u/AerieElectrical3546]

Gambling isn’t family friendly, so the mlb already decided they don’t care

[u/IowaGolfGuy322 → u/AerieElectrical3546]

Yeah, it was a bit awkward watching the afternoon White Sox playoffs games with my kids or on a second screen at work and that shit pops up.

[u/ElephantCares → u/AerieElectrical3546]

And it's not just about 'family friendly' or being just 'scantily clad'. This isn't that. You used the right word. "Sexualized". It's so overly sexualized that it's certainly not appropriate for people watching with their kids, (not that I have any but I do have a conscience about how others might feel about it), but MLB seems to have forgotten that a lot of fans are women.

That ad is so unbelievably offensive to women it's not even funny. Too bad MLB doesn't have the same conscience about how women might feel about it, just as I can understand how parents might feel about it, even though I'm not one.

[u/Hour_Health_4593 → u/AerieElectrical3546]

Got it, my “family friendly” gambling addict ads will put Sydney Sweeney in a Turtleneck

[u/bv310 → u/Hour_Health_4593]

It is the most tactical garment

[u/krollAY → u/bv310]

You mean the black ones? Or the slightly darker black?

[u/TrapperJean → u/krollAY]

Tactleneck

[u/JDiggle69 → u/TrapperJean]

https://giphy.com/gifs/10w8u98RYSMFvW

[u/Hollow_Rant → u/bv310]

But do we make her wear a black turtleneck or a...slightly blacker turtleneck?

[u/Microwave1213 → u/Hour_Health_4593]

So what, nobody is allowed to point out one problem becuse another problem also exists? 

Let’s put it this way: one of these ads is a lot more attention grabbing and harder to explain to an 8 year old. I’ll let you guess which one that is. 

[u/Key_Environment8179 → u/Three_Froggy_Problem]

Exactly

> Alex Call doesn't like watching what he called 'soft porn ads' with his young son.

[u/ZealousidealBug729 → u/Three_Froggy_Problem]

I feel like thats a reasonable complaint as well lol

[u/oooriole09 → u/Three_Froggy_Problem]

I know folks try to separate that commercial’s issue into one bucket or the other but we’re kinda missing the point that it’s simultaneously both.

[u/realityunf0lds]

It makes me so sick that every ad now is for gambling/ "pReDicTiOn mArkEt" sites, boner pills, GLP-1's, and most egregiously of all, Liberty Bibberty

[u/wretch5150]

Okay, that's it Republicans. Sorry. We're going back to a regulated world. I want these betting sites taken offline and these ads and this rampant betting culture GONE. This is seriously ruining sports.

[u/JR_1985]

He’s not wrong. Those commercials are shit

[u/bolshevik_rattlehead]

Even as a dude who likes sports, gambling and hot women, I fucking hate all this shit so much. Let me decide to partake and enjoy these things at my own pace and leisure, don’t bombard me (and particularly impressionable and addict-prone youngsters) with it. It’s sick and frankly sad.

[u/the_answer_is_RUSH → u/bolshevik_rattlehead]

I feel the same way. Also Sydney Sweeney looks dead behind the eyes and I feel like I’m watching something gross. Like the ad is just exploitation of everyone all the way down.

[u/rensley13 → u/bolshevik_rattlehead]

I think this hits the nail on the head . For a kid -- being able to watch sports on TV should get them excited about the sport.

These leagues want to get kids engaged young so you keep people in the sport , going to be hard to do when you are making it less about playing the sport And more on how to gamble on it. And then add on top why the person has no clothes on.

[u/Crazy_Addendum_4313]

LMAO “I should be able to teach my son about gambling the same way I learned: in a smoky room full of deadbeat men, not watching half naked women on TV.”

[u/Jaco927]

I'm with him. I can't stand the entire "Sports Betting" bullshit anyway. And then you've got to put someone pushing it using sex as the hook....it just feels all kinds of yuck.

[u/Riker87]

SPORTS

[u/Fantastic-Safety4604]

Oh look, Alex Call getting what he voted for.