Dodgers' Alex Call blasts controversial Sydney Sweeney ad

[u/_HGCenty]

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

Since the last post about this got deleted because it contained a X screenshot, hopefully this one actually stays for comment.

[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/ZealousidealBug729 → u/Three_Froggy_Problem]

I feel like thats a reasonable complaint as well lol

[u/Three_Froggy_Problem → u/ZealousidealBug729]

It’s just not anything new in advertising; “sex sells” has been the philosophy forever. I also don’t think that seeing a woman’s body is going to be damaging to the average child—certainly not as much as being introduced to gambling at a young age.

[u/jooooooooooooose → u/Three_Froggy_Problem]

The gambling part is very abstracted in that ad, if u dont know its gambling I dont think youre meaningfully learning that from the ad alone. Especially as a 10 year old

I am pro nuking all gambling ads BTW. Just dont think that one is nearly as bad as the football one with Lebron, Eli Manning, and all those other famous guys

[u/jdbolick → u/Three_Froggy_Problem]

It’s just not anything new in advertising; “sex sells” has been the philosophy forever.

This is deeply disingenuous given that this ad showing that much skin would have never been allowed twenty years ago. Yes, sexuality has been used in advertising forever, but what we're seeing now is far more overt.

I also don’t think that seeing a woman’s body is going to be damaging to the average child—certainly not as much as being introduced to gambling at a young age.

Young girls are viewing OnlyFans as a reasonable life choice. That's a terrible thing for our society.

[u/Wise-Peanut9552 → u/Three_Froggy_Problem]

No one is being introduced to gambling through the ads though.  Watch a manning tackle a guy through a wall or watch weird people hold a sandwich.  Even the "woo! my parley hit" commercials show nothing about what gambling actually is. On the other hand a nearly naked women is a lot closer to showing what sex is.

[u/mstrbwl → u/Wise-Peanut9552]

People are absolutely being introduced to gambling through the ads. "Use this code to get $100 in free bets when you sign up!"

[u/Wise-Peanut9552 → u/mstrbwl]

Really? I've never had my kid ask me what a prediction market is after watching a Kalashi commercial. Or how a parley works. You might be incentivsed to download their app to earn money but nothing they show even gives a hint on what a bet is.

[u/mstrbwl → u/Wise-Peanut9552]

Yeah I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that these sports books aren't paying for these ads just for the sake of it, but to introduce as many people as possible to their product.