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/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/mrdannyg21 → u/AerieElectrical3546]

You’re not wrong, though it seems incomplete for him to complain about sexualized adds, scary movies, ED pills but leave off gambling.

[u/the_urban_juror → u/mrdannyg21]

You and I probably agree overall on gambling advertisements (ban them), but the difference is the imagery. The young kid who'd have nightmares because of a horror movie commercial is not the same kid that you need to talk to about a gambling commercial. The impact is different, even if one causes more actual societal harm.

[u/AerieElectrical3546 → u/mrdannyg21]

gambling is bad, but, imo, you shouldn’t have to provide an exhaustive list of reasons to not like something (especially when it’s blatantly harmful)

[u/KirbyBucketts → u/AerieElectrical3546]

When you're a professional athlete, yes, you should. It's tone deaf and doesn't address the actual problem with these ads. It just diverts the conversation away from the actual disease that's being promoted by the league and its athletes.

[u/Hereforthehotdogs → u/AerieElectrical3546]

you should have a fucking brain to understand which ones is the worst.

[u/mrdannyg21 → u/AerieElectrical3546]

Absolutely! People can be activists for one cause or another of their choosing, no requirement to be against everything ‘bad’ (opinions on ‘bad’ may vary) and it doesn’t discredit one to ignore another.

My point was that it’s just interesting how wide-ranging his complaints are, but that he leaves one off that is so much more wide-ranging and unavoidable. Still doesn’t discredit his complaints though.

[u/lasercupcakes → u/mrdannyg21]

I mean really he should have gone even further and complained about why we're even being served ads in the first place. In fact he should have also commented on the injustice of many fans not being able to afford to go to playoff games and having to watch on TV instead. In fact he should have gone even further and talked about how badly inflation is affecting the everyday man.

/s

[u/EggplantAlpinism → u/lasercupcakes]

The real Bolshevik revolution was the dodgers we hated along the way