r/baseball • u/_HGCenty Seattle Mariners • 14h ago

Players Only Dodgers' Alex Call blasts controversial Sydney Sweeney ad

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.

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u/Three_Froggy_Problem Chicago Cubs 14h ago

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.

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u/ZealousidealBug729 Atlanta Braves 14h ago

I feel like thats a reasonable complaint as well lol

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u/Three_Froggy_Problem Chicago Cubs 14h ago

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.

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u/jooooooooooooose Boston Red Sox 14h ago

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