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 13h ago

I feel like thats a reasonable complaint as well lol

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u/Three_Froggy_Problem Chicago Cubs 13h 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/Wise-Peanut9552 13h ago

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.

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u/mstrbwl Cleveland Guardians 13h ago

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

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u/Wise-Peanut9552 13h ago

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.

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u/mstrbwl Cleveland Guardians 12h ago

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.