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/SandmanTX131 Texas Rangers 13h ago

This is such a reddit take.

Little kids can't really process the content of a gambling ad. Is it appropriate for them? Probably not, but it's also not super harmful. All they see is Kevin Hart talking on screen about getting your picks in or something, or Jon Hamm talking about setting up a parlay. I don't like it but it's not like you have to change the channel.

Meanwhile, the ads for horror movies and with sexual content CAN and ARE processed by kids. If you're trying to shield your children from soft-core porn, the Sydney Sweeney ad is a no go REGARDLESS of what she is advertising. And likewise, little kids who see the horror movie ads don't understand anything other than that it is scary and it upsets them, because that's literally what it's supposed to do.

Can't we stop with this "the other side thinks its bad for a reason I don't agree with and I hate them" crap and just agree that it's bad?

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u/Three_Froggy_Problem Chicago Cubs 13h ago

I absolutely do not believe that a child will be forever damaged in some way by seeing a naked or semi-naked woman, unless that child’s parents go out of their way to draw a connection between nudity and shame.

If there’s someone in these comments whose life was ruined by seeing a pair of boobs too young, I’ll gladly hear them out.

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u/tyler-86 World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… 12h ago

I don't mind my kids seeing a naked woman, but I think the idea that they're seeing it because somebody backed the money truck up to a famous woman to get her to take her clothes off to sell something isn't great.