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/jdbolick Baltimore Orioles 13h ago

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.