r/baseball • u/_HGCenty Seattle Mariners • 11h 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/nonresponsive 10h ago edited 9h ago

My real problem is the gambling ads are trying to make it look like a game. The new Lebron ad is really bad. They stuffed a bunch of "famous" people and get everyone smiling, having fun, and playing around. Tellin everyone they gotta be trading and win. It might look harmless, but it's incredibly malicious (edit. insidious).

They're trying to get people, and kids, that gambling is cool. All these famous people do it, so you should too. The Sydney Sweeney ad is dumb, but the goal of these gambling ads is way way worse. And the worst part is, they're not going to be as controversial, because the ads themselves seem so harmless.

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u/SirDigbyChknCaesar Boston Red Sox • Umpire 10h ago

They're trying to make it seem like the only way to have fun watching sports is to participate by gambling along with it. It's awful.

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u/lilacsmakemesneeze San Diego Padres 10h ago

I had a convo with my son during the regular season as Kalshi’s sign is behind the batter (Padres) and explaining how bad these companies are. I try to be as transparent as I’m usually fuming about the gambling ads. Did we not learn from all of the stock picker ads and people offing themselves during the Covid robinhood 🚀 days? We don’t need kids thinking this is ok either. The political ads are usually enough for me to mute but you can’t mute soft porn gambling ads.

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u/Charming_Squirrel_13 7h ago

i work in finance, young people gambling with leverage and options trading is still prevalent and gets a wrap of “not being gambling, it’s investing”. in reality your odds of winning might actually be higher at a casino. 

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u/NotLozerish Los Angeles Dodgers • Mexico 8h ago

I intern for my school’s athletics department, and I’m not allowed to bet on any sports that have a collegiate program. I can’t bet on MLB because the NCAA has baseball. So I think it’s crazy that all these athletes/people that work in sports are in these commercials promoting gambling.

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u/CoastalMatchaFreak New York Yankees 7h ago

I think it’s crazy that any athletes shill for these companies knowing that players and their families get online harassment and death threats because of people are pissed at losing money on them, thanks to sports betting. That’s Jeter and the Mannings, though- wave a dollar in front of them and they’ll sign up to make a commercial for whatever you like.

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u/TheUltimatePunV2 San Diego Padres 10h ago

“Win, win, win, win, win, curve everything else”

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u/SoCalWhatever 7h ago

There was already a reckoning going on when I was growing up for how tobacco companies deliberately targeted children in advertisements. Feels like gambling companies will go through this same thing if our government ever goes back to governing.

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u/draw2discard2 5h ago

I thought that hers was probably a gambling ad too...

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u/uhsiv Chicago White Sox 5h ago

Fuck everyone in that ad, especially LeBron. Literal billionaires are pushing predatory crap

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u/ScalabrineIsGod Chicago White Sox 4h ago

“Look at Ronald Acuña! He has a bunker under home plate! He’s so quirky, Kalshi’s great. Now gamble.”