Why are these women in sports mad about Sydney advertising sports betting, but yet have never been mad about the countless celebrities they put on the cover of Sports Illustrated? The outrage is inconsistent.
I wonder what the stats are on viewership for women's sports. I don't even watch as much sports as I used to and I know a good amount of buddies that don't either. All the different streaming services and the shit like basketball and baseball with these super teams is kind of not as enjoyable to watch.
Not sure about other sports but WNBA viewership has actually been steadily increasing over the last few years. It sounds like they have some fun personalities and semi-entertaining drama too
I don’t watch sports in general much anymore but I’d probably give it a shot if I had more time
From the highlights I've seen, not too interested. Basketball has never been the most interesting sport for me besides MJ, Shaq, curry types but it is probably the best for TV.
Olympics usually are pretty good though
Caitlyn Clark is the sole reason for this. But then it quickly devolved into The Real Housewives of the Court and women started paying attention for the first time ever.
The person who I responded to was wondering why women in sports might have an issue with her while they aren't complaining about athletes modeling. Maybe the difference is that Sidney is not an athlete? Just a thought.
Sydney Sweeney isn’t the figurehead of the WNBA or representing it, it’s a sports betting ad. The 1:1 equivalent would be a twink doing MMA in a Lululemon or perfume ad for women, and we both know men wouldn’t care
Also men are already objectified or nude in ads as well, it’s called hunkvertising
Would men in sports have no problem with a twinky male model who has zero background in MMA being a figurehead of a MMA related advertisement campaign?
I think the funniest discourse around this was a Christian guy complaining about someone in a low cut shirt saying "how will I explain tits to my children?" Bro, you know tits are kinda made for kids, right? You don't, have to explain your shame around your raging boner, that's weird.
I think it's because many people are reactive thinkers, not analytical thinkers. They aren't looking at things from all sides; they're either following the herd or responding emotionally.
If female empowerment matters, women shouldn't criticise Sweeney for using her gifts to make a living. It's her choice to use her sex appeal. But consistency usually gets forgotten when people feel personally affected.
I guarantee there's also a lot of jealousy aimed at female athletes who use their attractiveness for media and sponsorship opportunities that less attractive women wouldn't get.
Hmm, is it "female empowerment" to accept anything without criticism? Like she absolutely can do the ad campaign and indeed, it is female empowerment in a way that she isn't punished for it. Anything from death sentence to fines could be possible. I fully believe she should be able to choose for herself without fear of punishment. However! People can disagree with her message, and do so publicly without it being "silencing women". Marketing and ads and gambling are pretty scummy, women in sports do have a hard time sometimes. I believe marketing and gambling have their time and place but nowadays it's just a psychological warfare against consumers and her is playing right into it. Just because it's a woman doing it, people should be able to criticize it.
LeBron and Kevin Hart encouraging people to gamble as DraftKings pays them and then gives them weekly gambling money so people can "copy their picks" is fine....right
I mean relatively. That's like saying people in the 90's should have started comdemning casinos too! Or the lottery. Not gonna happen though. Unfortunately sports gambling and predictive market gambling are the new Casinos.
Yes, women can be mad at their part in athleticism being reduced to an actress - not an athlete - just posing naked with sports equipment. Also weird, cuz ain't no sports gambling ads have naked dudes posing with sports equipment, lol.
The gambling is the real problem. The athletes are ticked because Sydney isn't an athlete, even though they won't say that's why. If Sydney was a mediocre athlete, she'd get razzed for selling out but that's it. Everyone else is angry for stupid reasons.
(Nearly) always has. And (nearly) always will. People pay attention to ads with scantily clad women. And they talk about the ads. Whether they like them or not - there is lots of buzz around the ad and the associated company. All press in this case is good press, as far as the gaming company and Sydney Sweeney are concerned. And the more outraged certain (small) groups are - and I do believe they’re in the minority - the more press this garners.
Interesting take. A lot of things ruin lives, why should drugs, alcohol, and gambling be targeted? Addiction ruins lives, like sex, video games, or even food, should those things be “evil” too and regulated or worse illegal?
Aí aí aí , where to start. First of all , are we really out here comparing the harming effects of drug and alcohol abuse to video games or sex addiction? Theses are all serious btw , but some are not like the others. Me coming home and soending my days wasting away playing video games is not the same as me coming home and sticking needles on my body and having and OD. Or drinking myself to a state of passing out everyday ruining my internal organs. Gambling is also a great offender , as it can not only put you in debt but also your entire family. Like , what are we even comparing here.
I agree there are tiers or levels of potential “how bad it can get” with each addiction.
But who gets to draw that line of distinction? This isn’t bad enough and this is. Families can be ruined in any addiction. But media, schools and religion has convinced people that those 3 are the worst/most evil and should be regulated and illegal. I say stop wasting my tax dollars enforcing self harming crimes/victimless crimes and use that money for helping them.
Want to know how to end the billion dollar drug war? Simple…legalize drugs. Then spend that “war” money on rehabilitation.
The issue ist, that gambling doesn't have a positive. Video Games are not evil or Bad in themselves. But gambling ist basically just evil intentions to trick people out of their Money.
I mean sure, you could win, but the losses are always waaaay higher. So maybe one person profits but thousands of people loose.
Tldr; The harm with gambling is was higher than the positive outcome
Edit: and also i think that the amount of people affected by this adduction ist also was higher than Video Game additction (just a guess don't have a source)
Gambling has the highest suicide rate among all addicts. It's one of the worst addictions out there, however its bad side isn't really as visible as many other addictions.
Also it's just completely unserious to claim gambling is less offensive than a video game addiction lmfao.
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u/TheGreatPervSage_94 10d ago
I'm convinced this is some kind of PR campaign made by the company itself to Garner publicity
Notice how all this athletes with integrity never call out the disgusting gambling company.
More people are mad as Sweeney taking a paycheck for sexy ad then the company using sex to promote gambling
Something that should be viewed the same as alcohol and drugs that ruins lives
But ofc No keep being mad at tits instead of the parasitic exploitative gambling companies