MLB Player Calls For ‘Soft Porn’ Sydney Sweeney’s Ads to Be Removed From Broadcast

Alex Call, 32, called on TBS, Fox, NBC and MLB to remove what he called “soft porn ads” from playoff broadcasts, saying the commercials make it difficult to watch games with his son.

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Alex Call (#12) reacts after striking out against the Washington Nationals at Dodger Stadium on Sept. 5, 2026. Photo by Harry How / Getty Images.

“My son wants to watch baseball with Dada, but how do I justify that when a half-naked women could come on screen anytime?? This is America’s Pastime. Parents shouldn’t have to worry about this,” the Dodgers outfielder wrote on X on Oct. 14.

Crowds gather in a packed Times Square to photograph the Novig ‘Just Sports’ billboard on One Times Square, where Sydney Sweeney holds a football in the large-scale ad campaign that drew widespread criticism from female athletes. Photo by Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images.

He was replying to a Utah-based user’s complaint about commercials featuring Sydney Sweeney and Megan Fox. Sweeney, 29, appears topless in an ad for sports-betting company Novig, covering her breasts with her hands and saying, “Just you, your takes and sports.” Female athletes have also criticized her campaign.

Viewed from street level, Novig’s controversial Times Square billboard features Sydney Sweeney posed nude with a basketball, soccer ball, football, and tennis ball against a black backdrop, beneath the building’s iconic New Year’s Eve ball drop fixture. Photo by Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images.

Call was left off the Dodgers’ postseason roster and has been watching the team’s playoff run at home with his family.

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