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Originally Posted by Locke
Yeah, sorry, it may be part of the culture or image of baseball or whatever, but they're adults and its not illegal or anything so I dont see what they should do about it.
'Kids are going to copy their baseball heroes and do what they see them do on TV!!!! OMGZ!!!'
Okay, then maybe daddy should take two seconds away from chugging a whole case of Coors during an interminably long baseball game and tell little Timmy that he doesnt have to blindly do whatever he sees people on TV doing. That might be a good idea either way, baseball or otherwise.
Seriously, I hate this, its not a baseball player on TV's responsibility to make sure that your kid doesnt chew tobacco, regardless of whether hes deemed a 'role model' or not. It is not someone else's responsibility to set a good example for your kid.
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While I agree with that 100%, I also agree that if MLB doesn't want smokeless tobacco during the presentation of their product, they have every right to ban it.
MLB owners are the weakest in all pro sports, so who knows if this is something they really wanna fight about with the union or not. If it were my call i would just ban it and say it has nothing to do with any CBA and everything to do with the presentation of my product to the public. Nothing different than uniforms and hair lengths etc that are part of certain teams images.