Meet the baseball player who's tired of promoting Big Oil | In an exclusive interview, Brent Suter becomes the first American pro athlete to speak out against fossil fuel advertising in sports.
https://www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/brent-suter
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CPMSP@midwest.social · 12 pts · 54d
Props to this cat for speaking truth. It's too bad the message is lost on the average fan.
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 54d
Not a sports person, so I don't know if this dude has already made his fortune - but if he hasn't, he's definitely not gonna now.
phant@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 54d
I'd hope that If he's smart enough to feel tired of repping big oil, and continues to be good enough to play pro baseball for a while, I'm sure he can find a way to live a comfortable and happy life. If he starts actively attacking big oil... that might be harder...
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 54d
They won't risk it, and they'll punish him immediately to keep him from getting too big to easily punish later without drawing attention to themselves. Remember that it's all one league, and if he's ousted from one team by those running the show, then he's ousted from them all.
themoken@startrek.website · 4 pts · 53d
He's 36 and has made about 16 million over his career, there's not much risk to his future here. Good on him though.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 53d
Props. He'll only be a little bit less rich now.