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Pittsburgh Pirates Criticized for Marketing to Children Amid Team Struggles

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The Onion Staff

9mo ago· 2 min readenNews

Summary

Parents and child safety organizations criticize the Pittsburgh Pirates for marketing the team to children, citing the emotional toll of the team's chronic underperformance. The campaign includes targeted giveaways and mascots, which are deemed irresponsible.

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It is deeply irresponsible to lure kids into becoming Pirates fans before they’re emotionally equipped to handle the kind of disappointment and chronic underperformance this franchise will almost certainly inflict on them.
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PITTSBURGH—Detailing the harmful, long-term effects of early exposure to the ball club’s dismal on-field product, parents and child safety organizations denounced the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday for directly marketing the team to children. “It is deeply irr

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