MACON, Ga. (AP) — A medical doctors’ group that promotes plant-based consuming and animal rights is makin’ a fuss over the Macon Bacon baseball group.
The Physicians Committee for Accountable Drugs has despatched a letter urging the Georgia summer season collegiate group to vary its identify, WMAZ-TV reported. The group has additionally sponsored a billboard imploring Macon followers to “hold bacon off your plate.”
“Macon Bacon’s glorification of bacon, a processed meat that raises the chance of colorectal most cancers and different ailments, sends the flawed message to followers,” Anna Herby, the group’s vitamin schooling program supervisor, wrote to the group’s president.
The Macon Bacon had its first season with the Coastal Plains League in 2018 after the identify was chosen in a vote by followers. The group’s mascot, Kevin, received over “Footloose” actor Kevin Bacon, who as soon as wore a Macon Bacon hat in an Instagram publish.
And it’s not only a identify. The ballpark concession menu contains bacon-wrapped bacon, steak-cut bacon, bacon-loaded cheese fries and bacon chips.
The Washington-based Physicians Committee advocates for plant-based diets and scientific analysis with out animal testing. Herby’s letter dated June 1 suggests the group change its identify to “Macon Facon Bacon,” referring to a plant-based bacon.
Crew President Brandon Raphael mentioned the Macon Bacon identify and model have been embraced by followers for his or her “lighthearted and playful nature.” He additionally famous ballpark concessions embody “a plant-based possibility.”
“The Macon Bacon don't view ourselves as a glorification of an unhealthy life-style,” Raphael’s assertion mentioned. “Relatively, we delight ourselves on being a fun-natured group centered on bringing households and communities collectively of Center Georgia and past.”
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