College baseball team the Macon Bacon faces calls for a name change from plant eating group

[pwaldo]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ml...ors-group.html

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has sent a letter urging the Georgia summer collegiate team to change its name, WMAZ-TV reported. The group has also sponsored a billboard imploring Macon fans to 'keep bacon off your plate.'

'Macon Bacon's glorification of bacon, a processed meat that raises the risk of colorectal cancer and other diseases, sends the wrong message to fans,' Anna Herby, the group's nutrition education program manager, wrote to the team's president.

The Washington-based Physicians Committee advocates for plant-based diets and scientific research without animal testing. Herby's letter dated June 1 suggests the team change its name to 'Macon Facon Bacon,' referring to a plant-based bacon.

[reickholt]

So sad that people don't have anything better to spend their time on.