Macon Bacon, collegiate summer league baseball team, faces call to change name over 'glorification of bacon'

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A physicians group in Georgia put up a billboard targeting the fans of the Macon Bacon, a collegiate summer league baseball team, and wrote a letter to the team’s president.

The Physicians Committee of Responsible Medicine’s billboard is located on Interstate 16 and asks fans to "keep bacon off your plate." The group also sent a letter to team president Brandon Raphael accusing the organization of glorifying the meat.

"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," the letter from nutrition education program manager Anna Herby, DHSc, RD, CDCES, to Raphael read. "I urge you to update the team’s name to Macon Facon Bacon and promote plant-based bacon alternatives, such as Facon Bacon or Mushroom Bacon, that will help your fans stay healthy. As for Kevin, Macon Bacon’s mascot, he can reveal that he is actually plant-based bacon."

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Savannah Bananas outfielder Jacob Pierce is caught in a run down between 1st and 2nd during Thursday night's season opener against the Macon Bacon. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via Imagn Content Services, LLC)

The letter gave statistics about how consuming processed meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer and a few slices of bacon a week increases the chance of being diagnosed with that cancer by 18%. The letter also dove into other risks of cancer a consumer of bacon could receive.

"To help fight cancer and cardiovascular disease in your community, you should encourage fans to consume delicious, healthful plant-based foods instead of