I mean, if you have a chance as an umpire to make a call that tells everyone "the BEST possible outcome is he put money on this game" you gotta do it, right?
I have noticed that uh...a lot of commercials do this now, but you're right in the context that doing it in a commercial for HIV medication is really very off-putting.
*postcard being sent out for a study on the effects of feral hogs on people's land*
My Internet-messed-with brain: "Have you ever wanted to be a feral hog? Call now!"