Jun
2010
World Cup Noisemakers Ban Not Happening
Well, it was a nice dream while it lasted.
Yesterday I reported that it looked like a ban was being considered by South Africa’s World Cup organising chief Danny Jordaan of the Vuvuzela, better known as the “World Cup Noisemakers”. They have been annoying the players, fans, television stations and more, and Mr. Jordaan was considering taking them out of the stadiums if the problem persisted.
Well, FIFA President Sepp Blatter couldn’t care less.
According to The Los Angeles Times, even though ESPN, Al-Jazeera, South Korean broadcaster SBS, TF1 in France and Brazil’s BandSports have all complained on the behalf of their viewers, Mr. Blatter doesn’t care and has no intention of banning the horns. In a post on Twitter, he said:
I have always said that Africa has a different rhythm, a different sound. I don’t see banning the music traditions of fans in their own country.
Honestly, during the games on day four (Monday), I don’t even hear them any more. It’s just become background noise at this point, although I am sure the players would still like to get rid of them.
Either way, it looks like the 2010 World Cup will always be known as the year of the horns.
Despairing | June 15th, 2010 at 11:18 am #
The BBC are looking into whether they can provide a "clean" vuvuzela-free audio feed http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jun/14/bbc-v…
Gary | June 15th, 2010 at 9:54 am #
World wide proof that our world is overloaded with inconsiderate fools who care nothing about other people and their interest in watching a sports event without ungodly noise which serves NO PURPUSE.
George Gardner | June 15th, 2010 at 7:45 pm #
Those things make excellent beer bongs.
Gary W. | June 15th, 2010 at 3:59 pm #
Just a suggestion: Place the FIFA President in enclose room with 6 or 8 noisemakers and leave him there until he comes to his senses. What an Ass.