SHOOT: They're just a draconian money-making machine. They basically annex owenership of everything during 'their' world cup in order to make maximum bucks for themselves. A bit much wouldn't you say...
Johannesburg - FIFA has ordered budget airline kulula.com to withdraw an advert that says it is the "Unofficial National Carrier of the You-Know-What", The Star newspaper reported on Friday.
The airline announced on networking site Twitter: "Oh dear, letter from FIFA's lawyers says we broke their trademark of the use of 'South Africa' and think our non-WC ad was about soccer...
Officially, the airline said it was "surprised" to receive a letter from the world football body demanding it withdraw the adverts.
"They said we cannot depict the Cape Town stadium, we can't use soccer balls, or the word 'South Africa', and the depiction of the national flag is not allowed," said marketing manager Nadine Damen.
"We can't make any reference to the World Cup. They also told us we cannot use the vuvuzela, which, in our view, is representative of the people of South Africa and their love of football."
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clipped from www.news24.com
3 comments:
i just can't believe how much fifa have south africans bent over a barrel. it's going to be really ugly come the first week of july, i think, when it really sinks in to the south african public that fifa owns the country during the world cup. *sigh*
fifa is the new government, haven't you heard?
(taking a huge sip of budweiser) FIFA is the man... we are the Beeches... do the math
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