Vuvuzelas could still be banned. Here's hoping.

[ReddOrDedd]

World Cup organiser considers vuvuzela ban after TV complaints | Football | The Guardian

[The Dude Abides]

[ReddOrDedd]

 

 

 

I assume you're joking, but anyone that seriously tries to use that as an argument is a plonker.

[Brigant Moloch]

no need for me anymore, I found out that a lot of weed fades that shit out :thumbup:

 

best worldcup ever

[Trumo]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOT THE ZULUVULVAS?!

 

EDIT: That should be the real name for them since putting your chops on them elicits a bloody great moan.

[ReddOrDedd]

Sorry – article below, by the way:

 

 

 

World Cup organiser considers vuvuzela ban after TV complaints

 

Fifa says it will take action if it finds grounds to do so

 

Their cacophonous din has so far been a soundtrack for the World Cup, to the delight of some and the profound annoyance of others. But organisers said that the vuvuzela, one of the most visible and certainly most audible motifs of the tournament's opening weekend, could yet be banned from inside stadiums.

 

Organising committee chief executive Danny Jordaan said he would continue to monitor their use and that a ban could be enforced if there were "grounds to do so".

 

Fifa and organisers have already said that they will ban the instrument if any are thrown onto the pitch or used as a weapon and urged fans not to blow them during national anthems.

 

"We did say that if any land on the pitch in anger we will take action. We've tried to get some order. We have asked for no vuvuzelas during national anthems or stadium announcements. It's difficult but we're trying to manage the best we can," he told the BBC.

 

"We've had some broadcasters and individuals [complaining] and it's something we are evaluating on an on-going basis." The BBC and ITV have received complaints from viewers about the background noise and, while both have said they will monitor the situation, they have also made the point that it is important to reflect the atmosphere of the tournament.

 

Fifa has previously shrugged off complaints from broadcasters, players and coaches about the noise from the plastic horns that are being sold on every street corner in South African host cities.

 

Following last year's Confederations Cup, there were complaints from coaches, players and broadcasters about the noise. But Fifa said that the horns formed part of the unique African atmosphere of the tournament and refused to ban them.

 

But Jordaan himself, who battled for 16 years to bring the World Cup to South Africa, said he would prefer the 10 stadiums hosting the World Cup to ring to the sound of singing and dancing than the drone of the vuvuzela.

 

"I would prefer singing. It's always been a great generator of a wonderful atmosphere in stadiums and I would try to encourage them to sing," he said.

 

"In the days of the struggle (against apartheid) we were singing, all through our history it's our ability to sing that inspired and drove the emotions."

[Red Mist]

Let's hope so, they've ruined the tournament so far. I don't get the point of them. The noise in stadiums should be generated by the crowd singing and cheering. Not by a fucking instrument. And yes we have the odd brass band that play at footie grounds but they play to make the crowd sing to them. These horns are just loud for the sake of it. Ban the fuckers and shoot anyone who's caught playing one.

[Lucky Pierre]

So they choose to have a world cup in south Africa and then try and take away the thing that makes it uniquely south African? Would they ban samba dancing in stadiums in brazil?

[Xherdan]

Ban the fuckers and shoot anyone who's caught playing one.

 

 

 

Now that actually IS racist.

[Hermes]

Doesn't bother me at all. It's a South African tradition and the tournament is in their country. The Dutch were using similar horns decades ago, nobody complained then.

[Original202]

Killjoys.

 

They give the tournament a bit of identity, far better than the sanitised product that is normally on offer, has everyone been conditioned to expect football to be the same all the time?

[ReddOrDedd]

Killjoys.

 

They give the tournament a bit of identity, far better than the sanitised product that is normally on offer, has everyone been conditioned to expect football to be the same all the time?

 

Bullshit. A relentless, tuneless drone for 90 minutes plus, at every single game, is not an identity in any shape or form any right-thinking person would want.

 

What they do do is remove all the excitement the crowd usually provides that accompanies the ebb and flow of the game, drowns out any possibility of the wide variety of national singing that usually accompanies the 32 nations' teams, tuneful instruments that stop after a while, rhythmic drumming that also stops after a while, the roar of the crowd as a team breaks forward, the cries of complaint when a player is fouled and much, much more – essentially, a lot of the colour the diverse groups of supporters usually bring to the tournament. It's a sad loss.

[Guest PurpleNose]

So they choose to have a world cup in south Africa and then try and take away the thing that makes it uniquely south African? Would they ban samba dancing in stadiums in brazil?

 

Its fucking embarrassing that blowing a piece of plastic is seen as their culture.

 

If me and a big group of my mates started morris dancing at a game next season we'd be rightly told to fuck right off. Because it would be really irritating.

[Anubis]

So they choose to have a world cup in south Africa and then try and take away the thing that makes it uniquely south African? Would they ban samba dancing in stadiums in brazil?

 

Uniquely South African? They didn't even make an appearance at African football matches till the 90s. They're annoying as fuck as well, whereas Samba dancing isn't. I thought the Ghanaian singing and swaying was far more interesting than 90 minutes of monotone buzzing.

[Guest PurpleNose]

Bullshit. A relentless, tuneless drone for 90 minutes plus, at every single game, is not an identity in any shape or form any right-thinking person would want.

 

What they do do is remove all the excitement the crowd usually provides that accompanies the ebb and flow of the game, drowns out any possibility of the wide variety of national singing that usually accompanies the 32 nations' teams, tuneful instruments that stop after a while, rhythmic drumming that also stops after a while, the roar of the crowd as a team breaks forward, the cries of complaint when a player is fouled and much, much more – essentially, a lot of the colour the diverse groups of supporters usually bring to the tournament. It's a sad loss.

 

Indeed. If anything it has actually prevented the identity of every single country in the tournament.

[Anubis]

And how long before some twats introduce them to the Premiership. You can usually count on one of the promoted clubs for shit like that. It's a good job Hull went, because they's be prime suspects for adopting something like this.

[ReddOrDedd]

Uniquely South African? They didn't even make an appearance at African football matches till the 90s. They're annoying as fuck as well, whereas Samba dancing isn't. I thought the Ghanaian singing and swaying was far more interesting than 90 minutes of monotone buzzing.

 

Exactly. Who are these plonkers labouring under the misapprehension that this is some age-old South African piece of heritage?

[Xherdan]

Bullshit. A relentless, tuneless drone for 90 minutes plus, at every single game, is not an identity in any shape or form any right-thinking person would want.

 

What they do do is remove all the excitement the crowd usually provides that accompanies the ebb and flow of the game, drowns out any possibility of the wide variety of national singing that usually accompanies the 32 nations' teams, tuneful instruments that stop after a while, rhythmic drumming that also stops after a while, the roar of the crowd as a team breaks forward, the cries of complaint when a player is fouled and much, much more – essentially, a lot of the colour the diverse groups of supporters usually bring to the tournament. It's a sad loss.

 

 

Absofuckinglutely. Right on the money that post. Part of the beauty of the world cup is the diversity of the fans, their music and their colour. The vuvuzelas are removing part of that celebration. As much as I hate the English brass band its what is associated with watching england play.

[RJ Fan club]

I'm not arsed about the horns, I am however arsed by the lack of focus upon the female talent in the stands.

 

The Beeb and ITV better be on their A game when Brazil and Italy play later on this week!

[Joe Le Taxi]

I thought the horns came in like 6 years ago? What I read somewhere.

[Jokerman]

Uniquely South African? They didn't even make an appearance at African football matches till the 90s. They're annoying as fuck as well, whereas Samba dancing isn't. I thought the Ghanaian singing and swaying was far more interesting than 90 minutes of monotone buzzing.

 

It would have been if we could actually hear it, I could nearly hear the guy with the trumpet at one point but they just seemed to get to louder and drown him out. RJ also makes a good point about the lack of perving opportunities.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

they've ruined the tournament so far

 

Along with the negative cuntishness of the majority of teams so far and the can't be fucked to bust a gut attitude from these players.

 

The whole World cup has felt so small time so far.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

[Acid]

So they choose to have a world cup in south Africa and then try and take away the thing that makes it uniquely south African? Would they ban samba dancing in stadiums in brazil?

 

I should fuckin hope so! Dancing in a football stadium? Im tryin to watch the football and thats going on? How are the players meant to concentrate? Ruins the whole event.

[kacangpool]

didn't bother me. i was wondering what it was. i'd miss it now if they took it away.