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    FIFA (are clowns) News

    Just read in a rag here in Frankfurt that you will not be allowed near a ground for next year's World Cup, should your attire be advertising a non-FIFA advertiser. So should Ireland qualify for next year, leave your Eirecom shirts at home, or you'll be forced to either take it off, or fasiling that turn it inside out. Bow down to the mighty sponsors.
    Just shows that FIFA cares about the people that really matter in football.

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    does this mean our association might be forced to make available a replica shirt that doesn't have an advertiser on it and thus bring us into line with EVERY other UEFA association? does it fcuk.

    Green strips of stickyback paper (with some approved sponsor ) are the way out for them I think
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
    does this mean our association might be forced to make available a replica shirt that doesn't have an advertiser on it and thus bring us into line with EVERY other UEFA association? does it fcuk.

    Green strips of stickyback paper (with some approved sponsor ) are the way out for them I think
    read in a paper here in frankfurt. so following this, Eirecom not being a sponsor, you'll have to remove it!!! (or inside out)
    and this is within a zone of 1mile around all World Cup stadia.

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    Can this be true? It sounds insane that you would not be allowed to wear your own national team shirt to the WC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Blue
    read in a paper here in frankfurt. so following this, Eirecom not being a sponsor, you'll have to remove it!!! (or inside out)
    and this is within a zone of 1mile around all World Cup stadia.
    How can they impose such rules on people walking the public streets?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Poor Student
    Can this be true? It sounds insane that you would not be allowed to wear your own national team shirt to the WC.
    ALL TRUE!!!
    maybe on here www.news-frankfurt.com

    I have the paper and it's on P.39.

    Shows FIFA cares more about sponsor money than the fans.

    They want to give exclusivity to 21 official sponsors, so will be banning all club shirts. So that could mean Ireland too, due to the presence of Eirecom.

    Here it is:
    http://www.news-frankfurt.com/psnfr/...t/0/index.html
    Last edited by Frank Blue; 27/06/2005 at 11:20 AM.

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    i think the boys at toffs are going to be doing a roaring trade.
    " I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"

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    what about wearing a GAA jersey or an EL jersey ?? this is the worst thing I have ever heard

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    In Japan I heard of several fans with tricolours displaying the name of their local pub having their flags taken down / refused access because it was considered advertising.

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    I've heard of this sort of thing going on since USA 94 ...the Saudis are pretty precious about their flag and objected to their flag being used on a whole raft of official sponsors merchandise. It caused (holy) war at the time.
    " I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"

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    Fifa are just a fcuked up.All they care about is themselves.they just dont stop,banning the players to take their jersey off.Also for the Confederations Cup Mexico were ordered by to call five players from a mexican team who were playing in the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores.They lost the match three nil.

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    My underwear has a brand on it

    I can see all nude Irish support if we make it there

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    Budweiser are an official sponsor so I'll be OK.
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    Dont suppose "Ganlys of Athlone" or "Golden Island Shopping Centre"
    will be added to the FIFA sponsors list in time for the World Cup

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    This is a complete joke, FIFA are a bunch of clowns making ass's of themselves...
    Last edited by Buller; 27/06/2005 at 3:47 PM.

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    That can't be right, surely. That would imply that if your country's jersey was made by anyone but Adidas, you wouldn't be allowed near the ground?

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    My take on that is that they will ask people to remove any attire featuring rival sponsorships to those of the official sponsors, i.e. someone wearing a 'VISA" sponsored jersey will be asked to remove it as Mastercard is an official sponsor. Another example would be Spanish fans wearing the "Toyota" sponsored Valencia jerseys, i'd imagine the official motor company partner would want them banned....

    I can't see how Irish fans would be asked to remove their Eircom tops as Eircom is an Irish company that only really deals in the Irish marketplace.

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    What if your jersey smells of a sponsor i.e. Budweiser?

    Try stop me now Mr. Joseph Sepp Blatter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kowalski
    What if your jersey smells of a sponsor i.e. Budweiser?

    Try stop me now Mr. Joseph Sepp Blatter.
    ee gad kowalski you've cracked it ...I knew someone would ride a coach and six through it.
    " I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"

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    surely to god fifa have no right to ban a particular advertisement from outside the grounds. inside they might have a point regarding flags bearing pub names (which im totlaly agianst-sticking the name of your local on your national flag is desecrating the flag afai concerned). but banning someone for bearing an oléolé national shirt coz it says eircom is surely against the law.what a bunch of knobends.if this is true i hope blatter chokes to death on his budweiser
    things like this make me glad i dont follow international football

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