tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79414793132513259402011-11-27T23:53:36.231ZLet's kick Vuvuzelas out of World Cup 2010!FDnoreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941479313251325940.post-15656709165355867332010-06-17T15:48:00.002+01:002010-06-17T15:55:14.509+01:00

Listen the noise before the penalty kick. Poor fans trying to distract Forlan blowing their vuvuzelas. Then listen Uruguay fans, celebrating the goal. You can actually hear fans!

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FDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941479313251325940.post-69537872445733938012010-06-14T11:35:00.004+01:002010-06-14T20:03:41.912+01:00

We talked about this noise last year during the Confederations Cup but FIFA didn't listen us. They let vuvuzelas into the stadiums and turned World Cup 2010 into a fiasco. Many people mute their TVs and try to watch the game without hearing anything including commentators and spectators. Even if they try to listen, they can't because of these wonderful instruments.So, there is no more to say

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Some of you might have heard that there is an ongoing Rugby Organisation in South Africa. Participants of this tour are British & Irish Lions (Multinational Rugby Team consists of the best Rugby players of Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland), South Africa, and some other rugby teams. Games take place in South Africa and watched by thousands of rugby fans.Last game between South Africa and

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US and Glasgow Rangers midfielder Damarcus Beasley made a crucial mistake during the game against 5 times World Cup Winner Brazil, which led to the goal. US Midfielder failed to read a short corner move from fellow midfielder Landon Donovan.Two days ago, he apologized from his teammates and tried to explain why he made the mistake. He thinks;"With South African fans blowing on their noisy

FDnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941479313251325940.post-85834184613392130212009-06-21T17:14:00.008+01:002009-06-21T19:54:22.496+01:00

According to goal.com, FIFA quietly banned sale of vuvuzelas inside stadiums. One of the goal.com reporters tried to find/buy a vuvuzela but s/he couldn't manage to get one. Story is here.Who knows, FIFA might have tried to see if noise decreased after banning the sale of vuvuzelas inside/around the stadiums. Italy - Brazil match will start shortly and I'd like to see if I could manage to watch

FDnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941479313251325940.post-70974456100247904892009-06-21T12:08:00.009+01:002009-06-21T18:18:58.872+01:00

One of the most-read national newspapers of Turkey, Milliyet, published an article about vuvuzelas. Article mentions this blog and calls its disturbed readers to support us. It says; "If you're against vuvuzelas, banthevuvuzela.blogspot.com address is waiting for your support." Article in Turkish can be seen here. For English translation, please click here.

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To be fair, if this thing, blowing vuvuzelas, is part of South African football culture (which is not very clear), South African fans can bring their vuvuzelas when SA team plays the game, blow them until their lungs come out and ears blown, noone can say anything.Couple of days back, well-known Spanish National and Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso joined us and told similar things. Now, another

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If FIFA wouldn't ban the vuvuzelas during World Cup 2010, we kindly request from them to give earplugs to ticketholders.(free of charge of course!)

FDnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941479313251325940.post-61207320543669745092009-06-19T18:12:00.020+01:002009-06-20T11:50:38.198+01:00

Today, I was reading couple of forums and one message has drawn my attention. It was posted by an anonymous South African football fan and it's about the vuvuzela. I've taken below lines from the original message without touching any word of it. Just read it and decide yourselves."I have been attending local football games since I was four years old (with my dad obviously at that stage) and in

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There are many other friends who support the same idea and try to make FIFA aware about the issue. 2010 FIFA World Cup without vuvuzelas! You can come and join us on one of the following networks.On Facebook, there are two global groups with more than 1000 members in total. First group is Ban the Vuvuzela 2010. Description of this group is"With all the International Soccer fans coming to SA one

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We've talked about Vuvuzela, expressed our feelings about it and looked only from fans' perspective so far. Let's see what Spanish Cultured Midfielder Xabi Alonso thinks about it;According to NY Times;“I find these vuvuzelas annoying. They don’t contribute to the atmosphere in the stadium. They should put a ban on them.”and BBC;"I think they should be banned. They make it very difficult for the

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According to BBC (and of course, some others) FIFA President Sepp Blatter said he is aware that vuvuzelas has drawn complaints from European television stations. FIFA President said broadcasters wanted it banned at this tournament (2009 Conf Cup) and next year's World Cup in South Africa. "Blatter said football's governing body would discuss the matter with the organisers."Full article can be

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I have been watching Confederations Cup game between South Africa and New Zealand on RTE and according to presenter, FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced that FIFA will conduct a meeting and dicsuss the future of vuvuzela. They might ban vuvuzela during World Cup 2010.I will post links related to announcement when I have them.Update: "Sepp Blatter admitted the vuvuzelas affected television

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We didn't expect that there are many people sharing same feeling about the noise of vuvuzela. Many thanks to all of you.Also, there are couple of other blogs supporting this blog, thanks them too.We've just started, there is still plenty of time until World Cup 2010, please continue voting and leaving comments. We'll send your comments to major broadcasting companies and FIFA.

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There are different ways to support your team; you can chant like Olympiacos fans,or you can play an instrument that doesn't make meaningless noise, it actually cheers you like Caballito fans,You can find a good way to make noise but what is that vuuuu? It's ok, vuvuzela has a special meaning for SA fans and blowing it is like a tradition but why rest of the world has to listen that noise?One

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I am trying to watch FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009 these days but some noise makes me sick and I can not even enjoy the game itself.When I googled it, I've learnt that this thing is called as vuvuzela and is used by South African Soccer Fans. Below is the definition of vuvuzela taken from Wikipedia."A vuvuzela, sometimes called a 'lepatata' (its Setswana name) or a stadium horn, is an

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