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10 Jun 2006, 03:16 PM
So FIFA goes out and designs Goleo, the pantless lion. They give him a little soccer ball friend, Pille, who he may or may not be involved in an unsavory relationship with. They go to great lengths to market the ghastly creature, even bankrupting a toy company in the process.
And since June 9th, I have not seen Goleo anywhere!
Seriously, it's like the damn critter disappeared off the face of the earth! How could this be? I haven't seen oversized Goleo mascots running around stadiums scaring little children or assaulting foreign television reporters. There have been no Goleos prancing around the WC cities in any TV coverage I've seen. Have they killed the beast? Was there some sort of 8th-hour pants dispute with the Arab broadcaster? What's the story?
So here's my personal appeal to FIFA: We NEED more Goleo. I've got tickets to USA-Czech on June 12th, and FIFA, you can bet that part of MY World Cup experience is going to involve scouring the stadium grounds, spying the big Goleo mascot (some poor student trying to make ends meet), and running over there and giving that big pantless lion lug a long, emotionally scarring thank-you-for-being-a-friend man-hug. And making sure somebody gets a photo of it. This needs to happen. I would be personally crushed not to witness at least one more horribly embarassing Goleo moment during this tournament.
And since June 9th, I have not seen Goleo anywhere!
Seriously, it's like the damn critter disappeared off the face of the earth! How could this be? I haven't seen oversized Goleo mascots running around stadiums scaring little children or assaulting foreign television reporters. There have been no Goleos prancing around the WC cities in any TV coverage I've seen. Have they killed the beast? Was there some sort of 8th-hour pants dispute with the Arab broadcaster? What's the story?
So here's my personal appeal to FIFA: We NEED more Goleo. I've got tickets to USA-Czech on June 12th, and FIFA, you can bet that part of MY World Cup experience is going to involve scouring the stadium grounds, spying the big Goleo mascot (some poor student trying to make ends meet), and running over there and giving that big pantless lion lug a long, emotionally scarring thank-you-for-being-a-friend man-hug. And making sure somebody gets a photo of it. This needs to happen. I would be personally crushed not to witness at least one more horribly embarassing Goleo moment during this tournament.