Vuvuzelas to be banned after all?

Damaging the hearing of the poor guy sitting next to you isn't considered an "act of violence"? It should be.

------RM

 

The baseball organ or a quality band at a college football games are both wonderful in their own right, althogh I am a little biased toward spontaneous crowd singing and chanting. The only thing that challenges the vuvu for most annoying sound at a sporting event are those jock jams they blare at NBA and NFL games. Thank God most MLS teams quickly abandoned that crap.

 

Obviously I'm inclined to agree with you, but I don't have the power to ban the infernal horn.

 

I know what you mean. Although I never condone violence, if you are determined to do something to a rival fan and there is absolutely no hope of getting you to change your mind, then do the world a favor and use a vuvu.

 

I agree 100%. College football and basketball have some great chants that rival soccer as well. I would be inclined to put jock jams in the "lame and cheesy" category but they don't pain my eardrums like the VV.

 

The thing about jock jams is that after the commercial break is over, you know that they are going to silence that crap. If they played the jock jams through the play as well as the breaks that might challenge the vuvus.

 

Looks like South Africa now has 2 major topics to which it wll allways be associated with; apartheid and vuvuzelas. Because of this stupid noisy horn South Africa has managed to create a lot of animosity, thanks to their Football Federation and political leaders who's lack of foresight and stuborness in refusing to see the obvious, is only increasing the anger from the majority of soccer fans, journalists, TV and radio stations, coaches, football players etc. around the world.

 

Sad but very true. It is the story of this World Cup instead of anything positive about South Africa.

 

It is not their house and their rules. They were chosen by the rest of the world to be the hosts. Much of their infrastructure was built with our money.

 

The vuvuzela has become a running joke. Congratulations FIFA and South Africa.

 

PLEASE BE BANNED!

It would be cool if they were used when a goal was scored, but the constant bee like hum gets really annoying.

 

Remember back in the day when you would hear chanting, singing and drums at the world cup? That was so cool! For a moment I almost thought I heard it again during the first half of the Mex/Fra game. But then alas......drowned out by vuvu's.

 

You just wonder if South Africa cares at all about how they appear to the rest of the world. A major international sporting event such as this is supposed to be a chance for the host nation to climb on a pedestal and shine. Instead, South Africa has made a collective fool out of itself. The vuvuzelas are just part of it. But in the eyes of the world, the buzzing horns have become a symbol for a perception of South Africa as a woefully ill-prepared international host.

Unless things improve significantly, and soon, WC2010 will be remembered for three things: deafening vuvuzelas, empty seats, and sh*tty football. In that order. Not the image you want to leave the world if you want to convince them that you've arrived on the international stage.

------RM

 

Well, the football improved slightly today. As for the other two items in your list, it seems too late to change things now unfortunately. I'm really glad I decided to stay home for this one. Brazil '14 baby!

 

The vuvuzelas are apart of the SA culture. What gives the rest of the world the right to say they should be banned. Just because they celebrating thr game in a different way doesn't make it wrong. It would be just as loud if the fans are doing their usual chanting. I've seen games from all around the world and they can be pretty loud j vocally. the Vuvuzelas are just additonal noise.

 

The vuvuzelas are just white noise. It doesn't bother me in the least. If you are listening to them your're not really paying attention to the game.

 

1) Different does not equate to unique, interesting, or tolerable

2) It's not confined to celebrating. I could live with vuvuzelas being blown for a few seconds after a goal. Have you watched any matches? They blow for 90 minutes straight. It has nothing to do with what is happening on the pitch.

3) If fans chanted in b-flat for 90 minutes it would have the same effect. They don't.

 

How about taking the time to examine the thread instead of posting things that have been proven false.

 

Actually I don't think VV noise is not that bad, I think may be ESPN has done something more to filter the noise. The France - Mexico match I actually could start to hear the singing, and "uh!". I really like the Mexican crowd in unity, at the end of the match, they did something like waving their hands up and down for a few times and all say together, something like "Boo!" lol . It was so cool!

May be after SA lost the match, there wasn't much interested to blowing VV as people were before? May be ESPN? We still could clearly hear the VV, but chanting and singing was hearable. Also I didn't see a single VV on either fan sides, but it's still there. I started to agree with others in this thread, the VV only in hands of may be a thousand but its sound could ruin the rest of the stadium!

 

Maybe you're referring to the "¡¡Puuuuto!!" shout.
The mexican fans always do that when the rival goalkeeper kicks the ball to continue the match.
Is the chorus of a mexican 90's rock song, and it's an insult in spanish at the same time.

¡¡********!!=Bitch!!

 

relive the match atmosphere right here on bigsoccer!
http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/www.bigsoccer.com

 

Messi and co. have also called for bans for vuvus. hopefully, FIFA will take action soon.

 

What kind of host subjects their guests to this awful noise. FIFA say that because we are in Africa, the world cup should be done African style.

When I have vegetarians over for dinner, I don't cook them meat.

When sane people want to watch a football game, don't irritate them by making a constant horrible sound. It's just rude.

 

I am just baffled by this "African style" defense that FIFA raises. There were plenty Nigerian fans at the Olympics in Atlanta and I don't recall any vuvuzelas. I have seen numerous other African teams in competitions before South Africa and I don't remember hearing any vuvus.