[BigBadSaint]

Unilever to sponsor Neymar at 2014 World Cup

Why is an British/Dutch company giving millions to a player who tried to brand our fans as racist and has never made an apology for being wrong ?

[yoda]

SCANDALOUS.

[chico]

BigBadSaint, on 28 November 2011 - 21:00, said:

Unilever to sponsor Neymar at 2014 World Cup

Why is an British/Dutch company giving millions to a player who tried to brand our fans as racist and has never made an apology for being wrong ?

To make hunners of cash in that brazil.

[Thumper]

BigBadSaint, on 28 November 2011 - 21:00, said:

Why is an British/Dutch company giving millions to a player who tried to brand our fans as racist and has never made an apology for being wrong ?

Because it raises their profile, and hence their stock price. The only reason, the only reason, a multinational corporation does anything. The location of its home office is the most utterly irrelevant thing unless it impacts the stock price. And even then, Unilever owns more of the known world than most Roman emperors did, so good luck with a protest movement.

[HibeeJibee]

BigBadSaint, on 28 November 2011 - 21:00, said:

Unilever to sponsor Neymar at 2014 World Cup

Why is an British/Dutch company giving millions to a player who tried to brand our fans as racist and has never made an apology for being wrong ?

Equally, did Ki Sung Yung ever apologise properly for his similar comments?

[chico]

HibeeJibee, on 28 November 2011 - 21:46, said:

Equally, did Ki Sung Yung ever apologise properly for his similar comments?

Who sponsors him?

[HibeeJibee]

chico, on 28 November 2011 - 21:47, said:

Who sponsors him?

No idea, just asking.

Given his profile back-home I'd assume he's got endorsers, boot sponsors etc.

Should it only bother 'personality' sponsors? Not club/tournament sponsors, kit sponsors/suppliers, etc.?

[chico]

HibeeJibee, on 28 November 2011 - 22:01, said:

No idea, just asking.

Given his profile back-home I'd assume he's got endorsers, boot sponsors etc.

Should it only bother 'personality' sponsors? Not club/tournament sponsors, kit sponsors/suppliers, etc.?

Maybe he could get his apology sponsored?

[qos_75]

I thought he did apologise?

[non_sequitur]

BigBadSaint, on 28 November 2011 - 21:00, said:

Unilever to sponsor Neymar at 2014 World Cup

Why is an British/Dutch company giving millions to a player who tried to brand our fans as racist and has never made an apology for being wrong ?

He did;
http://www.thescotti...-of-racism.html

[Unitedlad]

Why should Neymar apologise to Scotland fans, he never actually said it was the Tartan Army that were racist and rightly so, as we all know it was a German that threw it.

The Tartan Army jumped to the conclusion that he'd branded them racist without actually looking at his comments, and the SFA made a fool of themselves by demanding an apology.

Can the OP please provide the quote from Neymar branding Scotland fans racist?

[non_sequitur]

Unitedlad, on 04 December 2011 - 21:37, said:

Why should Neymar apologise to Scotland fans, he never actually said it was the Tartan Army that were racist and rightly so, as we all know it was a German that threw it.

The Tartan Army jumped to the conclusion that he'd branded them racist without actually looking at his comments, and the SFA made a fool of themselves by demanding an apology.

Can the OP please provide the quote from Neymar branding Scotland fans racist?

"This atmosphere of racism is totally sad," Neymar told a Brazilian TV station. "We leave our country to play here and something like this happens."

"They [Scotland fans] were jeering me a lot, even when I was about to kick the penalty the entire stadium was jeering.

"It's sad. I would rather not even talk about it, to keep the subject from escalating."

It doesn't take a genius to work out who he was referring to when mentioning an atmosphere of racism.

This post has been edited by non_sequitur: 05 December 2011 - 19:43

[Savage Henry]

non_sequitur, on 04 December 2011 - 19:17, said:

He did;
http://www.thescotti...-of-racism.html

I missed this article the first time round. It's all done and dusted. But I do wonder about this complete imbecile.

Quote

One supporter, Tim Adams, 39, from Edinburgh, said: "If Neymar doesn't apologise, he will have a legal battle on his hands."

[Swarley]

qos_75, on 29 November 2011 - 23:08, said:

I thought he did apologise?

He did and the SFA sent him a box of Chiquitas as a thank you.

[non_sequitur]

Savage Henry, on 06 December 2011 - 08:59, said:

I missed this article the first time round. It's all done and dusted. But I do wonder about this complete imbecile.

Yes, Tim fae Edinburgh doesn't appear to be the sharpest tool in the box.

[KnightswoodBear]

http://sports.yahoo....?urn=sow- wp7464

[Hampden Diehard]

I'm sure that the guy has faced racism in Brazil too. The whiter your skin, the better you are regarded there. Sad, but true.

Anyway, as far as him apologising, he's a footballer and these guys can do anything and get away with it. If you or I were racist to a work colleague, or incorrectly accused them of racism, we'd be punted from our job. Footballers do it and get a few weeks off, and still get paid. Them's the breaks.

[Hampden Diehard]

non_sequitur, on 06 December 2011 - 19:42, said:

Yes, Tim fae Edinburgh doesn't appear to be the sharpest tool in the box.

Although he does sound a tool.