Vuvuzelas - all the noise - soccer players, and foreign journalists and their biases

My goodness, what big drama about the Vuvuzela being heard during the FIFA 2010 World Cup!

Sure it's loud, sure it's noisy, sure the crowds don't really need to blow on it for the duration of each game, but oh my, some "important" soccer players want it banned (interestingly those from teams that were defeated in the games they played); Sky News brought on an acoustics expert to tell us how loud the sound is and how bad it is for our ears; we heard about what gathers in the vuvuzela once blown. Oh get a life ....

Okay so we don't need to blow the vuvuzela all the time, but allow us our moment in history.  We put up with drunk, rude, disgusting fans at football matches around the world.  We've recently watched the English and the American soccer players spit on the ground while playing the game with cameras on them - do we really want to watch mucus and gunk  leaving your mouths and noses, polluting the air and the grass in our stadiums?  That is a revolting habit.  Why don't you stop that, and focus on playing the game you're playing, and be more tolerant of the noise in the stadium. 

We live with chanting and waves, (and hooligans), and things that are part of the culture and spirit of the games in other countries, so you can put up with our vuvuzelas. 

If you don't like the sound, use ear plugs.  If you don't enjoy having that kind of instrument so close to you, consider watching the games on TV, and not in crowds of 90 000 where inevitably there might be some irritation. 

If you're a soccer player and can't concentrate, get medication to improve your concentration.  Use your brain power to block out the sounds. Focus, focus, focus on the ball.

What on-pitch instructions can't the players hear?  Don't they have a game-plan?  Do they have to have someone shout their next move at them?  Can't they see where to kick the ball or where the goal is?  That has nothing to do with vuvuzelas.  Concentrate on your game, and block out the noise, or is that a bit like asking you to walk AND chew gum at the same time?

So the players say they can't hear the whistle: when-you-see-others-have-stopped-playing (presumably because they heard the whistle) ...... that definitely means the game is over, or temporarily halted for some reason, no rocket science needed for that. Or supersonic hearing. Someone on the pitch hears the whistle otherwise the games would never end and we'd have 22 grown men chasing a ball until the end of time ................

And to some of the foreign journalists and news people with holier than thou attitudes and articles and news reports that border on the vitriolic, have a look in your own backyard first, and then critique this country and the games and the organisation thereof. 

No event is perfect, not here, not in Europe, not in America, not in England, nowhere.  No event goes off without a hitch, so don't expect a seamless and perfect set of circumstances for the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa. 

Instead, open your hearts and minds to the spirit of the country and the game, and write articles that are fair; be objective in your news reporting, and keep your bias to yourselves.  If you have nothing good to say, either don't say anything or go home, wherever that is, where you will find tons of imperfection, danger, dirt, and noise on your own doorstep on a daily basis not only if your city/country is hosting a massive international event.

For those who are experiencing the great vibe in the various cities and stadiums in South Africa, the excitement, the pride, the unity, even the traffic jams that tell you how keen everyone is to participate in this magical event, continue enjoying yourselves, and we thank you for all the positive coverage and feedback we are getting.  We also thank you for the positive contribution you are making to our cities, our country and to the workforce.

To those blowing the vuvuzelas - perhaps we can take it down a notch, and not blow the vuvuzela for 90 minutes non-stop, and instead concentrate on the game, support our teams, and go mad on the vuvuzela when we score?

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