Wednesday, May 30, 2007
German MPs encourage footballers to go topless
German Green party MPs Evelin Schoenhut-Keil and Margareta Wolf got rather carried away after seeing Cristiano Ronaldo booked for baring his torso after scoring during Euro 2004, and ended up launching a national campaign to make it legal for players to take off their shirts.
In an open letter to the German Football Association, the pair wrote:
"Get rid of the yellow card and instead let players show their athletic torsos. We can't understand how the voluntary showing of a gorgeous male chest can be objectionable."
They subsequently also threw their weight behind a petition to Fifa demanding much the same thing but, unsurprisingly, were completely ignored by both bodies.
In an open letter to the German Football Association, the pair wrote:
"Get rid of the yellow card and instead let players show their athletic torsos. We can't understand how the voluntary showing of a gorgeous male chest can be objectionable."
They subsequently also threw their weight behind a petition to Fifa demanding much the same thing but, unsurprisingly, were completely ignored by both bodies.