Death To The Vuvuzela

they must be banned, bloody awfull!!!

Blatter: “It’s a local sound and I don’t know how it is possible to stop it. I always said that when we go to South Africa, it is Africa. It’s not western Europe. It’s noisy, it’s energy, rhythm, music, dance, drums. This is Africa. We have to adapt a little.”

Speaking of “adapting a little”, aren’t we in the technology era? Where is Instant Video Replay in soccer?

As for the vuvuzela it’s nothing compared to the noise in Arco Arena. Sacramento had the NBA’s most formidable home-court advantage earlier in the decade when Chris Webber and Peja Stojakovic ruled Arco Arena and its noise-reflecting wooden bleachers.

Brian Shaw said Arco Arena was probably the most difficult place to play in the NBA.

“It’s really loud, there’s some real hatred toward the Lakers that makes for a good rivalry,” he said. “We know how to tune out most of the noise and concentrate on what we need to do.”

I have a friend who used to study while listening to Hard Metal Rock.

there is nothing wrong with the horns. Get over it, its South Africa’s tournament and that is something that represents them, you cant just say sorry, some Europeans/Americans dont like hearing them in the back round so you cant use them.

Support us and let’s kick vuvuzela out of football.

http://banthevuvuzela.blogspot.com/

when i switched on the telly i thought it was a swarm of bees

I hope someone beats Sepp Blatter with that thing. I hate it, so please stop blowing on the damn thing, South Africa. You’re inviting people to your country, let them feel comfortable without the thought of having to cut their own ears off. Because I really like my ears.

Yes its annoying, but after the matches so far, my ears have adapted quickly and I cant them any more. And all I had to do was stick a sharp stick into my ear and burst my eardrum. Its certainly worth the pain…

Three things:

1) To attempt to “ban” these things is hilariously ignorant. Its their culture, and its their time to host the WC, just let them be.

2) All they have to do is figure out how to dull the noise on TV. I just hope they aren’t this much of a distraction to the players for the WC.

3) Dranbik is right, after 20 minutes your ears just adapt to the noise. I’m watching the football, not listening to the noise.

Lets face it, when it comes to the big tournament next summer, the stadiums will not be filled with as many locals. The musical instruments will be competing with cheers and songs from the nations playing. The loudest games will be those where South Africa playing (and possibly other African nations).

I have to agree with Rob, despite him spelling my name wrong, that it is their culture, and to try to ban them would be ignorant. If you are going to the games, then it will add to the atmosphere. If you are watching it on tv, there are these new tvs that you can buy that allow you to adjust the sound … i know, its amazing, but check it out!!

I’m sure ITV and BBC will be planning on how to dull the noise down a little and replace it with whale song, so that all of you people can yoga peacefully while watching the game!

Although we’re certainly not recommending Drabik’s method…

Doesn’t seem any more annoying than those klaxon air horns or just a random bloke shouting expletives in your ear.

I’d be in favor of a ban of them in matches in which SA is not playing, when Bafana is out there let the fans blow their hearts out, but if its Italy-Brazil, let the fans of their teams get their voices heard and not have them drowned out by a bunch of people who got free tickets to the upper deck.

Nobody blows these disgraceful horns in Brazil and Argentina.

I feel like the best solution would be to stop handing them out, or at least charging a lot at the stadiums for them.

It’s fine if it’s a low buzz that serves as the base for the fans’ voices, but as it is now it is just too intense. You can’t hear anything BUT the buzzzzzzz. So let there be vuvuzelas, but in moderation: that way they form part of the atmosphere that South Africa provides (and that South Africans want), but allows us to hear the crowd.

The idea of banning them is ridiculous. And TV stations could lower the stadium sound, but that would also take away from the game.

“Lets face it, when it comes to the big tournament next summer, the stadiums will not be filled with as many locals. The musical instruments will be competing with cheers and songs from the nations playing. The loudest games will be those where South Africa playing (and possibly other African nations).”

Exactly. That’s why if they stop giving them out at stadiums or perhaps selling them at a substantially high price, the only ones that will be bringing them are the South Africans that already have them at home.

I think many parents would rather their kids hear these noises than the vast amount of swear words that you hear in every game in england (and presumably most other countries). Shall we ban fans that swear also?

There are plenty of annoying instruments at games … bells, drums, triangles … but these are just culture. Please just enjoy the football.

And by the way, I was joking about piercing my ear drums earlier, but it is possible to adjust to the noise naturally. Whats more annoying is on BBC earlier, they were broadcasting some american commentary in the background of the english commentator. This was annoying enough, but the american commentary was talking about golf?!?! How does that happen, was an american commentator in the commentary box in SA watching football, talking about golf? Or were the BBC team watching tv about golf? Please…. BBC sort it out!

Do not make the broad claim that these are simply “African Culture”, My family is from Senegal and to make such a broad statement is offensive to those of us who support our team without plastic horns. Ban them, please.

WTF? First time I saw a match with this noise, I thought it was a swarm of bees, next to the mike or something. Hey you African’s, football is football, and sounding like a insect horror movie – well leave that to Hollywood. Personally I would like to get one of these vuvuzela’s and stick it up………….enough said.
It spoils the whole enjoyment of the game, its like watching the football through a bees nest. Anyway, what I want to know is, where is the honey………..

the sound is ruining my brain, please do something about it

I couldn’t agree more. It’s a horrible, unmusical noise, and it drowns out the reactions of the fans who are actually watching the game. The ban should never have been lifted. I’m sure South Africa has better traditions to showcase, dancing and costumes being two good ones that don’t ruin the game.

we got these horns at the sounders games..which is in seattle,usa last time i checked. i dont mind em. they are really fun. trust me its better to have 30k people blowing these things, then having to listen to a dull crowd.

i knew you foriegn idiots would bitch about this. how the f*** can you come into our country and tell us what to do, you dont even have the decency to suggest we stop blowing vuvuzelas, you want them banned. f*** y’all man, go home then- u want that trophy more than we want you to be here so just grow the f*** up and embrace a small aspect of our culture. i also think it’s incredibly dumb to be clapping your hands at a stadium as if you were watching the opera but when i go overseas to watch my team play i don’t sit there judging your behaviour i embrace the cultural norms and try my best to enjoy the game. Africa is africa, not south america or just another continent that’s close to yours. you can go anywhere in africa and you won’t find one country that doesn’t have their own unique instrument. damn white people always trying to run things, f*** you!! let me go polish my vuvuzela and buy more for my friends! this saturday it’s goin down- SA vs Spain, we’ll be blowing them louder than ever!

Despite the expletives, I agree with Yanga. Last time I went to a game in the UK, I wondered how I’d ever be able to take my son to see a game when he’d be surrounded by such foul-mouthed, hate-filled, bile-spewing people. Now where can I get a vuvuzela here in the UK to drown them out?

I am South African. Born and lived in Durban SA all my life. I am a 51 year old white male. And yes I am sad to say the vuvuzelas are nothing but the most irritating & unpleasant noise I have ever heard. They have no tune no nothing just bloody awful. No wonder the PLAYERS and overseas fans are complaining. I absolutely love soccer and have played and watched it all my life, yes am a British and European fan also watch the South American and USA games when aired. But sorry to say South African football sucks. We win 1 game against lowly NZ and everyone gets excited.
What is wrong with SA soccer? When IPL Cricket was here we filled the stadiums (with hardly any advertising). The Lions rugby team is here and the stadiums are fill and the tickets cost more. These irritating fans (who cant fill stadiums) with the terrible vuvuzelas are chasing away the fans. Also our Cricket and Rugby teams are world betters that’s why they get the extra support. Common on soccer guys raise your game and step up to the plate.

Yes I still love and watch every Bafana Bafana game but with the sound turned right down becuase of that terrible incessant noise.
Ban vuvuzelas- they can also be missiles that can be thrown at refs and players. BE AFRAID

Can Super Sport and other TV commentary stations not turn the background sound down and make the actual commentary louder. The vuvazelas drown everything out. Disgusting!!

As a South African I would like to clear the following up, vuvuzelas are not part of our culture but an annoyance that has become much worse after corporates started dishing them out for free. It should be banned from all matches including confed and WC 2010.

I’m a Brazilian who studied at the Univ. of Witwatersrand in the late 80s during apartheid, and have visited SA a number of times since. I came to love the country and still do, I have many friends there. I have to say, tho, I’ve never embraced the vuvuzela and guess what? A lot of South Africans–black, white and otherwise–hate them too, they have the same complaints westerners are now expressing with the broadcast of the Confed Cup. So a ban would actually be welcomed by many South Africans.

When SA won their bid for the 1010 wc, one of the first things I thought of was “how are the players and the TV audiences going to deal with the vuvuzelas?” Because when you’re in the stadium, it’s really deafening (I’ve experienced 5 or 6 games with them blaring in my ears). They don’t just penetrate your ears, the sound also makes you incredibly distracted and irritated–it has a destructive effect on the experience of watching the game.

I’m sure the sentiments in Xabi Alonso’s comments are shared by most if not all the players playing in the SA — incl. the North African Egyptians. I honestly am concerned about the effect on the players and the games’ results themselves. Over time while in SA, I learned to just tolerate the vuvuzelas at various public events because I had to. It took time and effort, but I managed. I had to force myself not to give into the emotional irritation and distraction of the sound, otherwise I would miss out on the entertainment content of the event.

But the fact is that they WILL affect TV network broadcasts around the world. People will mute the sound or even stop watching. And tourists visiting SA for the games may decide to forego the stadium experience. That means loss of money, which FIFA will not appreciate. I hope it doesn’t affect any future prospects for wc bids outside western countries.

I’m sorry to anyone feeling offended but it is a truly horrible horrible sound that destroys the match-going and match-viewing experience. Yes, there are other sounds in stadiums around the world that are unpleasant as well, and I’ve heard most of them myself (live and in person). But I’ve yet to hear something as deafening and destructive of the pleasure of football-watching as the vuvuzela.

OOPS, correction: “When SA won their bid for the 1010 wc,” — of course, I meant 2010! Not sure there were world cups back then. :-)

I am not a football fan. Tried to get into the mood by watching on telly. 5 min of that terrible sound made me change the channel. Ban the vuvuzela!

People, lets get real. What irritates us here, in Europe, about football? Hooligans, foul (racist) chanting from the pavilions, whisteling, jungle sounds… just to name a few. Sort off gotten used to that by now, but I don’t approve it. Now it’s time to adapt a different culture, traditions, their heritage which has been neglected for so long. There is nothing wrong with celebrating it in their way. How hard can it be, or do we dictate how the game is played down there?

i totally agree, this sound is awful!

I agree totally with Richard. Why don’t you (Europeans) complain about the racist noises that some of the fans make whenever they watch black players?

ITS LEKKER – If you dont like it, dont come to SA to watch …

Although the Vuvuzelas sound like a drone on TV, they are GREAT at the stadium. TV broadcasters will just have to soften the crowd noise. Banning the Vuvuzela would be a serious insult to us South Africans, a return to colonial imperialistic attitudes towards Africans.

Come to South Africa, buy your vuvuzela and enjoy the game because that is what the 2010 World Cup in SOUTH AFRICA is all about. You also get used to it when watching it on TV, so give it some time and you won’t notice it (just like when your wife talks to you during the game).\

So stop with all this negativity, stop being patronizing, stop loving the sound of your own whining voices, and buy a VUVUZELA!!!!

PLEASE BAN THEM.

Why oh why would you go to a football game and blow a horn?

Surely any football loving supporter goes to a game to sing, shout words of encouragement or in some cases bite their nails.

Come on South Africa…..the world is watching (and listening!)

That is the most annoying background noise for a major sporting event. It’s amazing anyone is able to watch. Learn a chant.

It may be a great sound at the stadium, but it feels like torture via the television. I hope for the world cup the tv networks come up with something that can muffle the sound.

“i knew you foriegn idiots would bitch about this. how the f*** can you come into our country and tell us what to do,”

Hey, a little clue for you: THIS IS NOT YOUR FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT. These are not your teams.

And so the real question is: how the f*** can you tell US what to do? We’re trying to watch OUR countries play football. I can’t believe you’re willing to ruin the Confederations Cup and World Cup for everybody else around the world. What a horrible host.

Do you realize you’re about to destroy South Africa’s reputation in front of the entire globe? You will NEVER get a major international sporting event again. Everyone will quietly steer clear of your country when it comes time to pick locales. There will forever be a big X mark through South Africa’s name.

So go ahead… Ruin it for all of us, while you ruin the future for yourselves. Genius move.

I don’t f*cking care about vuvuzela

i i got to go to the WC i would buy one. you cant ban something because its annoying.

“you cant ban something because its annoying.”

If “annoying” means people avoiding the World Cup on television next year, when broadcasters have paid tens of millions in television rights and huge amounts of advertising money are on the line, you’d better believe they CAN ban something.

It’s astonishing how naive some of you people are. Football might be a game. But World Cup Inc. most certainly is not.

I love the mindless fervor that results from a stadium packed with these insane horn blowers.

You know, as a South African I don’t have to be apologetic about our customs and hence I’m pro-vuvuzela. If you noticed anything about the South Africans that complain about the vuvuzela, they happen to be white. These are the same lot that don’t support local games and yet when the world cup is here they are suddenly exceedingly vocal about the vuvuzela! Go to your rugby stadiums and stay there and stop dictating to us what to do with a sport that feeds my black people! And to those who are threatening not to come to the world cup, it’s fine, stay at home, as our stable position in this recession has proven, we don’t need you, DON’T COME, STAY, BYE-BYE, NO RACISTS ALLOWED…

I fully agree with everyone who defends the vuvuzelas. My tiny, Division 3 college gave them out at soccer games and we loved them. They are a part of traditional South African football culture. As Sepp Blatter said, it is a moral obligation to have the World Cup on every continent. That means having the CULTURE of each country that hosts it infused into the World Cup, which is why having it in a different country every four years makes helps to make it such a wonderful tournamnet. Not to mention the fact that if you hate them you are clearly incapable of being tolerant of other cultures, I actually love them. They are loud, consistent like the beating of a drum in Mexico, the chanting fans in England, or the Cowbells in parts of Europe (which to me are annoying and I’m sure plenty of others feel the same way…but I don’t want them banned!!!!!). The “obnoxious” thing about the vuvuzelas are the people who think that anyone has the right to ban the fans of the host country from using them. I have watched every Confed. Cup game with no problem, and I’m sure that the broadcasters next year will be aware of the sound and the fact that some of you whimps cant handle it and will employ methods to dampen its loudness when broadcasting. So, that said, shut up! If you want a european culture to your football next summer, watch whatever pickup game is happening in your local park while the rest of us are watching and loving every moment of the first world cup on African soil!!!!!

I am a powder white South African male and has spent the past few days reading through the comments from all over the world and would like to share a few thoughts. Embracing another countries culture expects of you to step out of your comfort zone. If you stay in a quite suburban town in the middle of europe and the only time you see someone of color act as if he enjoys himself is on television do yourself a favor and attend a match as I have done and blow a vuvuzela and feel the emotion that the atmosfere in the crowd generates. Only then you can accept another countries culture VIVA the VUVUZELA. To accomidate our sensitive european and american counterparts im sure the television comanies will be able to drown out enough of the pure african culture to suite your sensitive nature!!!

I am a white South African football lover. I hate the vuvuzela – why? – not because it is annoying – but because it is a senseless noise. The so called “non-racists” who commented above, fail to accept other viewpoints, but instead call anyone who disagrees with them “racist” – yup – welcome to South Africa – that is the excuse for everything.Get a life and move on!

Would you prefer that we do not support the WC seeing that we only attend rugby and cricket matches? – fine – ban us white vuvuzela hating fans and lets see how successful South Africa will be in hosting the beautiful game.
I take it our money is not a good as yours?

I would much prefer hearing South Africa’s voices raised in song. I for one will not be attending any games as I would rather avoid becoming deaf from some inconsiderate git blowing one in my ears.

Wow, I cant believe everyone is up in arms about sonmething that is done for enjoyment and amusement!
1. Not everyone likes the Vuvuzela
2. Not eveyone who hates the Vuvuzela is Racist
3. People are different and no one has the right to dictate what should be done and not done in someone elses house.
4. I am South African, and have three Vuvuzela’s, as the europeans are shouting racial snares, and cursing, others will be doing the mexican wave, some will be chanting, others will be playing their drums, and me I will be blowing a melof=dic tune from my Vuvuzela.

People we are all different, and we enjoy different things, instead of complaining, embrace other people’s cultures, and ways of life. Be proud of what you do to celebrate the beautiful game, and know that the next person does not celebrate the way you do, but that does not make them wrong ir right.

When will this urgly divide between white south africans and black south africans end, because at the end of the day, the Vuvuzela is just being used to start that great old divide!

Grow up South Africa, let us unite and be one!

The world can go and stick their coments and dictatorship up where the sun don’t shine!

VIVA the VUVUZELA VIVA
VIVA white, Black, India, Coloured and any one that Calls themselves South Africans, let us stand as one nation, one people and tell these foreigners that they will not dictate how we enjoy the game our way! VIVA

Some twenty years ago, South African soccer was very entertaining, it was played with flair and passion, ever since we have started to employ foreign coaches who brought defensive play, our soccer has become a total bore, thanks goodness to the vuvuzela noise it keeps us awake at the stadiums

Its shocking to see the world is still not prepared to accept Africa for what it is. Most of the comments here are disgusting, shame on u people esp the Scotts and the cammys. If Blatter can embrace SA’s ‘primitive’ culture y can’t u all do the same?

“If Blatter can embrace SA’s ‘primitive’ culture y can’t u all do the same?”

Because we want to experience OUR teams, OUR nations, the way WE want to experience them.

Traveling supporters have every right to cheer on their teams as they see fit, feeling like they can help inspire their players during a match. No third party has a right to sit in the stadium and take that away by drowning them out with some other noise.

A gracious host would understand that. Instead, South Africans are now getting defiant about the whole thing, acting as if this is THEIR tournament, THEIR teams, THEIR players, THEIR nations.

A gracious host would also understand the concerns of TV viewers around the globe, and tone down the vuvuzela noise as a gesture of understanding.

It is unbelievable to me that this is even an debate. I cannot believe there are people who apparently think this is South Africa’s World Cup, to do with it as it pleases. The whole thing is astonishing.

You people make me mad. Europe is not the colonial master of Africa anymore. Deal with it! This world cup is in Africa

“Vuvuzela” or chanting “monkey” to a black player. Which one is better??? Vuvuzela is noisy when you hear it for the first time. We also agree. It is not good when you have ears problems… everyone knows that. But soccer games or most other sports have some noise from the spectators. Worse noise for sure is the shouting of racist comments to Africans, who still continue playing under those circumstances. Well maybe it is because Africans are suppose to be begging and are tolerant enough. Maybe I should say that there is no way a brat can do community service, so I am not surprised why people cannot tolerate the Vuvuzela or in fact cannot tolerate Africans. You guys are not racist, but you just fail to accept and tolerate, because mentally you are channelled that an African is suppose to do same thing as westerners do (I did not say as you westerners) wish. But just think abit about other annoyance that you ever got from a football (soccer) match.

Those who are switching off television, I think it is because you have something else to do. The TV channels have the technology to reduce the noise from the crowd… if they do not do it, it means they are not listening to you or your voice is not loud enough to be heard. So buy a vuvuzela and blow it next to the ears of the TV station managers maybe they will get annoyed and listen to you!!

You know what… most of those guys and ladies who want vuvuzela to be banned… will not read my comments to the end. If you did, thank you because you have hope for change.

Don

the vuvuzela is part of our south african soccer experience when in rome do as the romans do. we didnt say ban the singing. like it or not the vuvuzela is here to stay u cn watch for 5 mins ifu want thats ur problem!!!!!1

i am not an “everyday game” football fan, but i love championships where you can see different coutries , hence different styles of fooball and their evolution. these events are also normally very enjoyable because of the fantastic spirit of sport displayed during these events. BUT there is honestly a HUGE difference between the expression of the joy of the fans and the pain that has to be endured because of this bee’s hive sound. i have not managed to watch a single match of this confederation cup,it is sad. FIFA should consider for next year the fact that millions of fans watching their tv may just switch channel because of the noise…they put themself in a position of losing money over stupid trompets!!!
having lived in sa i can tell that the vuvuzela is not played full power for 90 min at every football game… so lets respect the hosts but also the ears of the mios of tv watchers who also pay in many ways for this event to happen. maybe vuvuzelas could be ok outside the stadiums only or not while the players are on the field. a solution can surely be found to please everybody. let’s hope 2010 will be a great championship!!!

Keep the Vuvuzela – just design a world cup version that produces less sound. It should be produce less decibels yet keep the unique SA soccer cultural appeal. Without the Vuvuzela soccer in SA would not be the same !!

S-Africa should be ashamed to offer us this horrible senseless buzz during games in the World Cup. How about trying to blow the horns in rythm? It’s just a 90 min buzz and there is no difference if there is a goal or nothing going on. Just a bunch of yahoos blowing horns for 90 mins.

Never dreamed I would have to watch the Confederations Cup and the World Cup in “mute”.

Btw. I’m black so I can’t be a racist can I.

Dude from Switzerland, like mentioned b4. Take that up with ur local channel, draw a petition or something. It won’t take space technology to reduce or do away wit the buzz. U being arrogant to say the least! Just so u know, the vuvuzelas aren’t going away. U just gonna have to adapt to a whole new culture of enjoying football, like it or not.

Meant Iceland!

all the pro vuvuzela people who haven’t been in the stadiums yet and who will be coming to the WC next year – yes, you can at least mute your tv, but wait till you experience it for real, when there’s no mute button! I can’t wait to read all the international comments afterwards!

Obie, i hope you’ll be there.

from switzerland: 1.- i am not a dude…!!! 2.- i am probably the least arrogant of the people who are not too happy about the constant buzzing of the now infamous vuvuzela.
my point is only that a solution must be found for the millions of tv watchers who will not watch the championship next year- because of the noise- that satifies also the local traditions.
believe me, if the audiences on tv fall, there will be big financial consequences, so fifa has every interest to adress the problem and find a solution that satifies all parties. they have a year to do that, it should be enough…

Cammy, i was at the stadium for last nyt’s game between Brazil and Bafana and glad to say that the buzz wasn’t as bad as that picked up on tv. You should all be aware that the atmosphere is completely different when in attendance. Look @ it as your 1st experience to the sounds of rock hard metal, its annoying at 1st but enjoyable the more u listen. And to Clotilde, i bet a solution of some sort will be found but doubt there’ll be a decline of audiences in any way. Football is a great sport and will prevail at the end of the day.

maybe the hardcore of football geeks will watch but the numerous occasionnal fans will maybe wait until the 1/2 finals …unfortunately , everything is ruled by money (see the situation in formula 1 that solved itself because the sponsors would have run away with their money if mosley had not stopped thinking he was all powerfull…no one watching tv,no tv rights income, no sponsors, no money, no championship). so for sa, for fifa and next year’s championship (and the ones after) everyone has every interest to make the whole event friendly for the people in the stadiums and the viewers around the world.
i know it sort of sucks but no sporting event involving a lot of money, a large organisation and tv rights , will see the sport prevail -it is all strategy, money, egos……-. for the real sport and the real feelings go to the local stadiums!

Thats why it don’t bother me in the least. Its just hype, like they say any publicity is good publicity. Fifa loves generating as much interest as possible. Will have to wait & see i guess.

I’m actually watching C-SPAN Book TV rather than US vs. Brazil. Can’t take that mindless buzzing. Imagine being stuck with one of those dopes sitting behind you? Can you say “horn bow-tie”?

In the meantime, kiss a chunk of the broadcast sponsorship goodbye.

I was watching sports center, and they were interviewing some soccer player from america about this latest soccer competition(I don’t follow this sport at all), and until I googled this, I thought there was something wrong with my television (or this channel), because all I heard was this horrible sound of millions of insects swarming while he was talking. why not just use you’re own voice. whatever, I’m glad that my tv’s ok, and I still couldn’t give a shit about this sport.

We are not talking about culture or race here , Even when watching matches on TV it was impossible to keep the commentary on . It was so irritating and giving a headache ,I bet if SouthAfrican’s don’t take it on themselves to keep these Vuvuzela’s out, no fan’s from other countries will come to watch but also most TV’s will be off . It truely is not about offending anybody’s culture but being sensitive to the world’s football lovers who wish South Africa to hold a truly wonderful tournament .

It’s not a question of racism or lack of cultural appreciation. Honestly, we non-South African supporters want to see and hear the atmosphere generated by the Cup being hosted in South Africa, but the vuvuzela drowns out everything but itself. The vuvuzela is not a democratic instrument. On TV (where billions will be watching) we can hear nothing but the monotonous drone of the vuvuzela, never changing with the action on the pitch and thus obliterating any excitement there might be.
I know from family experience that the casual viewer, who would usually watch the World Cup out of mild interest, will be put off by the TV noise and the lack of atmosphere. And even the interested viewer will be far less likely to watch as many matches as they normally might.
Once FIFA realizes that the noise of vuvuzelas on TV is going to turn away the casual viewer they will ban it (I hope).

FIFA just rieterated that they won’t, under no circumstances ban the vuvuzela. These all happened today so all those not in favor of the instrument might as well cut their losses as in now. FIFA has actually been laughing off all this criticism so be prepared for the vuvuzela or just look forward to the Brazil world cup which is 5 years away, i bet it won’t be as noisy. The complaints have to stop now!

What I find odd about the vuvuzela is that South Africa has great football songs.

See for example:

http://www.footballiscominghome.net/video/the-vuvuzela-conspiracy/

the only annoying sound of the vuvuzela, is the sound of someone complaining about it.

I must say after reading everybody’s comments, that Im so shocked that some people,instead of focussing on something so beautifull (the game of football)have decided to complain and be petty over something so insignificant.Seriously,I don’t know if it’s either worrying or pathetic to see that some people whom I assume are adults whining like a 5 year old child in a grocery store because they cannot get their own way.I also cannot believe that people can be so rude,you should be ashamed,I would love to know who raised you people up!Just so that this topic can finally be closed,Blatter said that FIFA will not be banning the vuvuzela in 2010,because he will be blowing his very own one.I just wish that people could accept peoples cultures, it’s really not about you! And to the White South African (Cammy),do you really think that we are short of football supporters?,so if you want to stay at your cricket or rugby matches STAY THERE!There are enough football supporters here in South Africa and it would be even better if people so pompous such as you were noy there.FIFA 2010 South Africa will be a great success,with the vuvuzela!:)