...WentToMowAnSPL
19-11-2009, 10:14 PM
Stuff Thierry Henry .. Boycott Gillette !
FFS - if you had in your life done this in primary 7 ,,, wouldn't you still be slagged off for this ?
"Sponsors are standing by Thierry Henry after the Barcelona striker’s blatant handball gave France a place at next year’s World Cup finals at the expense of Ireland.
Sports fans the world over turned on the football star, who enjoys a global profile partly thanks to an advertising campaign by Gillette, the shaving brand, that placed him in the very top tier alongside Tiger Woods, the golfer and first $1 billion athlete, and Roger Federer.
When Gillette launched its champions campaign in 2007, the US company said it had picked Henry because he embodied “true sporting values”.
Those values have been called into question after last night’s events, with internet user groups called for a boycott of Gillette products while the Frenchman continues to endorse them. There were demands that the maker of razors and shaving products drop the footballer from its campaign.
FFS - if you had in your life done this in primary 7 ,,, wouldn't you still be slagged off for this ?
"Sponsors are standing by Thierry Henry after the Barcelona striker’s blatant handball gave France a place at next year’s World Cup finals at the expense of Ireland.
Sports fans the world over turned on the football star, who enjoys a global profile partly thanks to an advertising campaign by Gillette, the shaving brand, that placed him in the very top tier alongside Tiger Woods, the golfer and first $1 billion athlete, and Roger Federer.
When Gillette launched its champions campaign in 2007, the US company said it had picked Henry because he embodied “true sporting values”.
Those values have been called into question after last night’s events, with internet user groups called for a boycott of Gillette products while the Frenchman continues to endorse them. There were demands that the maker of razors and shaving products drop the footballer from its campaign.