Ban on child football shirts with drink ads

[thesilverfoxlfc]

I am probably missing the point but the underlying causes of young kids drinking or child obesity etc is not the advertising, its bad parenting!

[The Glove]

Because their parents have no time to bring them to proper restaurants they just go into McD's for a quick meal in a out job, reflects modern society.....disgrace

They should look at what their doing to their kids health

They cant go to proper restaurants because people like Shaggy get offended by it.

[Bob]

I am probably missing the point but the underlying causes of young kids drinking or child obesity etc is not the advertising, its bad parenting!

80% of all parents* are fat as well... god i'm bored. And they call it a 'treat' so it's OK.


*pure opinion.

[sonsofthedesert]

Do you actually think those ranges like in the ones in MickeyDs is healthy. Sweet jaysus. Moot point.

I think this kinda legislation will only affect new deals. And besides we should ditch Carlsberg anyway IMO.

Do McDonalds ever have the salad in stock. The one's near me never have it in.

[thesilverfoxlfc]

They cant go to proper restaurants because people like Shaggy get offended by it.

Why is he "Boo down with that sort of thing"....??

[The Glove]

Why is he "Boo down with that sort of thing"....??

Yeah he is a right miserable ****er when he wants to be.

[Red_hot]

They cant go to proper restaurants because people like Shaggy get offended by it.

Ronalds is alright as a treat for kids every now and then. They are hardly the anti christ but yeah obviously you get parents who don't give a **** and let their kids eat too much of it.

I don't know really how people like Bob who openly posts about how much he drinks talking about McDonalds being the anti christ. It's all about moderation. Thats goes for junk food, drink etc. Kids eating too much maccie d's is not much different to you drinking away your liver every weekend.

[bazza76]

I am probably missing the point but the underlying causes of young kids drinking or child obesity etc is not the advertising, its bad parenting!

advertising plays its role, without question.
If a kid sees Micky D's on TV there is a chance that he/she will pester the parents to get it. advertising definitely plays its part, It is a well known fact, you can say parents are also at fault, which is true aswell. Advertising the likes of that is a bad influence for kids.

[thesilverfoxlfc]

advertising plays its role, without question.
If a kid sees Micky D's on TV there is a chance that he/she will pester the parents to get it. advertising definitely plays its part, It is a well known fact, you can say parents are also at fault, which is true aswell. Advertising the likes of that is a bad influence for kids.

......and if the kids see a plane in the sky and they want one are the Parents going to get one for them??? Kids are fickle they want one thing this minute and the next they are onto something else. Bottom line is the parents and how they deal with their kids

[The Glove]

Bottom line is the parents and how they deal with their kids

This is true.

[bazza76]

......and if the kids see a plane in the sky and they want one are the Parents going to get one for them??? Kids are fickle they want one thing this minute and the next they are onto something else. Bottom line is the parents and how they deal with their kids

That is just a ridiculous statement, ****ing plane, come on.
Yes the parents should take alot of the responsibility but advertising also plays its part, like I said, whether you choose to acknowledge this is up to you. There is nothing more I can say.
Other governments have gone some way to banning this type of advertising for very valid reasons. They have also given it far more though than any of us have.

[Morph]

Surely we can get around it by making 'adult shirts' in sizes xxs and xxxs?

[le2red]

Surely we can around it by making 'adult shirts' in sizes xxs and xxxs?

So the kids are not going to have alcohol logos on their footie shirts when they go to the pub with their parents before the game?

[BrooklynRed]

My niece protests...

[rushscored4]

Could this affect any future sponsorship agreements with Carlsberg? I doubt they will want to pay as much if their name isnt on all replica shirts (not that they pay a huge amount at the moment anyway!).

REPLICA football shirts sold to children will no longer carry the logos of alcohol-industry sponsors under rules to be unveiled today.

Drinks firms sponsoring sports teams have agreed that it is inappropriate for children to wear shirts advertising alcohol brands.

Among the football clubs sponsored by drinks firms are Liverpool, Everton, Rangers and Celtic. Other Premiership teams are said to be in talks with alcohol firms and will also be hit.

The market in replica shirts is estimated to be worth more than £250m annually with the majority sold to teenage boys. Children are unlikely to want to wear replica kits without logos and any slump in sales could have financial implications.

Most teenage boys wear adult size shirts anyway. My 15 year old son (as met by many of you in Athens) wears my old Size L replica shirts from the 80s and 90s. I'm sure a men's Size S would only fit a 11 or 12 year old boy!