With the World Cup approaching at the end of the year, the Brazilian people get excited and start buying their shirts and featuring them with their respective names. The sad news this year is that the Nike banned some names on Brazil's shirt. What would they be? Why did the company do this? Check out the full article for more information on the topic.
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Prohibition of names on the shirt of the Brazilian national team
After a difficult time caused by the covid-19 pandemic, Brazilians are anxious and excited for the World Cup that will take place in November of this year. With that, people plan to celebrate and watch their country's national team play. The sad part of this is that now Nike has banned Brazilians from putting some names on the back of the new Brazil shirt.
The new shirts began to be sold on the 8th, on the company's official website. The uniforms have 4 versions and you can choose the one you prefer.
On the sale website, the user can customize the new shirts with the number of his choice and the name. However, the company prohibited the use of the names of possible candidates for the presidency. the names of “Lula”, “Bolsonaro”, “Ciro”, “Alckmin”, “Tebet”, “Janones” are prohibited from being used on the back of the shirt.
Other names that also make reference to the policy were banned by the company. Check out some of them: “Moro”, “Damares”, “Doria”, “Haddad”, “Dilma”, between others. Furthermore, expressions like “bolsomito”, “communist”, “petista”, “myth”, were also banned from customization.
What is the reason for the ban?
In a note published by the company, the system of rules and regulations is constantly updated and is not customization with words that refer to political, religious, racist and even bass words slang.
