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FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, announced that vuvuzela will be banned for the 2010 World Basketball Championship, world's biggest international basketball event to take place in Turkey this August and September.
Vuvuzela, a deafening plastic trumpet which emits a sound equivalent to 127 decibels, is an instrument based on South African horns. It had become a controversy at the recent 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa after it received complaints from television viewers and players.
FIBA banned vuvuzela at halls during the upcoming championship due to health risks, Turkish Basketball Federation said in a statement posted on its website.
FIBA asked fans not to bring these controversial instruments to games and warned that security teams would confiscate vuvuzelas at the entrance of halls.
FIBA has become the first international sports federation to officially ban vuvuzela. The ban includes also other air horns.
FIBA Secretary-General Patrick Baumann said that vuvuzela was not suitable for indoor use. Baumann said the noisy instrument could also cause problems for communication of referees during matches.
2010 World Basketball Championship will take place in four Turkish provinces --İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir and Kayseri-- from August 28 to September 12. It is expected to draw 350,000 spectators and over 1 billion TV viewers.
Vuvuzela, a deafening plastic trumpet which emits a sound equivalent to 127 decibels, is an instrument based on South African horns. It had become a controversy at the recent 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa after it received complaints from television viewers and players.
FIBA banned vuvuzela at halls during the upcoming championship due to health risks, Turkish Basketball Federation said in a statement posted on its website.
FIBA asked fans not to bring these controversial instruments to games and warned that security teams would confiscate vuvuzelas at the entrance of halls.
FIBA has become the first international sports federation to officially ban vuvuzela. The ban includes also other air horns.
FIBA Secretary-General Patrick Baumann said that vuvuzela was not suitable for indoor use. Baumann said the noisy instrument could also cause problems for communication of referees during matches.
2010 World Basketball Championship will take place in four Turkish provinces --İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir and Kayseri-- from August 28 to September 12. It is expected to draw 350,000 spectators and over 1 billion TV viewers.
On a side note, did anyone do a double take at the "1 billion TV viewers" part?
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