FIFA have heard that Nico Rosberg is planning on wearing a special helmet commemorating Germany’s World Cup win at the German Grand Prix this weekend and they’re not happy about it.
Nico Rosberg is having a great week. His beloved Germany won the World Cup, he got married and signed a new contract with Mercedes. As he says himself, the only thing that could make this the perfect week, is for him to win his home Grand Prix. Ahead of the Grand Prix, he tweeted a picture of the helmet he is planning to wear and to be fair, it looks pretty cool:
this will be my Hockenheim World Cup special edition helmet with the FIFA trophy. How do you like it??? @DFB_Team pic.twitter.com/ZKE4gh5EpA
— Nico Rosberg (@nico_rosberg) July 15, 2014
Needless to say, FIFA have got wind of his plan and are throwing a hissy fit citing copyright infringement as the helmet features the World Cup trophy. They’ve issued a statement saying “Any unauthorised use of the official marks not only undermines the integrity of the FIFA world cup and its marketing programme, but also puts the interests of the worldwide football community at stake.”
So, there you have it. If Rosberg wears the helmet this weekend, it will mean that the whole sport of football will collapse. Also, it’s not often you see ‘FIFA’ and ‘integrity’ in the same sentence.
Hat-tip to Motorsport
