Brazilians want greater say in World Cup mascot name
Updated: 2012-09-26 10:45
(Xinhua/Agencies)
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FIFA defends World Cup mascot names
World football's governing body FIFA released a statement Friday defending its selection process for naming the 2014 World Cup mascot.
"When the original plan was drafted we thought about having an open system in which the public could suggest names," the FIFA statement said.
"However it was impossible to put this process into practice due to the complexity of legislation regarding intellectual property."
FIFA earlier said the names had been coined by a panel of experts who used fusions of Portuguese words meaning joy, ecology, football and blue.
An online petition calling for a more democratic approach to the naming of the mascot - a rare Brazilian species of armadillo - received 30,000 signatures by Saturday morning.
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An inflated official mascot of the 2014 World Cup is seen at the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia, Sept 24, 2012. [Photo/Agencies] |
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