Smoking has been banned in sports advertising in Australia, should alcohol and fast food be to?
I think that Alcohol and fast food should be allowed in advertising because it doesn’t really harm anyone they just want to get it out there and show their support. They can also sponsor the sport like Cricket is sponsored by KFC, MacDonald’s was sponsoring the Olympics by bring out mini figures of people from the Olympics or just by giving some money to help the team travel over.
If I saw smoking or alcohol in advertising I wouldn’t be tempted to go drinking or have a cigarette or the same with fast food. But that is different for some people because they have alcohol at some sporting matches because that is just what the people that are sponsoring do they help out at home games or they may even travel with the team and offer free food or drinks for the team. I also think that some of the businesses supporting a sporting team are also businesses that make things to do with sports like drink bottles, sports balls and sports equipment.
With KFC and the cricket I don’t think that the cricket team would actually eat KFC because they have got to have a healthy diet to maintain their lifestyle. But I think they advertise it to get the fans into KFC and the cricket, they want to show their support and that they are behind cricket. With alcohol in advertising, alcohol can be very harmful in huge doses they do sell it to people at the cricket and many people drink too much of it. And it’s advertised a lot at sporting events because they want to sell it which is the main reason for advertising, if someone wants to advertise at the cricket then they must pay a fee to get it up there. Then that money either goes to the cricket team or the stadium.
I think that someone may have an opposite point to me because fast food and alcohol are bad for you and they are being put into sporting events which is temping more people to drink or eat fast food. Which could