| Professional football Suwon FC official Instagram capture |
“If you order a set for Suwon FC, a cheerleader will serve you”
The publicity phrase that professional footballer Suwon FC put up as a cheering event in a bar for the Korean national football team’s match against Ghana in the Qatar 2022 World Cup is controversial.
Recently, Suwon FC established the slogan ‘Let’s support Suwon FC and Korea football’ through the official SNS and recruited people to support a group in a bar with dense entertainment areas in Paldal-gu, Suwon-si.
According to the content, Suwon FC prepared various events such as drinking and eating and watching the game at 10:00 pm Ghana on the 28th, wearing a Suwon FC uniform, taking pictures of Lee Seung-woo’s broadcast, drinking beer quickly, and drawing lottery ticket pictures..
In particular, a photo of the five members of the Suwon FC sailing team (Haegyu Ahn, Eunsoo Park, Jihyeon Ahn, Hyunjoo Ryu, and Taerin Kim) was given as a promotional photo and said, ‘If you order the Suwon FC set, it will the cheerleaders serving you at your table. We will present a wonderful dance performance in the hall at half time,’ along with the phrase, encouraging participation.
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| Professional football Suwon FC official Instagram capture |
Regarding this, netizens expressed their expectations for a special event for fans, but some voices of criticism also came out saying that ‘serving a cheerleader’ is worried about sexual commercialization.
Netizens said, “Is it okay to use cheerleaders as servers in general establishments, not World Cup stadiums? Even when ordering a specific menu? I can’t believe that the club is officially holding an event like this”, “It’s like encouraging sexually commercialized”, He pointed out that it was not appropriate for the club event, saying, “Why do cheerleaders have to be in a bar instead of a stadium?”
Meanwhile, Suwon FC is known to have canceled the event due to concerns about controversy.
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| Professional football Suwon FC official Instagram capture |
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