FAKE Female Athletes
Well it looks like that dumb ol' girl wasn't the dumb one after all. It was me for believing a fun video could also be true. It turns out that the "Ball Girl" video is a fake. Dear old Gatorade decided that a viral video would make us drink more of their chemical concoction. Apparently a version got out that doesn't show the Gatorade and schmucks like me thought that a nice feel good video of a young girl making a great play for a foul ball was worth watching. Makes you wonder if their video is fake maybe all the claims they make about their products are too.
Correction: At the very end of the video you can see a bottle of green liquid under her chair. We have to assume that it has a Gatorade label on it and it is filled with their famous electrolyte replacement or antifreeze, which, by the way, are very similar in taste.
Correction: At the very end of the video you can see a bottle of green liquid under her chair. We have to assume that it has a Gatorade label on it and it is filled with their famous electrolyte replacement or antifreeze, which, by the way, are very similar in taste.
ain't that some crap
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Yeah, it's crap, but that's what we've come to. Years ago we had truth in advertising. The problem was we didn't know the truth. For example, doctors advertised cigarettes as being healthy. Then it got to a point where if you endorsed a product, then you had to also use it. For example, Michael Jordon actually wore Nike shoes. Then they realized "product placement" was worth a fortune in advertising. So ad guru's finagle ways to get their clients products seen prominently in movies. But we also like comedy so they also gave us hilarious commercials. Think Budweiser. Then they turned to real life comedic moments. Vonage had the kid swinging the baseball bat busting out the patio door accompanied by the Woo-Hoo song. Fantastic news and sports stories have always been an inspiration as well. How many athletes have yelled, "I'm going to Disneyworld!" after winning a major title game? But all that isn't enough. The corporations and ad men have to take it one step farther and combine all of it. They have to make us think we've seen something wonderful, a true sports moment that we can always remember and say, "Hey, remember that Ball Girl video where she climbed that wall and made that catch? Wonder what ever happened to her?" A little 36 second video that made you feel great for some young girl because she had such a wonderful, awe-inspiring moment in the spotlight and that the entire world would get to see it. Instead, it turns out to be a hoax so we would buy more of Pepsico's Gatorade. These things usually don't bother me, but for some reason this one does. I feel cheated. Like they gave me something then took it away. And the young girl I felt so good about was in on it! The only thing I can do is quit drinking Gatorade. Oh well...kinda tasted like urine anyway.
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I hate Gatorade. I think it tastes like sweat. I'd just as soon lick a sweaty arm. And I also hate Pepsi. It just ain't the real thing.
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