Soccer Extreme : Adriano has been doing really well since returning to Brazil and getting his head back together. So well, in fact, that people are even using his image on their products. Unfortunately, those products are drugs.
From the Corriere dello Sport:
Yeah, I’m sure Flamengo was real upset that their shirt wasn’t shown on the crack packs.
Anyway, as much of an honor as this is, I think Adriano might want to take legal action against this drug trafficker. Not so much for tying him to the drug business and potentially damaging his reputation, but for using his image without giving him a cut of the action. I mean, come on — a footballer’s image rights are his livelihood. How is he supposed to go out and buy crack of his own if people are going around and using his image without paying him for it? (dirtytackle)
From the Corriere dello Sport:
Now that Adriano is back in Rio de Janeiro and is the top scorer in the Brazilian championship with Flamengo, he’s so popular that his picture is even selling packets of drugs. According to the Jornal do Brasil, a blitz of police yesterday arrested trafficker Cordovil on the outskirts of Rio and seized 1350 rocks of crack packaged in bags ready for disposal. On the bags, stickers with pictures of the bomber of Flamengo, the most popular team in Brazil. Too bad the photo is in the Nerazzurri shirt, when Adriano was still Inter.
Yeah, I’m sure Flamengo was real upset that their shirt wasn’t shown on the crack packs.
Anyway, as much of an honor as this is, I think Adriano might want to take legal action against this drug trafficker. Not so much for tying him to the drug business and potentially damaging his reputation, but for using his image without giving him a cut of the action. I mean, come on — a footballer’s image rights are his livelihood. How is he supposed to go out and buy crack of his own if people are going around and using his image without paying him for it? (dirtytackle)