FIFA’s decision to use artificial turf for the 2015 Women’s World Cup has drawn strong negative reactions from the media and USA Soccer star Sidney Leroux. The #noturf movement has recently gained support from two of the NBA’s biggest superstars, who took to Twitter to blast FIFA. Hit the jump for details.
Via TMZ:
Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant blasted FIFA over its plan to play the women’s World Cup matches on artificial turf — and they did it with a bloody illustration of how turf tore up U.S. star Sydney Leroux’s legs.
The pic shows the U.S. national team forward’s shins and knees with a few bloody gashes and some really nasty bruises.
Kobe punctuated his twitpic of Sydney’s injuries with “#ProtectTheAthlete.”
In his Facebook post, KD said, “C’mon now FIFA u can’t have our women playing on turf. @sydneyleroux I got ya back.”
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