'De Rossi World Cup Dive: BP to Blame' Video Shows Oil Spill's Effect on Sports
Vittoria Natarelli — June 18, 2010 — Pop Culture
References: buzzfeed
The 'De Rossi World Cup Dive: BP to Blame' video allows fans to come to terms with the astonishing effects the oil spill has had... on sports.
In this mock replay video, the camera zooms into De Rossi, only to find out that a can-like object with the BP symbol on the side hit him. That explains it all to fans. Although it is obvious that a BP can did not actually hit De Rossi, the effects are still shown by this video. Everyone is thinking about the oil spill or thinking of new creative ways to joke about it, and the 'De Rossi World Cup Dive: BP to Blame' video is the latest example.
In this mock replay video, the camera zooms into De Rossi, only to find out that a can-like object with the BP symbol on the side hit him. That explains it all to fans. Although it is obvious that a BP can did not actually hit De Rossi, the effects are still shown by this video. Everyone is thinking about the oil spill or thinking of new creative ways to joke about it, and the 'De Rossi World Cup Dive: BP to Blame' video is the latest example.
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