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A study has revealed that the age old excuse of a faked headache has been given the red card by football fans, to be replaced by the more honest `I want to watch the football' as the most common way to get out of having sex to watch football this summer.
Some 40 percent of men would supposedly turn down sex to watch football this summer, according to a survey by condom company Durex, while 70 per cent agree that faking it on the football pitch ruins the game, as it does indoors.
Blame it on the FIFA World Cup syndrome. The survey is part of the #DontFAKEit campaign rolled out by the company. The survey was carried out on June 4, with 2,000 participants.
The survey has noted that with the soccer elite preparing to perform on the global stage, the allure of several weeks of pitch-side action is an all too tempting prospect for some. ``The passion, the excitement…and the inevitable feigning of injury which is due to become the hot topic for discussion over the coming weeks. Whilst some may prefer the straight talking approach, elaborate injury related excuses are just as prevalent in the bedroom as they are on the pitch,'' the survey noted.
The study also revealed that the excuses used by both men and women to stay out of sex are the same. It is seen that men are more straight forward and they would rather say `I want to watch football', which tops their top 10 excuses chart. On the other hand, for women, the excuse `I am too tired' takes the lead.
As Nitish Kapoor, General Manager of RB (formerly called Reckitt Benckiser) said, ``There will always be some who are guilty of faking it, whether it is on the football pitch or in the bedroom. Excitement levels for football fans across the globe are reaching fever pitch and the passion they feel for the beautiful game is on a par with, if not greater than, that for their partner. There could be other penalties to pay.''
The survey added that despite the common perception of men rarely being the ones to turn down the offer of some action between the sheets, 40 per cent admit they will say `no' to their other half so they can watch the football instead.
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