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Godaddy.com under fire for Superbowl Ad

Godaddy are under fire from professional Massage Therapists for their recent Superbowl advert which does not depict a Professional service from a Massage Therapist.

The ad in which aired during the Superbowl, depicted a very unprofessional therapist.

During the massage, the "massage therapist" proceeded to rip off her own clothes and dance around, all before falling in the pool.

As quoted on a petition over at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/massageprofessionals/

This commercial does not represent massage professionals in this country who abide by a code of ethics and strive to provide the public with the many benefits of therapeutic massage.

Having watched the Advert over at http://videos.godaddy.com/super-bowl-commercials.aspx I personally don’t think this represents any Massage Professional in any country who abide by a code of ethics.

Personally the ad, however annoys me that it portrays Massage Therapists to be idiots with no brain at all. Although as a professional massage therapists, it does make me laugh that this girl managed to pull it off (look like an idiot) with seamless effort and to be a complete natural at behaving that way.

I think it says more for the advertising agency and company who commissioned the advert than the Massage Profession. However, having said that. It is a shame when we get portrayed in this way.