Messi's Hometown Bans 'Messi' Name

Barcelona striker Lionel Messi’s hometown of Rosario, Argentina, has passed a law preventing parents from naming their children “Messi,” in response to a family who usedthe superstar’s surname as a given name for their son. The town’s reasoning is that naming a child with his last name would cause too much confusion.  Incidentally, the townspeople arestill free to name their children “Maradona.”