Soccer club in Argentina embedding microchips in fans

That is creepy.

Taking advantage of powerful addiction to spearhead this

"As you can imagine, fans of the club are doubting the validity of the tweet, wondering why something like fingerprints won't be used, why go to the length of implanting chips? Argentine soccer isn't loaded with money, especially a small club like Tigre, so it makes little sense and I'm still not convinced it is true, but that's what the club is saying at the moment."

Argentine football club Tigre launches implantable microchip for die-hard fans

[link to www.abc.net.au]

For football lovers so passionate that joining a fan club just isn't enough, Argentine side Tigre has launched the "Passion Ticket": a microchip that die-hards can have implanted in their skin.