Topics: La Liga, FC Barcelona, Lionel Messi
Officers were concerned after a parent named his newborn Messi Daniel Varela, passing a bill that forbids any similar action from now on.

If you're about to become a father, hail from Rosario, and have Lionel Messi as your favorite player, it may be a risky proposition to name your kid after the Argentinian superstar. Government officers in Messi's hometown passed a bill forbidding any parent to name his newborn Messi, after a man named Hector Varela did so two weeks ago.

Officials from the city of Rosario, Argentina, felt it would be confusing for the child and would put in danger the player's legacy, urging the state legislature to pass the bill to avoid any similar actions, since it is not appropriate to use a family name as a first name. Mr. Varela was interviewed after the bill was passed, and he didn't seem ashamed of naming his newborn as Barcelona's player:

"I am Messi's father. People around here have named their kids Lionel out of respect to him, but I think using his last name really makes quite an impression. I really look up to him, there will never be no one better," Varela said.

Argentinian officers may be shocked if they knew that in Monterrey, Mexico, at least 300 kids were named after Brazilian superstar Neymar. Furthermore, fifteen more were named Lionel Messi, and around 40 more were named Cristiano Ronaldo.

After the news broke on the Internet, here's what fans had to say about this Argentinian bill: