RedWillie Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46526716 I was quite surprised by this. Some clubs charging ridiculous amounts to be a mascot. I thought it was a lad or lass that had been chosen for a good deed or contributed something to society but it seems that the football greed now includes the mascot experience . Great to see Saints are still free and doing it for the right reasons but Everton £708 ??? whilst at the cheap end Bournemouth still charge £185 fee and you don't even get a match ticket !
Bad Wolf Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 What?!?! I always assumed it was free everywhere in just a random draw or something. I'm so naive.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46526716 I was quite surprised by this. Some clubs charging ridiculous amounts to be a mascot. I thought it was a lad or lass that had been chosen for a good deed or contributed something to society but it seems that the football greed now includes the mascot experience . Great to see Saints are still free and doing it for the right reasons but Everton £708 ??? whilst at the cheap end Bournemouth still charge £185 fee and you don't even get a match ticket ! The "honour" of seeing the famous dugouts i suspect
RedWillie Posted 1 January, 2019 Author Posted 1 January, 2019 My thoughts entirely. some may call it a money making opportunity when in reality it's pure greed, certainly by some clubs when what they charge they pay a player for five minutes.
eurosaint Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 This is one league table I'm happy to be at the bottom of ! Despicable behaviour from some clubs !!
Heisenberg Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 Lol no club is "free" Mascots are generally allocated as favors for sponsorship and /or purchasing an executive box for season ect. 99% of the time the mascot will be a family member or friend of a friend type of a sizeable contributer. No objections with that....we are a business remember
CB Fry Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 Lol no club is "free" Mascots are generally allocated as favors for sponsorship and /or purchasing an executive box for season ect. 99% of the time the mascot will be a family member or friend of a friend type of a sizeable contributer. No objections with that....we are a business rememberNo one is saying your beloved Toffeemen are bad people for charging seven hundred quid. No one is saying that.
SW5 SAINT Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46526716 I was quite surprised by this. Some clubs charging ridiculous amounts to be a mascot. I thought it was a lad or lass that had been chosen for a good deed or contributed something to society but it seems that the football greed now includes the mascot experience . Great to see Saints are still free and doing it for the right reasons but Everton £708 ??? whilst at the cheap end Bournemouth still charge £185 fee and you don't even get a match ticket ! Am I missing something, the list I saw said Everton were free but surprise surprise West Ham charged the most at £700!
The Cat Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 We are free apart from when they auction a place off through Saints Foundation which normally ends up with the guy from Veho buying a place for his son.
Cabbage_Face Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 Lol no club is "free" Mascots are generally allocated as favors for sponsorship and /or purchasing an executive box for season ect. 99% of the time the mascot will be a family member or friend of a friend type of a sizeable contributer. No objections with that....we are a business remember Imagine Les Reed implemented a charge, you’d vomit Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Heisenberg Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 Imagine Les Reed implemented a charge, you’d vomit There is a charge. You need to be friends or family of a significant contributer to be mascot at most clubs. The clubs that appear to charge also appear to give all monies to charity Light n Love x
shurlock Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 There is a charge. You need to be friends or family of a significant contributer to be mascot at most clubs. The clubs that appear to charge also appear to give all monies to charity Light n Love x Very true pal.
John Boy Saint Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 There is a charge. You need to be friends or family of a significant contributer to be mascot at most clubs. The clubs that appear to charge also appear to give all monies to charity Light n Love x As a Junior Saints member it did get you entered into the draw to be a Mascot, when my girls were little and we sat in the Kingsland Chapel family section, we saw a few kids from regular families we saw getting the gig.
twopintsnilnil Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 Lol no club is "free" Mascots are generally allocated as favors for sponsorship and /or purchasing an executive box for season ect. 99% of the time the mascot will be a family member or friend of a friend type of a sizeable contributer. No objections with that....we are a business remember Wasn't always the way by any means. 11 years ago my son had the privilege of leading the team out with Claus at Loftus Road. The process was me phoning up Saints community office, asking if he could be a mascot, and them saying "OK then, which game is suits you". No freebies, but no fees either. He was so emotionally exhausted he fell asleep during the game (2-0 Rasiak, BWP). Unforgettable for all of us.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 Imagine Les Reed implemented a charge, you’d vomit Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Cabbage_Face Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 There is a charge. You need to be friends or family of a significant contributer to be mascot at most clubs. The clubs that appear to charge also appear to give all monies to charity Light n Love x How is that a charge? The mascot doesn’t pay. Have you put a cheeky insurance bet on how you chat **** constantly? Love and ****e Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
eurosaint Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 There is no perfect way of picking a mascot but blatantly charging (£700) for it is risible !! No discussion required IMHO !
OttawaSaint Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 Fun fact: I was matchday mascot for Saints back in 1987 in an away game vs Newcastle. Lost 2-1. Didn’t pay anything. Newcastle had Gazza in those days and Rod Wallace made his debut that day for Saints.
hypochondriac Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 A friend of mines child was picked at random by saints to be the mascot for one of our next fixtures. No pay, no association with any kind of sponsor.Yep that's how I thought it worked. It certainly did in the early 90s. A mate of mine was a mascot and it had something to do with birthdays and being a part of team saints.
saintwbu Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 Used to membership to 'Junior Saints' that put you in a draw for every game. Just read on Twitter that not only do you pay £700 to be West Ham mascot, but also have to provide your own kit!!!
simo Posted 1 January, 2019 Posted 1 January, 2019 (edited) We are free apart from when they auction a place off through Saints Foundation which normally ends up with the guy from Veho buying a place for his son. And I think the bidding starts at about 500 quid as I looked at bidding for the boy to do it. This is for last season's city game https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Southampton-FC-Mascot-Package-for-Man-City-Fixture-13-05-18/192520271148?hash=item2cd31a352c:g:NZkAAOSwG4xa3umN Edited 1 January, 2019 by simo
Cabbage_Face Posted 2 January, 2019 Posted 2 January, 2019 A friend of mines child was picked at random by saints to be the mascot for one of our next fixtures. No pay, no association with any kind of sponsor. Not according to the resident Ray Winstone. Bet in play, NOOOOWWWW (with fake odds)
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