[Albion] Cost to be a mascot in the Premier League....

[timbha]

Disappointed the club charge for this. I'd prefer it was free with appropriate safe-guards so only genuine fans get to become mascots.

Defining a genuine fan is where the fun starts. I’ve not trawled back through this thread but I doubt the data in the OP is comparing like for like, or if indeed it is genuine.

Given what the club include in the package, why should TB pay for it all? ( x 11)

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Disappointed the club charge for this. I'd prefer it was free with appropriate safe-guards so only genuine fans get to become mascots.

There are two free places at every home game by lottery. If parents want to pay, and they do, why shouldn’t the club charge?

Do the teams that don’t charge anything allow the kids to take home what they’ve worn, or do they wash the kit ready for the next one?

 

[Bry Nylon]

‘Mascot’ is a bit of an outdated and misleading term, given their role in the grand scheme of things.

I propose they are re-named Cash Cows, unless of course that negatively impacts take up.

 

[chaileyjem]

‘Mascot’ is a bit of an outdated and misleading term, given their role in the grand scheme of things.

I propose they are re-named Cash Cows, unless of course that negatively effects take up.

Except its really not much of a cash cow is it - given the club give you full kit, food, tickets, car parking, and photos. Doubt its doing much more than break even given they give 2 packages away.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Except its really not much of a cash cow is it - given the club give you full kit, food, tickets, car parking, and photos. Doubt its doing much more than break even given they give 2 packages away.

Yes, I forgot parking & photos in my list.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

I don’t know if crowd age has changed that much at the Amex or in the PL - my guess is that there are tens of thousands of new younger fans - both in the ground and looking at the many kids sporting replica shirts dotted around the parks and fields of the city compared to a decade ago. I also read today that for the rest of the season that Man Utd are charging a minimum of £66 for remaining tickets this season including kids. u18 Tickets for say Everton (h) in the new year in the North are on sale now for £19. Season tickets for u10s at the Albion can be had between £100 - £200 - so effectively £5-£10 a ticket.
I agree with you that football should be cheaper, - and a full youth kit with numbers etc coming in at £120 is a shock! - but Albion make some sensible choices here compared to other clubs where they can and the long term foundations are actually very good.

Man United are on a whole other level of fan exploitation. INEOS are just openly taking the piss now.

 

[chaileyjem]

Man United are on a whole other level of fan exploitation. INEOS are just openly taking the piss now.

Agreed but there are plenty of other clubs in the PL now doing likewise. How about Villa charging nearly £100 for Champions League tickets ? or West Ham and Forest testing the water by removing or reducing concessionary pricing ? or Fulham charging nearly £3000 for a non corporate season ticket ? Albion charged £75-100 for 3 European tickets last year, and have no plans for any of the above - they deserve criticism but tough to single them out around ticket pricing especially and "pricing out families"

 

[Uh_huh_him]

It also takes a weeks salary for some people to actually afford this for their child. The cost to the club…..50/100/150 pounds per child? Cost of a child’s lifetime of supporting going west……hundreds of thousands of pounds?

False equivalence.
No child has ever become a lifelong fan , BECAUSE they were a mascot.

 

[chaileyjem]

Talking of rip off Albion. Everything in the club shop (apart from i think home kit - away kit and all training kit is though) is 20% off today. ha ha.

 

[timbha]

Talking of rip off Albion. Everything in the club shop (apart from i think home kit - away kit and all training kit is though) is 20% off today. ha ha.

RIP off. Surely they should be giving it away

 

[Simster]

I don't really have an issue with it all the while the club also offers mascot duties as a random thing to junior seagulls, which of course they do and always have done.

It's not what it was anyway. Back in the day, one of two mascots per side. Nowadays it's one per player.

I'd also add that the club does an awful lot of good in the community as it has done for 25 years now, so really being disappointed that 9 of the 11 mascots are paid for is really a bit precious if you ask me.

 

[wellquickwoody]

False equivalence.
No child has ever become a lifelong fan , BECAUSE they were a mascot.

I’ll take your word for that.

 

[Han Solo]

Agreed but there are plenty of other clubs in the PL now doing likewise. How about Villa charging nearly £100 for Champions League tickets ? or West Ham and Forest testing the water by removing or reducing concessionary pricing ? or Fulham charging nearly £3000 for a non corporate season ticket ? Albion charged £75-100 for 3 European tickets last year, and have no plans for any of the above - they deserve criticism but tough to single them out around ticket pricing especially and "pricing out families"

Imagine a world where Premier League teams would take 5% of their income from global TV rights and use it to support the local community through making it cheaper for people to watch football, rather than suck every possible pound out of normal people to be able to afford another luxuary car for their backup left back.

 

[timbha]

Imagine a world where Premier League teams would take 5% of their income from global TV rights and use it to support the local community through making it cheaper for people to watch football, rather than suck every possible pound out of normal people to be able to afford another luxuary car for their backup left back.

Imagine a world where clubs support their communities in far far more ways than just letting them watch football. I know, they could have a Foundation!!!

 

[Wozza]

Two of my sons did it on their BIRTHDAYS which would have been impossible if it was just a lottery.

To fund/justify it, they don’t have parties those years.

We SAVED loads.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Except its really not much of a cash cow is it - given the club give you full kit, food, tickets, car parking, and photos. Doubt its doing much more than break even given they give 2 packages away.

Not forgetting that there are probably a couple of people dedicated to looking after the kids and families throughout the day that need paying.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

It's not quite as it seems though.

For that price you get sent on loan for two years to Belgium before earning a lucrative move to Chelsea.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Should be free.
Disappointing that Brighton are ripping kids off

Blimey! The poor youngsters have to pay for it THEMSELVES?!

That IS outrageous

 

[chaileyjem]

Imagine a world where Premier League teams would take 5% of their income from global TV rights and use it to support the local community through making it cheaper for people to watch football, rather than suck every possible pound out of normal people to be able to afford another luxuary car for their backup left back.

I recently applied and received funding for new goal posts for my local village kids football club via The Football Foundation - which is a charity funded by the PL through a levy from their TV rights income. We were very grateful. of course you can and many do argue that the levy should be a lot higher.

What we fund | Football Foundation

We want to enable you to make a difference to grassroots football in the UK. Our easy to use decision tree will help you find a grant suitable for your project and provide you will all the information you need to get started.

footballfoundation.org.uk

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It's not quite as it seems though.

For that price you get sent on loan for two years to Belgium before earning a lucrative move to Chelsea.

Some parents would be volunteering their kids for that. I know my son was a right little so & so for around 18 months.