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[Albion] Cost of football really is a joke
- Thread starter wakeytom
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Cadiz Seagull
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More than often, I'd say at least five or six mascots for every game.
In some ways this devalues it for the mascot, when [MENTION=2095]Commander[/MENTION] was a mascot it was just him and it was completely free.
Having said that, the current arrangements give more kids the opportunity which is a good thing.
It's difficult to know what the cost should be, there is an argument for it to be free although I wouldn't have said our current prices are excessive bearing in mind all the add ons which come with just the position of mascot. Certainly when Commander's boys are old enough I'd be happy to shell out for them (although don't tell him, he can pay for them himself!)
One per starting player, two for the captain I believe.
If it was just walking on to the pitch then I'd agree but the group is entertained by Gully, have group and individual pictures and do a warm up session together on the pitch. They all sit together and get a museum tour. it's really very well done.
There are TWO captain's mascots per game. Plus 10 player mascots.
Bravo
Pretty pink fairy
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ask the club
agree with the OP another scam aimed at people already being over charged to enter a football ground 
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DR
ask the club
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DR
Times change you have to move with them.
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SB.
Pretty pink fairy
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comes a point when you have to say enough is enough , how far are you prepared to go
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DR
comes a point when you have to say enough is enough , how far are you prepared to go
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DR
Seemingly, for you at least, that depends on the situation concerned.
I remember getting a free glass of fizz at the Withdean when we got Falmer, should I still be paying for alcohol?
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Just read Guinness Boy’s and Stat Brother’s posts.
The £millions of TV money might stop one day. Would that justify doubling the cost of the mascot package? Of course not. Have you heard of the phrase “make hay while the sun shines”?
Return of the Rev
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Since I started watching the Albion the real cost have out stripped inflation to an alarming degree. I think enough hay has been made already.
Like many things football is a completely different product to what it was in the 60’s. I don’t think enough hay was made in the 1990s and the sun certainly wasn’t shining then!!
Pretty pink fairy
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Agree with the OP here. Low income families are disadvantaged and the whole thing leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Premier League clubs have no reason to charge for this, bearing in mind the amount of money floating around.
Should a father on £20k per annum in Brighton have to pay hundreds to let his son or daughter be paraded round with a player who earns his annual salary in 2 days!
Should a father on £20k per annum in Brighton have to pay hundreds to let his son or daughter be paraded round with a player who earns his annual salary in 2 days!
Making hay sounds like a warchest is required for relegation/broadcasting income crash, so to exploit every conceivable income stream, no matter how small, in the mean time. A economic argument (Ryanair), but a football club is bit more than ££££.
High PL broadcasting is here to stay. People all over the globe love their sport. The PL/Sky/BT simply tapped into that, in the way that North American sport had done brilliantly for decades. If Sky or BT reduce their budgets, other media giants will replace. That rainy day won’t come.
Why does he have to?
I'm still waiting for [MENTION=19107]wakeytom[/MENTION] to tell me of the time this package was free, thereby proving the point that the club is now milking it's new found 'fame'.
(I genuinely don't know either way, but if I were betting on it, I know which way my money would go)
(I genuinely don't know either way, but if I were betting on it, I know which way my money would go)
Why should a wealthy parent have an advantage over another parent, in seeing their kid walk onto the pitch with club captain?
And it isn’t someone else’s money. The club will have positive cash inflows in 2018/19 without the need for TB subsidy for the first time IMO.
which only cost £300,000,000.
So you're advocating Communism?
If the poor parent's child wanted the package the, I assume, season ticket holding parent could afford it.
How much money was spent on said child last week & on their birthday?
Chances are those of you who are currently clutching their pearls and preparing to swoon over this, are doing so because the 'poor families' child can't do this a whim.
Neither of my children can do this that's life.