The Premier League has been lambasted for charging almost £2,000 for children to be mascots at their games.The most expensive package has increased by 157 per cent since 2020, when clubs were previously criticised for neglecting low-income families.FULL STORY HERE.
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00:00on the Premier League clubs charging thousands for children to be mascots.
00:03This is absolutely shocking, actually,
00:06because you all see at the beginning of a Premier League game,
00:09possibly other games as well,
00:10that the captain comes out and holds the hand of a small child,
00:15and maybe all of them have small children.
00:17And one assumed that these were kids who, you know,
00:21had come out of hospital, had had a bad time, whatever.
00:23And now we find out that Premier League,
00:26they charge up to £1,800.
00:28Plus VAT.
00:30Plus VAT to do this.
00:33So, I mean, it is appalling.
00:36It is exploitative.
00:38It means basically that it's either, you know,
00:41the children of the rich or you really scrape together to do it.
00:46And what's so...
00:47I mean, these are very, very rich clubs.
00:50They could be kind.
00:52Candice, it does just confirm suspicions
00:54that the Premier League are only into the money.
00:56I mean, we should say it's about half of the Premier League clubs.
00:58There are clubs that do this for free
01:00and go to charities and sports clubs to find these kids.
01:03But nevertheless, it's extortion, isn't it?
01:05It is.
01:06And I think it's just creating the impression,
01:07at least from people I know,
01:09who talk to me about going to football matches
01:10and trying to get season tickets,
01:12it's all becoming prohibitively expensive.
01:15And that's sad for what was traditionally
01:16a very working class sport.
01:18I mean, I think about my grandfather.
01:20I mean, he was a Man City supporter from a young age,
01:23as a young child growing up.
01:24And he could always go.
01:25Now, for his grandchildren, never, never, never, never.
01:28And I think it was...