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on the Premier League clubs charging thousands for children to be mascots
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This is absolutely shocking, actually. Because you all see at the beginning of a Premier League game
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possibly other games as well, that the captain comes out and holds the hand of a small child
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and maybe all of them have small children. And one assumed that these were kids who, you know
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had come out of hospital, had had a bad time, whatever. And now we find out that Premier League, they charge up to £1,800
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£100. Plus VAT. Plus VAT to do this. So, I mean, it is appalling. It's exploitative
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It means basically that it's either, you know, the children of the rich or you really scrape
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together to do it. And what's Ote... I mean, these are very, very rich clubs. They could
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be kind. Candice, it does just confirm suspicions that the Premier League are only into the
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money. I mean, we should say it's about half of the Premier League clubs. There are clubs that do this for free and go to charities and sports clubs to find these kids. But nevertheless
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it's extortion, isn't it? It is. And I think it's just creating the impression, at least from people I know, talk
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to me about going to football matches and trying to get season tickets. It's all becoming
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prohibitively expensive. And that's sad for what was traditionally a very working class
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sport. I mean, I think about my grandfather. I mean, he was a Man City supporter from a
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young age, as a young child growing up, and he could always go. Now, for his
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grandchildren, never, never, never, never
