Before every official football game, players walk out to the pitch holding the hands of excited children.
Many people see this before every game, but they don’t know the main reason why it happens. These are the main reasons why football players walk out to the field with kids holding their hands.
To give children a chance to make their dreams come true:
As soon as kids step onto the field, they want to become professional football players.
Most of the time, kids would be excited to walk to the field with football players.
Wayne Rooney, who later became the player with the most goals in English history, was once a mascot who walked out to the field with the team.
A chance for the football team to make money:
Some clubs offer programs that let you buy the chance to be a player’s escort. A few years ago, it was said that some clubs charged almost $800 per child who accompanied a player.
It also gives the club the chance to get money from sponsors. Some players are usually escorted out of the stadium with logos on their shirts. This means that the company whose logo is being shown paid some amount of money to have its logo shown.
To promote a campaign:
Some of the people who take these players to and from games wear shirts that support important causes. One example is when players’ escorts promoted the UNICEF campaign “Say Yes for Children.” It happened at the World Cup in 2002.
To get people interested in a friendly football match:
The fact that kids walk with the players is a reminder that a football game is good for the whole family. There were times when football games were too dangerous for kids to go to because of fights between fans. So the goal of this act is to bring back the game’s innocence.
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You may not know this, but some teams also let older people walk with players on special occasions. In 2015, to celebrate Mother’s Day, Ajax players walked out with their own mothers. They were motivated, and they ended up winning the game 3-0.
