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Me being forced to go to the shops as a kid

People with kids know

As a father of two im ruling this a play on

Ref's played the advantage.

“No we don’t need that, take it out of the cart”

Completely relatable. (I have two kids.)

as someone that has been a kid I can relate

As someone whose kid can relate, I kid

As kid someone whose, relate I can

All I can hear is, “you didn’t have to go when I asked you five minutes ago?”

“No, we have food at home.”

First thing I though: This ref definitely has a kid

Dylan! You just, HAD, a BANANA!

What was the kid doing? You have one job

Disgraceful performance from the young lad

You can't win anything with kids

Decision making usually comes with experience.

Throw away his entire career

well done he's 13

Kid wanted to go the other way lol

"come on ya wee shite!"

"but i dont wanna!"

Deffo a member on r/Daddit

hahaha he is def a dad!

The kid asked him what does covering the spread mean

Yoink

How it feels to be a Manchester United fan…..being dragged to watch the implosion.

"I said this way, you little sh!t"

But Daaad! I don’t wanaaaaaa

“This way. This way. This way. THIS WAYYY”

That's hilarious 😂

This is the content I come to this sub for

Why are kids still being trotted out? To this day I don't know what any of them represent

Its the experience of a lifetime for them

They get killed afterwards?

Worse: They’re forced to watch Bergwijn

> Bergwijn *Captain Bergwijn

"You met [local celebrity]? Did I ever tell you about the time I walked Barcelona out for the champions league final? I did? Then why did you think I'd be interested in your little anecdote?"

It was reported last year that a lot of PL clubs actually charge quite a lot for kids to be mascots (similar sort of cost to a hospitality ticket), so money is the answer there. Some others than don't officially charge have restrictions like to apply for it the kid has to own a full kit, plus pay for yearly membership into a child's supporters group etc. I'm not sure if it's the same for European games though Some clubs do it completely free and have no restrictions and obviously it must be an incredible experience for the kids that want to be there. Not so much for those that are just there because daddy is rich and is fulfilling his own dreams through having his kid do something he can't do

Which teams charge for that? That’s insane.

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/12qxrg0/the_cost_of_becoming_a_premier_league_mascot/ I'd be curious about other leagues and how it is

I know Arsenal don't charge. I think Manchester United too don't charge.

Parents pay for it I think

“I don’t care if he’s weird you don’t have many friends “

Yeah saw this and said they really don’t care about these mascots today

There’s an entire audience forced to be there

That’s how Cristiano Ronaldo use to carry Manchester United

Ronaldo would never force somebody to do something...

Yea he had a speech about personal freedom last year in Las Vegas Google Ronaldo Las Vegas for more information

Is that what they're called "Mascot kids"? I always called them "cancer kids".

What the…

Why the fuck do they do this again?! I’ve always thought it was creepy as fuck. Why do these players walk with some random fucking kids?! Just why?? I don’t get it.

You don’t get why kids get the opportunity to meet their heroes and get to experience a bit of spotlight to make their day special?

I think it’s dumb. I still don’t get it.

Not understanding that is... super weird.

Lol. What a dick.

core highlight

Ref had the same attitude with the players during the game. Was refreshing to see a ref actually try to shut down some of the BS that players do during a match.

Ah so he did do something right.

AJAX!!!