OT: NBA Mascot tears ACL

...and gets a basketball to the nuts
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ba...t-tears-ACL-in-knee-from-groin?urn=nba,142557

 

The Bucks announcers made it sound like he got hurt doing a dunk or something.

Dumbass got what he deserved for standing on top of the backboard and rim.

 

Do you know how much those guys get paid? A guy I know works for the kings and said the kings mascot start at $180,000 a year!

 

Well I guess the mascot has a mascot now

 

Yeah, I heard they make 6 figures, as well.

 

This crap belongs over at the Laker forum!

 

That certainly looked like it hurt.

 

I heard we could have traded for him with RLEC and Blaze. Glad we did not do that.

 

Hoofed animals just aren't made for climbing.

 

wtf. How do mascots make so much?

 

Lmao, the Bobcat mascot holding his hands in the air in triumph.

 

I hate mascots. Except when they get hurt.

A few years ago some hockey mascot caught fire and was rolling around melting the ice. VERY entertaining.

 

Hazard pay?

 

I've been told by a Blazer game-ops employee that Blaze makes six figures....

 

I was thinking the same thing . . .

What do Blazer dancers make?

 

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/11/20/Business/A_career_in_cheer.shtml

About 80 percent of the NBA teams, including the Orlando Magic, hire full-time employees to play mascots, with the starting annual salary in the $40,000-$45,000 range, Raymond said. About half of the teams in the other major sports leagues hire full-time workers, and half pay their mascots on a per-game basis, with payment in the $100-$200 per-game range, he added.

 

Thank you, those six figure salary numbers blew my mind . . . I started goggling Mascot School.

 

Ouch! Scary thought.

 

I'd imagine Benny the Bull is the highest paid mascot in the league. He was the national mascot of the year in college before going pro. Now Benny does all sorts of high flying dunks.