Why do footballers walk out with children

One of the players who once walked out to the pitch as a mascot was Wayne Rooney, who later became the highest ever goal scorer in English history. Some clubs create programs you can purchase the experience of being a player escort. It also allows the club to earn through sponsorship. Some player escorts normally walk out with some logos on their shirt.

At this tournament, children were intentionally promoted at events and games. One of the most prominent ways this happened was by pairing up each player with a child as they walked out onto the soccer field.

Since this tournament, it has become commonplace around the world for children to walk out with the players. Ultimately soccer players walk out with a child because their club requires them to. It is in the interest of the soccer club to do this as it has potential benefits for both the child and the reputation of the club.

Soccer is a game that is loved by children throughout the world. They love to play it, love to talk about it, and love to watch it. So many children dream about one day walking out onto the soccer field and scoring the winning goal in a game. Although they may not yet be old enough to go out and play in a professional game yet, the opportunity to walk out in front of thousands of fans, right beside one of their soccer heroes, is the chance that many kids would jump at. This occasion may not just fulfill a dream at that moment, but give them a dream of being involved in soccer in the future.

One player who first walked out onto the soccer field before a game as a mascot was former England international, Wayne Rooney. Before going on to become the highest ever goal scorer for the England national team as an adult he walked out with the players of Everton , the team he supported as a child, in a game against Liverpool in While many player escorts may find themselves in the position of walking out with the players due to winning a competition or being picked by a charity, etc.

There is also the prospect of paying for the chance to walk out. Australian midfielder Mark Bresciano said he was just doing what any parent or player would do when he bent down to tie the shoe of his escort onto the field last week -- a little boy who was on crutches. Even some of the World Cup's most famous faces know what it feels like to walk out with a soccer hero.

English striker Wayne Rooney, who scored his first ever World Cup goal on Thursday, was once a mascot for his local team, Everton. Is there anything in it for the kids besides holding hands with a professional athlete? Quite simply, why do soccer players walk out with kids in the first place? Well to begin with, those children — mascots — have not always walked down the tunnel or whatever pre-game passage way leads the players onto the pitch.

You only have to look at footage from the World Cup Final or the FA Cup Final so see that kids have not always held hands with the big boys before they go to work. Most importantly, the overarching utility of child mascots lies in public relations. Teams often select children from local schools or clubs, or champions of local youth tournaments and leagues.