Well, the Austin Copperheads have, surprisingly, a snake as their mascot. Crazy, i know, right?
But bear with me. Or "snake" with me on this. The best part of this mascot is that, whenever the Copperheads score, the kid who is on the snake suit just snakes his way from on side of the field to the other, endzone to endzone. Now i ask, can you imagine how long this takes? About 10 minutes, average, i'd say. So that is why every single team that plays at Austin tries their best to just keep them at zero points. Whenever Austin has a decent game, the fans know they have spent at least 7 and a half hours there. Money well spent i would say. And even with all this, the games are way more entertaining than watching baseball for example.
As for the kid in the suit, he is one of the highest paid Austin employees, as you would expect. Not an easy job after all, the amount of practice you need to just slither for about 100 yards, takes a toll on their body.
But bear with me. Or "snake" with me on this. The best part of this mascot is that, whenever the Copperheads score, the kid who is on the snake suit just snakes his way from on side of the field to the other, endzone to endzone. Now i ask, can you imagine how long this takes? About 10 minutes, average, i'd say. So that is why every single team that plays at Austin tries their best to just keep them at zero points. Whenever Austin has a decent game, the fans know they have spent at least 7 and a half hours there. Money well spent i would say. And even with all this, the games are way more entertaining than watching baseball for example.
As for the kid in the suit, he is one of the highest paid Austin employees, as you would expect. Not an easy job after all, the amount of practice you need to just slither for about 100 yards, takes a toll on their body.