Inside the wild, dangerous world of pro sports mascots—who can earn $600K
nypost.comtold The Post in 2019. “[The audience at ] just looked at me like, ‘What the hell is this thing?’”Ford also recalled an appearance at Madison Square Garden in 1978 when, blinded by the spotlights, he jumped off the stage. “The crowd just started ripping me to pieces as I lay on the floor.
I thought I wouldn’t get out alive,” he told The Post this week.“I had all this fur in my mouth — I couldn’t breathe. All I could hear was people shouting ‘Unzip his head!
Unzip his head!’”In the single season that Ford spent as Dandy, he received just $40 per game and $105 for personal appearances.But, he alleged, “They never paid me.
I was always chasing money so I kind of kidnapped the costume and told them I’d return it when they paid me.”It’s a very different story for mascots today.
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