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So what is the deal with walking out with kids?
Posted on 7/5/14 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 7/5/14 at 3:03 pm
What's the point of having all the players walk out on the pitch holding hands with children they don't know and who don't know them?
I'm thinking of this from a players perspective and it would have to be weird. You're all jacked up for a game and then stuck holding hands with some 7 year old that you don't know and could really care less about at this particular moment.
This all seems a bit contrived and well, weird.
Enlighten me soccer aficionados - why does this practice need to continue?
I'm thinking of this from a players perspective and it would have to be weird. You're all jacked up for a game and then stuck holding hands with some 7 year old that you don't know and could really care less about at this particular moment.
This all seems a bit contrived and well, weird.
Enlighten me soccer aficionados - why does this practice need to continue?
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Posted on 7/5/14 at 3:09 pm to mytigger
Just a reminder that kids are the future of the game.
It also is a great way to prevent fights in the tunnel between players that are jacked up for the game.
It also is a great way to prevent fights in the tunnel between players that are jacked up for the game.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 3:19 pm to mytigger
It's like Goodell walking around with firefighters and people in the military. Fans won't boo and throw shite when you're surrounded by cute kids.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 3:22 pm to Keys Open Doors
Yep
Posted on 7/5/14 at 3:24 pm to Xenophon
geez.... human shields? 
Posted on 7/5/14 at 3:49 pm to mytigger
i'm sure somewhere in the world that does this there is a pretty hardened sex offender playing futbol...
Posted on 7/5/14 at 4:15 pm to mytigger
Years ago when it started, it corresponded to some ´save the children´, ´protect the children´, and ´educate the children´ campaigna (I think it was UEFA which started this, and not FIFA).
It´s never gone away, and as many have said in this thread, it´s a shrewd way to keep the sides calm when side by side, and the pre match adrenalin is flowing.
It´s never gone away, and as many have said in this thread, it´s a shrewd way to keep the sides calm when side by side, and the pre match adrenalin is flowing.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 4:23 pm to Dandy Lion
Has there been a lot of pre-tunnel fighting prior to having kids be part of the pre-game?
I'm wondering if these kids are used in places like where TNBhoy visited recently (Eternal Palace?) That place looked pretty rough wether you were the home or visiting team.
I'm wondering if these kids are used in places like where TNBhoy visited recently (Eternal Palace?) That place looked pretty rough wether you were the home or visiting team.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 4:29 pm to mytigger
There have been a few incidents, but that wasn´t the reason they started this tradition.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 4:35 pm to SwaggerCopter
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It also is a great way to prevent fights in the tunnel between players that are jacked up for the game.
This seems like the most logical reason.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 8:24 pm to mytigger
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human shields
Posted on 7/5/14 at 8:43 pm to BleedPurpleGold
it's just lame and neither the kids nor the players should be subjected to this inane ritual.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 9:14 pm to mytigger
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This post was edited on 6/12/23 at 2:19 am
Posted on 7/5/14 at 11:24 pm to TheIrishFro
I am fairly sure Steven Gerrard used to do this kind of stuff as a kid for Liverpool games.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 12:15 am to Keys Open Doors
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This post was edited on 6/11/23 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 7/6/14 at 10:10 am to TheIrishFro
Posted on 7/6/14 at 10:36 am to Keys Open Doors
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Fans won't boo and throw shite when you're surrounded by cute kids.
Even in Mexico?
Posted on 7/12/14 at 1:43 am to mytigger
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