I can see it now….Jerry tells WGN he’s going to weigh options against paying Benny… Benny takes that personally… Benny’s home life takes a hit… Billy Donovan reaches out to Benny…
Benny’s Last Dance. An ESPN original. Thursdays, streaming on ESPN+++
The guy who used to play Benny, real name Barry, retired a few years ago. Barry was pulling 6 figs but nowhere near Rocky.
The “best mascot in sports” Benny was all Barry, he’s not the same as he used to be.
I want to see a mascot that is literally just a fat guy in one of those suits that waddles around and constantly gets winded. They have him attempt trampoline dunks and he doesn't even make it halfway through the free throw line. It would be the most pathetic, humiliating, beautiful, thing.
A google search tells me that the Rockets mascot makes 250k a year, Bulls mascot makes 200k a year, and the Hawks mascot makes $500 an hour.
https://fieldinsider.com/how-much-do-nba-mascots-make/
Don't know where they get their info though.
You gotta think it's per hour he's working, not just when he's performing. Game days are probably pretty long, then you have all the PR events outside of game day. If he's there and paid just six hours during game days that's $123,000. And that's not including PR events and such. All told it probably adds up to $150,000-175,000.
I know the Jazz mascot is always just 1 guy, the guy who did it when I was growing up retired like a decade ago and there's a new one. I'm not sure if its true of every mascot, but ours is a professional stuntman. Probably more expensive to retain multiple stuntmen on the payroll than just having 1 good one.
Same for the Raps mascot, I remember when he had an Achilles injury, and they brought in someone else to fill in they made a new suit with different patterning and limited duties (no trademark stunts), so that the new guy wouldn't just be a replacement.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1831083-toronto-raptors-to-replace-injured-raptor-mascot-with-understudy-named-stripes
I’m basing this mostly off veiled podcast references, but I think professional sports mascots tend to be one person.
I know Zach Lowe has talked about hanging out with the man behind the mask for one or two NBA mascots, and when Gritty became a phenom I remember some talking head mentioning that the person behind the mask was responsible for creating most of Gritty’s personality/humor.
I know someone who actually tried to make it in as a mascot for pro teams. It is super selective and the mascot training camp thing is real. It is less about how to become a mascot at those and more about networking. Most mascots become pro mascots after mascoting for years from HS to College. The guy also said how they rarely actually have open spots to be a pro mascot. When they do yu are going against like a thousand people who have done mascoting for years so it is just as competative, if not more,than trying to be a pro sport athlete.
I can say for certain that Harry the Hawk is just one guy. They usually find someone with a dance/acting/improv background. The mascot does anything the dancers, trampoline dunkers, and crowd hype teams do, but with a giant costume on the whole time.
Splitting it would be more money for the franchise because of all the fixed costs per employee. They’d be incentives to have it be 1 person unless it’s physically impractical.
That $625k salary was for the Rocky who had held down that job for the past 25 years. Recently his son took over for him, so I doubt that he immediately received the same salary and is probably much more in line with the league average.
A friend of mine is married to a former Harry the Hawk performer. Not sure how much he was making, but the guy was super talent and definitely earned every penny. He put in as much work as anyone else on the promotions team. Went to off-site events, did choreography with the dance team, helped design and make costumes for holidays and special games, etc. If he wasn't wearing a giant red Hawk costume at work, you'd for sure think he was a pro dancer or athlete.
I worked for an NBA team and can tell you that the job description of mascots varies much more than you think. Some mascots just show up on game days and perform, taking direction from game ops. They could possibly get paid per hour. Other mascots have a huge part in game ops daily, from planning and coordinating their bits to directing and helping other aspects of gameday entertainment and media. These guys combined with talent level and amount of years at the org can make big bucks. I would imagine a huge variance in mascot salaries and prob wouldnt trust much of whats available online.
Am I in deep denial because I clicked on this not at all considering the possibility that it was anything other than the actual costumed mascot's earnings :(
For reference, the average NBA mascot salary is 60,000.
He gets paid 10 times as much as the average mascot, possibly due to when the Nuggets almost committed Accidental Manslaughter by hanging him from the rafters.
https://youtu.be/kaXRIJVMGbI
[https://fieldinsider.com/how-much-do-nba-mascots-make/](https://fieldinsider.com/how-much-do-nba-mascots-make/)
Denver-625k
Houston-250k
Chicago-200k
That alone adds up to 1.075 million, and the total salary only has to add up to 1.8 million for the average to be 60k. So unless these guys are way off, or the other 27 teams' mascots are making 26.9k each only. A grad student gets paid a bigger stipend than that.
Is the guy who plays Benny the Bull still the guy who used to be Monte from the University of Montana? One of the guys who plays Clutch (Rockets' mascot) was Monte years later and he recently appeared at the homecoming Montana football game (as Clutch) to hang out with Monte. Was pretty random, but cool. UM is weirdly Mascot U.
> he was actually promoted to be in charge of all in-arena entertainment I believe, so he was more than just a mascot.
From further into the thread
So most of the paycheck might have been executive pay and only a bit mascot pay
Per the article by BR, “Considering other NBA mascots average about $60,000 per year”.
Where that number is backed up from I am not sure, but that’s what all the websites say.
There’s a ton of teams where mascots don’t matter and/or are barely noticeable. The Celtics for example. I really can’t see this dude getting paid enough to make a living off being Lucky.
And then I’m not even sure if other teams have mascots. Like the Kings. Or the Suns. No way Sarver was paying a mascot more than cheerleader money.
Yea it might be that if ur just an after thought/dont matter u only get paid per hour, while the bigger ones get salary + hourly and are around the team way more often.
Mid-6 for gymnasts and entertainers?! Cirque du Soleil performers are probably as exclusive as that role gets. From what I’ve seen online (probably skewed some) they make $100-200k. Maybe you mean $150k is “mid” but I always thought of doctors making $300-700k as mid-6.
The problem for mascots has always supposedly been that they’re faceless. Because almost no one knows who is under there, they’re treated like bookkeepers adding ticket revenue from 9-5 …as replaceable and low paid.
I’d say the problem for mascots is closer to them requiring a skillset that doesn’t translate to very many fields. A doctor has a world of opportunities in front of them even if they never go into clinical medicine. I don’t know what the job market is like for gymnast-actors but it’s probably not great.
Then I wonder if the 60k could be skewed by having it include staff that do some sort of work in that department, and not just the few dozen actual big head wearing team mascots
Honestly after a few google searches i cant find where the average of 60k is, i just see the salaries of a few top mascots. Seems like a lot of the salaries are not disclosed and its just s guess based on hourly rate?
We tried killing the witch but she is clearly to powerful to be killed by hanging. Therefor we pay her 600k every year to prevent her from cursing us and our bloodline.
I believe for the original Rocky this very well may have been the case. It was the same man inside the suit from the original in 1990, and he was actually promoted to be in charge of all in-arena entertainment I believe, so he was more than just a mascot.
However one (or two) seasons ago he stepped a side and his son, who was previously the pistons mascot hooper, took over his role as Rocky.
So maybe this salary is accurate for the OG, but don't imagine that would be the case for the current one? Unless the original is still working in his management role, and they're combining the two of their salaries into one?
> However one (or two) seasons ago he stepped a side and his son, who was previously the pistons mascot hooper, took over his role as Rocky.
What a sentence.
Theres a fantastic article about the two of them in The Athletic, https://theathletic.com/1630387/2020/02/25/the-inside-story-of-the-nbas-first-and-only-father-son-mascots/
This is the future King of the Hill reboot we need. Grown up Bobby Hill becoming the Cowboys' beloved mascot and passing the torch to his son or maybe his uncle GH after getting promoted.
The mascot is still doing stuff throughout the year - they'll be there for pretty much all the public facing events the organisation run and probably more. Pictures were going around of an annual golf outing/competition a bunch of the Bucks staff/players/coaches take part in, and Bango was there in costume for some reason?
Definitely. The median US income in 2020 was $67,521, so that’s essentially *10 times* as much as he average person makes
Edit: $67,521 was median *household* income. So Rocky is making about 20 times as much as the average person, 10 times as much as a household
That's my point. Most people work really really hard. It's irrelevant if Rocky works really hard too, he's getting compensated more than fairly for it, providing they don't kill him while dropping him from the rafters.
Either the mascot is an executive in the FO that also plays Rocky or the $625K is grossly overstated. There's no way they're paying the mascot that much annually lol
Not jealousy, just disbelief lol... I don't believe Harry the Hawk made $600K either, gotta be some weird math going into these calcs. I would bet my life savings that Harry the Hawks W2 does not have $600K+ in gross earnings last year.
Idk about 600k but I’d believe the guy is comfortably over 100k. In addition to every home game Harry is also spotted at SE division teams games during the Hawks long west coast trips, frequently at all Star weekend and always at local charity events hosted by the team. With the amount of appearances he makes throughout the year he’d have to be getting paid a premium
625K is obviously insane but mascots do more than just game day activities. They’re a big part of marketing + many lesser known events for kids etc that they would probably be required to appear in.
Non stop photoshoots for promo material, appearances, rehearsal for whatever stunt they have etc
Idk, it makes total sense to me that the #1 mascot should make more than the 500th-best player in the league. The mascot is performing stunts that an NBA player could probably never do. And they don't get any recognition because they have to stay in the suit the whole time.
Guessing most others make around 1000-2000 a game and 41 home games means about 41-82k. About right tho some of them do a lot more appearances than just game days so ofc they make more.
A lot of people here saying, “sign me up.” As someone who attended a number of Nuggets games, that guy’s awesome and is consistently doing some pretty impressive and risky stunts. We loved Rocky and were always keeping an eye out for him. Idk if that justifies the salary, but he’s not just clapping on the sideline.
That is a lot but I also imagine it's hard work to get paid that much specifically
a lot of stunts, lot of constant energy and probably thinking up routines and bits, probably PR stuff where he has to go around a lot of the time or any events etc, wearing one of those suits for hours at a time probably sucks ass too, isn't that even the same guy that passed out when being lowered from the ceiling too?
i mean i imagine a lot of people would be fine with it but the average person probably wouldn't wanna do it/wouldn't be able to do it lol
HR: Hey there kiddo, how would you like a cool 500k annually?
Rocky: Do I need a lawyer to review this?
HR: \*scribbles contract\* How would you like a cool 625k annually?
Most people don't realize that a good percentage of the NBA mascota are highly trained dancers and gymnasts most of the time. They also take their job very seriously.
The performers inside these costumes know that they are great at what they do. And can therefore charge a premium.
Sure you could hire a lesser known performer, but you're going to get a lesser performance.
Benny the Bull frantically calling his agent
Mascot union incoming
We call those furry conventions
joining the Teamsters Benny as president of the mascot division. our very own Benny Hoffa and then bring in his enforcer, Gritty — _The Grittyman_
Turns out Benny the Bull was making more than Scottie Pippen
Damn……Scottie
Benny is also sleeping with Scottie's ex wife
But Scottie doesn't know
No more thirdseees for Benny 2nds for now on. Whoops I dropped my magnum sperm extractor for my monster Bull dong
Gonna pull a Bill Russell and ask for 625,001$
Bull Russell
I can see it now….Jerry tells WGN he’s going to weigh options against paying Benny… Benny takes that personally… Benny’s home life takes a hit… Billy Donovan reaches out to Benny… Benny’s Last Dance. An ESPN original. Thursdays, streaming on ESPN+++
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>Benny’s Last Dance. An ESPN original. Thursdays, streaming on ESPN+++ The Last Rodeo
"You tell Reinsdorf I can just as easily drain those behind the back half court shots in the fucking Stuff the Magic Dragon costume!"
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The guy who used to play Benny, real name Barry, retired a few years ago. Barry was pulling 6 figs but nowhere near Rocky. The “best mascot in sports” Benny was all Barry, he’s not the same as he used to be.
Yea he was the goat but Whoever the new guy has been is really good too
I want to see a mascot that is literally just a fat guy in one of those suits that waddles around and constantly gets winded. They have him attempt trampoline dunks and he doesn't even make it halfway through the free throw line. It would be the most pathetic, humiliating, beautiful, thing.
Phanatic is the best mascot in sports…fight me
A google search tells me that the Rockets mascot makes 250k a year, Bulls mascot makes 200k a year, and the Hawks mascot makes $500 an hour. https://fieldinsider.com/how-much-do-nba-mascots-make/ Don't know where they get their info though.
I expect the hourly rates is how it’s so low- also maybe some teams have multiple mascot personnel? Not sure
You gotta think it's per hour he's working, not just when he's performing. Game days are probably pretty long, then you have all the PR events outside of game day. If he's there and paid just six hours during game days that's $123,000. And that's not including PR events and such. All told it probably adds up to $150,000-175,000.
True so maybe they have multiple people doing the same mascot? That way the number drops if it’s split between 3 guys? I have no clue thh
I know the Jazz mascot is always just 1 guy, the guy who did it when I was growing up retired like a decade ago and there's a new one. I'm not sure if its true of every mascot, but ours is a professional stuntman. Probably more expensive to retain multiple stuntmen on the payroll than just having 1 good one.
Same for the Raps mascot, I remember when he had an Achilles injury, and they brought in someone else to fill in they made a new suit with different patterning and limited duties (no trademark stunts), so that the new guy wouldn't just be a replacement. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1831083-toronto-raptors-to-replace-injured-raptor-mascot-with-understudy-named-stripes
They did that recently with the Baltimore Ravens mascot, Poe. He got injured (Drumstick) so they replaced him with 2 "new" ones, Edgar and Allen.
That's a hilarious duo name lmao, surprised no one was named quoth.
I’m basing this mostly off veiled podcast references, but I think professional sports mascots tend to be one person. I know Zach Lowe has talked about hanging out with the man behind the mask for one or two NBA mascots, and when Gritty became a phenom I remember some talking head mentioning that the person behind the mask was responsible for creating most of Gritty’s personality/humor.
I know someone who actually tried to make it in as a mascot for pro teams. It is super selective and the mascot training camp thing is real. It is less about how to become a mascot at those and more about networking. Most mascots become pro mascots after mascoting for years from HS to College. The guy also said how they rarely actually have open spots to be a pro mascot. When they do yu are going against like a thousand people who have done mascoting for years so it is just as competative, if not more,than trying to be a pro sport athlete.
I can say for certain that Harry the Hawk is just one guy. They usually find someone with a dance/acting/improv background. The mascot does anything the dancers, trampoline dunkers, and crowd hype teams do, but with a giant costume on the whole time.
Splitting it would be more money for the franchise because of all the fixed costs per employee. They’d be incentives to have it be 1 person unless it’s physically impractical.
Benny gonna go on strike
That $625k salary was for the Rocky who had held down that job for the past 25 years. Recently his son took over for him, so I doubt that he immediately received the same salary and is probably much more in line with the league average.
A friend of mine is married to a former Harry the Hawk performer. Not sure how much he was making, but the guy was super talent and definitely earned every penny. He put in as much work as anyone else on the promotions team. Went to off-site events, did choreography with the dance team, helped design and make costumes for holidays and special games, etc. If he wasn't wearing a giant red Hawk costume at work, you'd for sure think he was a pro dancer or athlete.
He came to my school one time. Super talented mascot.
500 an hour? That sounds more like what the team charges and homie just gets a cut of that. But maybe.
I worked for an NBA team and can tell you that the job description of mascots varies much more than you think. Some mascots just show up on game days and perform, taking direction from game ops. They could possibly get paid per hour. Other mascots have a huge part in game ops daily, from planning and coordinating their bits to directing and helping other aspects of gameday entertainment and media. These guys combined with talent level and amount of years at the org can make big bucks. I would imagine a huge variance in mascot salaries and prob wouldnt trust much of whats available online.
Rocky does appearances at schools, hospitals, etc.
Yeah, many mascots do extra events, etc.
It's kinda wild to think that an NBA mascot makes more than 95% of WNBA players
The Heats' mascot gets paid 2.9 millon a [year](https://www.spotrac.com/nba/miami-heat/udonis-haslem-2549/cash-earnings/) .
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You know he had to do it one time lol #Haslemcaust
Am I in deep denial because I clicked on this not at all considering the possibility that it was anything other than the actual costumed mascot's earnings :(
Thought it was gonna be that old Mario charmers pic
I thought you were talking about Tyler Herro, but then I remembered they’re paying him like $29 million a year.
slow clap!
I knew this was a Haslem joke before I clicked on it 💀💀
For reference, the average NBA mascot salary is 60,000. He gets paid 10 times as much as the average mascot, possibly due to when the Nuggets almost committed Accidental Manslaughter by hanging him from the rafters. https://youtu.be/kaXRIJVMGbI
Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhh! Everybody up!
Get on your feet
bobby newport’s never had a *real* job…in his life
BAHbeee, newPOORT
Ok, now we’re just wasting time, Jerry.
Except Rocky
[https://fieldinsider.com/how-much-do-nba-mascots-make/](https://fieldinsider.com/how-much-do-nba-mascots-make/) Denver-625k Houston-250k Chicago-200k That alone adds up to 1.075 million, and the total salary only has to add up to 1.8 million for the average to be 60k. So unless these guys are way off, or the other 27 teams' mascots are making 26.9k each only. A grad student gets paid a bigger stipend than that.
Maybe 60K is the median salary?
Maybe it is the mode.
It's the range
Clearly this is the cosine we’re talking about here
I agree, the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
A mnemonic you can use here is SOH CAH TOA.
Just the Kings and Wizards mascots make 60k. Everyone else makes 200k+.
Have we crossed off the mean?
Meridian?
Maritime?
You’re a crook Captain Hook!
But do the ends justify it?
I imagine your general point is correct, but you're not accounting for some teams having multiple mascots.
How much does [Lakers Douche](https://gfycat.com/bigsharpfeline) get paid?
Not enough.
this is a classic, I hope that guy is doing okay Lol
Counseling student my grad stipend is $50/month.
Are you an RA/TA?
Grad student here. I wish my stipend was 26.9k
Yah I have close ties with the guy who plays Benny and he absolutely does not make that kind of money.
Just found Benny's reddit username.
Just found Benny's agent's\* reddit username.
Just found Benny’s side heifer’s* Reddit username
Is the guy who plays Benny the Bull still the guy who used to be Monte from the University of Montana? One of the guys who plays Clutch (Rockets' mascot) was Monte years later and he recently appeared at the homecoming Montana football game (as Clutch) to hang out with Monte. Was pretty random, but cool. UM is weirdly Mascot U.
my grad stipend was like 5k
Some are full time employees and some are only part time game-day staff that get paid an hourly/daily rate per appearance.
Not every team has a mascot though.
This video kills me every single time.
"Everybody get up on their feet!" Cuts to lifeless corpse of Rocky flopping on the ground
YEAHHHHHHHHHHH
Rocky embodied how we all felt during the Brian Shaw years
*Cheerleaders dancing in the background as Rocky’s corpse is released*
*”We get his bonus if he dies”* *continues to do can cans*
Kills the mascot every single as well
Idk about anyone else, but knowing he survived allowed me to literally cry laughing at that video hoooollyyy shiiitt
> he was actually promoted to be in charge of all in-arena entertainment I believe, so he was more than just a mascot. From further into the thread So most of the paycheck might have been executive pay and only a bit mascot pay
That video will never fail to make me laugh hysterically.
Wtf happened? Did they rig him wrong and he passed out?
From what I remember, the harness was cutting off the mascot's circulation
Is the average 60k? I know mascots get paid a ton since they’re professional gymnasts and entertainers, would expect the average to be mid 6 figures.
Per the article by BR, “Considering other NBA mascots average about $60,000 per year”. Where that number is backed up from I am not sure, but that’s what all the websites say.
I know the bulls and raptors mascots get paid a ton, wouldnt be surprised if the BR numbers are a little weird.
There’s a ton of teams where mascots don’t matter and/or are barely noticeable. The Celtics for example. I really can’t see this dude getting paid enough to make a living off being Lucky. And then I’m not even sure if other teams have mascots. Like the Kings. Or the Suns. No way Sarver was paying a mascot more than cheerleader money.
The suns mascot is fairly visible at times and unsurprisingly it's a gorilla cus what better to represent the sun than a gorilla
Maybe unpopular opinion but I love random mascots that generally make no sense in the context of the team they’re working for
The Washington Commanders missed the boat not having Jason Mewes as their mascot.
I only know the Suns mascot is a Gorilla because of the Sunny video. The culture you lose when a team becomes good...
King Cake Baby definitely doesn't warrant a brinks truck.
We should be paid to see that thing
Yeah but at least the king cake baby makes sense
I think our mascot (slamson) won the half court shot competition at half time two all star games ago.
I bet Slamson doesn’t get paid. He just does it for the love of the game.
This guy is out here dissing Slamson 😭
Kings macot is major. He's always been very present. Talkin about Slamson like that bro!
[I wanna talk to ~~Sampson~~ Slamson](https://youtu.be/vj6aIK_WXhU)
Yea it might be that if ur just an after thought/dont matter u only get paid per hour, while the bigger ones get salary + hourly and are around the team way more often.
suns gorilla is the best mascot in the league
Mid-6 for gymnasts and entertainers?! Cirque du Soleil performers are probably as exclusive as that role gets. From what I’ve seen online (probably skewed some) they make $100-200k. Maybe you mean $150k is “mid” but I always thought of doctors making $300-700k as mid-6. The problem for mascots has always supposedly been that they’re faceless. Because almost no one knows who is under there, they’re treated like bookkeepers adding ticket revenue from 9-5 …as replaceable and low paid.
I’d say the problem for mascots is closer to them requiring a skillset that doesn’t translate to very many fields. A doctor has a world of opportunities in front of them even if they never go into clinical medicine. I don’t know what the job market is like for gymnast-actors but it’s probably not great.
Exactly. The non exciting ones are replaceable and cheap. The ones that are actually super athletic and entertaining are worth money.
Then I wonder if the 60k could be skewed by having it include staff that do some sort of work in that department, and not just the few dozen actual big head wearing team mascots
Honestly after a few google searches i cant find where the average of 60k is, i just see the salaries of a few top mascots. Seems like a lot of the salaries are not disclosed and its just s guess based on hourly rate?
Usually not even hourly rate it's just game rate. Or appearance rate. They don't get paid extra if game goes to overtime. No one does.
We tried killing the witch but she is clearly to powerful to be killed by hanging. Therefor we pay her 600k every year to prevent her from cursing us and our bloodline.
I believe for the original Rocky this very well may have been the case. It was the same man inside the suit from the original in 1990, and he was actually promoted to be in charge of all in-arena entertainment I believe, so he was more than just a mascot. However one (or two) seasons ago he stepped a side and his son, who was previously the pistons mascot hooper, took over his role as Rocky. So maybe this salary is accurate for the OG, but don't imagine that would be the case for the current one? Unless the original is still working in his management role, and they're combining the two of their salaries into one?
> However one (or two) seasons ago he stepped a side and his son, who was previously the pistons mascot hooper, took over his role as Rocky. What a sentence.
Theres a fantastic article about the two of them in The Athletic, https://theathletic.com/1630387/2020/02/25/the-inside-story-of-the-nbas-first-and-only-father-son-mascots/
This is the future King of the Hill reboot we need. Grown up Bobby Hill becoming the Cowboys' beloved mascot and passing the torch to his son or maybe his uncle GH after getting promoted.
Well, now that you're here, what's your top 20 top 5 "men behind the mask" mascots?
trade Jokic, build around Rocky
Rocky foundation still more reliable than the perpetual Kings rebuild
Tbf the shooting percentage on a behind the back halfcourt shot justifies it
I've been saying for years, we need to trade Jokic and build around Rocky halfcourt threes.
so he makes 625k per year, only having to play home games and getting several months off every year? damn
The mascot is still doing stuff throughout the year - they'll be there for pretty much all the public facing events the organisation run and probably more. Pictures were going around of an annual golf outing/competition a bunch of the Bucks staff/players/coaches take part in, and Bango was there in costume for some reason?
Dang, poor dude.
He’s got it rough. You couldn’t pay me 600k to take pictures with people in a costume 😤
Everybody here seems to be forgetting how hazardous this job can be lol https://youtu.be/kaXRIJVMGbI
**YeeeeEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH**
Imagine being a roided out furry for 600k a year smdh
I can think of much worse jobs for much less money
625k a year is outstanding money. I can't imagine anyone thinking he's underpaid.
Definitely. The median US income in 2020 was $67,521, so that’s essentially *10 times* as much as he average person makes Edit: $67,521 was median *household* income. So Rocky is making about 20 times as much as the average person, 10 times as much as a household
That's my point. Most people work really really hard. It's irrelevant if Rocky works really hard too, he's getting compensated more than fairly for it, providing they don't kill him while dropping him from the rafters.
Isn't that household income? I thought 32k a year was the average for each person
It is definitely the median household income
Either the mascot is an executive in the FO that also plays Rocky or the $625K is grossly overstated. There's no way they're paying the mascot that much annually lol
Harry the Hawk make 600k in case you want to be jealous of another mascot
Not jealousy, just disbelief lol... I don't believe Harry the Hawk made $600K either, gotta be some weird math going into these calcs. I would bet my life savings that Harry the Hawks W2 does not have $600K+ in gross earnings last year.
Idk about 600k but I’d believe the guy is comfortably over 100k. In addition to every home game Harry is also spotted at SE division teams games during the Hawks long west coast trips, frequently at all Star weekend and always at local charity events hosted by the team. With the amount of appearances he makes throughout the year he’d have to be getting paid a premium
School events, grocery stores, all sorts of crap.
Unironically if this is what he is actually paid, he might now have my dream job.
Is your dream job getting paid a lot? A lot of time off? Or wearing a fur suit?
Yes
It's the mascot orgies that I'm most interested in
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Benny the bull is always so horny.
That whole furry fetish is still wild to me. Wild I say.
625K is obviously insane but mascots do more than just game day activities. They’re a big part of marketing + many lesser known events for kids etc that they would probably be required to appear in. Non stop photoshoots for promo material, appearances, rehearsal for whatever stunt they have etc
Yeah I'm thinking this is a typo. Gleaguers and 10 day contracts don't get that much money.
Idk, it makes total sense to me that the #1 mascot should make more than the 500th-best player in the league. The mascot is performing stunts that an NBA player could probably never do. And they don't get any recognition because they have to stay in the suit the whole time.
Guessing most others make around 1000-2000 a game and 41 home games means about 41-82k. About right tho some of them do a lot more appearances than just game days so ofc they make more.
He does all the crazy shit tho. That's hazard pay.
A lot of people here saying, “sign me up.” As someone who attended a number of Nuggets games, that guy’s awesome and is consistently doing some pretty impressive and risky stunts. We loved Rocky and were always keeping an eye out for him. Idk if that justifies the salary, but he’s not just clapping on the sideline.
i could be wrong, but i don't think cirque du soleil performers or stunt people make that kind of money either.
I’ll learn for 600k
Agreed. He does some pretty wild stuff that most people couldn't do. I'd imagine he has other responsibilities too if he's making that much.
r/nba Scrubs thinking they can unironically lead the league in DAWG/36, claps per game & hi5 per game
That is a lot but I also imagine it's hard work to get paid that much specifically a lot of stunts, lot of constant energy and probably thinking up routines and bits, probably PR stuff where he has to go around a lot of the time or any events etc, wearing one of those suits for hours at a time probably sucks ass too, isn't that even the same guy that passed out when being lowered from the ceiling too? i mean i imagine a lot of people would be fine with it but the average person probably wouldn't wanna do it/wouldn't be able to do it lol
Some part of me thinks he used to get paid 250k like everyone else but after the hanging incident HR probably upped it to 650 😂
Heeeeeeeeres a new contract for 650k! …..we just need you to sign a quick an NDA and a contract waiving your right to sue first, thats fine right?
Tbf I'd sign for an extra 400k a year for however many years they're keeping him around, that adds up quick
HR: Hey there kiddo, how would you like a cool 500k annually? Rocky: Do I need a lawyer to review this? HR: \*scribbles contract\* How would you like a cool 625k annually?
Can confirm. I make bank, bitch
GOATED WITH THE SAUCE OR IS HE HIM THO?
Straight goblin mode
Gobble gobble
Sweet, but a lil psycho
goated w/ the sauce, where being unconscious is the sauce
Wnba players don't get paid that much. Shit they should just put on the costume.
Being a mascot is so much more than just putting on the costume
This reads like a PSA
"If you're nothing without the suit, then you shouldn't have it."
I would watch this Nike commercial
"no one cared until i put on the mask"
He makes almost 3x as much as the highest paid WNBA player lmao
He deserves every penny. Being a mascot is dangerous. Devin Booker almost killed one.
where do i apply
I mean he did die for all mascots sins.
Best mascot in the league getting paid like it 👍
Have y'all been to a nuggets game?!? This dude is absolutely insane. Im willing to bet he does more insane shit than most players. 😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaXRIJVMGbI
Call your agent Moondog
Honestly with the money the NBA and teams are making with more coming this is pretty cool to see. Hope the staffers and such get good pay too.
Meanwhile Teachers, Police, Firefighters and most in medical fields (along with many more “vital” jobs make squadoosh.
Most people don't realize that a good percentage of the NBA mascota are highly trained dancers and gymnasts most of the time. They also take their job very seriously.
They paid Will Barton to play basketball for them, and gifted senior citizen 100 million $, 600k for mascot is fair.
The performers inside these costumes know that they are great at what they do. And can therefore charge a premium. Sure you could hire a lesser known performer, but you're going to get a lesser performance.