The Responsibilities of a Mascot Screaming, yelling, cheering. Your favorite team is winning and suddenly outcomes their mascot and the crowd erupts into an explosion of support and enthusiasm for the team. We have all probably been to a sporting event and have experienced the thrill and the energy that the mascot emits. I have been a mascot for three years and know the importance of having a team mascot. Allow me to inform you of the three main responsibilities of a mascot, first the mascot is the symbolic figure for a team, second the mascot has a responsibility to ignite their audience, and lastly the mascot must physically prepare themselves just as athletes.The first responsibility of a mascot is to be a symbolic figure for a team. As a mascot you are a symbol of tradition because you represent the prestige history of a school. A mascot is also a symbol of pride and identification. The second responsibility of a mascot is to ignite their audience. Remember that this is usually considered to be the most important job a mascot has. To ignite your audience you have to be energetic and crazy. A mascot is a very audience pleasing character that must be outgoing. Your charisma and actions have to be appealing to all audiences. Now that we have discussed the responsibilities of symbolism and igniting the audience lets move on to the last responsibility being physically prepared as an athlete. A mascot has to be physically fit to produce the stamina required throughout the sporting event. There are few breaks and a mascot cannot get tired. To be physically prepared a mascot also has to practice their routines to gain perfection and confidence to guarantee a good show.In conclusion, I hope the three main responsibilities of a mascot; being a symbolic figure, igniting the audience, and being physically prepared, were expressed to you in a clear fashion.Screaming, yelling, cheering the mascot helps pump up the crowd when suddenly the tensio...
