{"id":41207,"date":"2022-07-18T15:42:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T05:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/?p=41207"},"modified":"2022-07-18T16:44:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T06:44:43","slug":"worst-sports-mascots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/2022\/07\/worst-sports-mascots\/","title":{"rendered":"Worst Sports Mascots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the sporting world Docka the Quokka, the new mascot for the Fremantle Dockers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Introducing the newest addition to the Freo family&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Dokka the Quokka! \ud83d\udc9c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/foreverfreo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#foreverfreo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NF4DNEgaTE\">pic.twitter.com\/NF4DNEgaTE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Walyalup Football Club (@freodockers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freodockers\/status\/1548234956924604418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s just call this out for the disaster that it is.<\/p>\n<p>Picking a mascot for any sports team is an exercise fraught with danger considering just how easy it is to get it wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Especially in the case of these clubs.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Kenosha Kingfish<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Local baseball team Kenosha Kingfish plays in the collegiate summer Northwoods League in regional Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from a generally scary design, they make the poor kid in the suit go through tackline drills with Green Bay Packers running back AJ Dillon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like Packers\u2019 RB <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajdillon7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ajdillon7<\/a> is ready for the season\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenoshaKingfish?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KenoshaKingfish<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TMzV6wGoDE\">pic.twitter.com\/TMzV6wGoDE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1548798088948711424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They really should retire him after this.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Appy \u2013 2012 European Athletics Championships<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Perhaps the only compliment you can give this effort is that it might have been sort of timely?<\/p>\n<p>Think back to 2012 and smart phones are going off, with new apps popping up all over the damn place.<\/p>\n<p>At least that\u2019s what I think they were going for\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I thought &quot;appy&quot; was a dishwasher or a dishwasher tablet&#8230;<br \/>Mascot for the Helsinki European Athletics Championships in 2012<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MascotsYouLoveToHat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MascotsYouLoveToHat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mvKDlc8aqS\">pic.twitter.com\/mvKDlc8aqS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gina \ud83c\udf3b\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\udfb6 Mostly Harmless (@0pinion8d) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0pinion8d\/status\/1170444920877932544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5><strong>The FA Cup \u2013 The FA Cup<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>We\u2019ve got a trio of mascots that fall into the \u201cterrible\u201d category because of a complete and utter lack of creativity when it came to the design.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than going for something innovative, they just ordered an FA Cup shaped mascot costume and shoved some poor gameday volunteer in there?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wish I could dress up as a trophy for my day job! van Persie loves the FA cup mascot \ud83d\ude00 <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/lvrwqT7a\">pic.twitter.com\/lvrwqT7a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Liz Moore (@LizWorsley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizWorsley\/status\/295481495437586432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Bouncer \u2013 Caribbean Premier League<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The Bouncer has been retired from the Caribbean Premier League and all you can think of when it comes to this one is\u2026 could they not have come up with something better than a cricket ball?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our official mascot Bouncer. Doing his thang&#8230;bouncing&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CPL16?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CPL16<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TKRvJAM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TKRvJAM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rp30QtWzKr\">pic.twitter.com\/Rp30QtWzKr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CPL T20 (@CPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPL\/status\/750139621955276802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Timmy Tryline \u2013 England Rugby<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Just about every record of this ill fated mascot has been wiped from the internet, and considering it was a generic white rugby ball with the team logo on it, it\u2019s probably for the best.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Stuff \u2013 Orlando Magic<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Stuff\u2026 get it?<\/p>\n<p>As in: Stuff the Magic Dragon which sounds like the song Puff the Magic Dragon\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Combine the awful pun of a name with a bizarrely bright colour scheme, a reportedly randomly assigned wardrobe and those noise blower things inside each nostril and it\u2019s a lot to take in.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">now THIS is a birthday fit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jf25JNCWtc\">pic.twitter.com\/Jf25JNCWtc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrlandoMagic\/status\/1497383453372948482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You have to give the person in the suit credit for this though.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stuff gonna Stuff! \ud83c\udfaf <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A8yoKLg8jb\">pic.twitter.com\/A8yoKLg8jb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1459687696524316683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Bomber \u2013 Kent Spitfires<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The less said about this the better, but that\u2019s one hell of a landing gear on that tiny plane.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/davids_voyage\/status\/1026185342645362688?s=20&#038;t=Yj7A0EKSHE31XVx1tDL6yQ<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Bulli \u2013 RB Leipzig<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>It\u2019s just a bit too on the nose really.<\/p>\n<p>After being bought by Red Bull and renamed to RB Leipzig, the club also brought out this mascot which just so happened to be a red bull.<\/p>\n<p>We get it!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bulli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bulli<\/a> birthday! \ud83e\udd73<\/p>\n<p>Our beloved mascot celebrates their 10th anniversary today \ud83c\udf81<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\u26aa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RBLeipzig?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RBLeipzig<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/09CrE7z9zR\">pic.twitter.com\/09CrE7z9zR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RBLeipzig_EN\/status\/1410524990064168964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Sammy the Shrimp and Elvis J Eel \u2013 Southend United<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The only club to get a double entry on this list is English League Two side Southend United who started off with Sammy the Shrimp.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly there\u2019s not a lot to complain about with the name, given the nickname of \u201cThe Shrimpers\u201d but the wholly uninspiring design leaves a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n<p>He has since been joined by Elvis J Eel because\u2026 well nobody quite knows why.<\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019d love to know who signed off on that design.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The best mascots ever?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Southend?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Southend<\/a> United&#39;s Elvis J. Eel and Sammy the Shrimp <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TuYy95EdRy\">pic.twitter.com\/TuYy95EdRy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SUFC_History (@SUFC_History) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SUFC_History\/status\/699979524256174080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5><strong>The Bat \u2013 Valencia CF<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>If you\u2019ve got a bat on your club emblem, it has to be used as the team\u2019s mascot and that is what Mat Ryan\u2019s former club Valencia have done.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the Bat is entirely too happy and looks like a rejected Sesame Street character.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VALENCIA &#8211; BATS \ud83e\udd87 <\/p>\n<p>Valencia\u2019s club crest includes a bat, just like the city of Valencia, and their mascot is a bat.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s due to the legend of King Jaume I, which claims that he caught a bat with his hands the night before the conquest of the city.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LLL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LLL<\/a><br \/>\ud83e\udde1\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\u26bd\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fxYId5q6md\">pic.twitter.com\/fxYId5q6md<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; La Liga Lowdown \ud83e\udde1\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\u26bd\ufe0f (@LaLigaLowdown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaLigaLowdown\/status\/1322498615856824321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5><strong>King Cake Baby \u2013 New Orleans Pelicans<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>There\u2019s no easy way to say this, but King Cake Baby is quite possibly the most terrifying infant you will ever encounter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Game time! \ud83d\udc76 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PelicansGameday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PelicansGameday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hHMzY5701H\">pic.twitter.com\/hHMzY5701H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; King Cake Baby (@KingCakeBaby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingCakeBaby\/status\/1493750837398712320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Fighting Okra \u2013 Delta State University<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>We\u2019ll close out with a couple from the wild world of college sports in America, which has no shortage of horrendous design choices.<\/p>\n<p>Here we present to you\u2026 a vegetable wearing boxing gloves\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Was this designed on a Friday afternoon before a long weekend perhaps?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">can someone please explain how today is only the first time i have been made aware of the delta state university fighting okra <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r7ke5GKBFC\">pic.twitter.com\/r7ke5GKBFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; nick andersen (@nicktheandersen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicktheandersen\/status\/973621038687965185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5><strong>The Tree \u2013 Stanford Cardinal<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>If you read this and thought that a Cardinal would be a bird so the Stanford University mascot on this list would be some weird looking avian type creature, you would be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Instead the Cardinals have brought out some tree designs that honestly could have been thrown together at the local tip.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">you have to do a lot of mental gymnastics to get stanford cardinals=christmas tree mascot. had to include more than one pic because there are so many iterations, each one more unhinged than the last. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y7AZOPMwTD\">pic.twitter.com\/Y7AZOPMwTD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; jenna (@jenna__lane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenna__lane\/status\/1464445930648883202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the sporting world Docka the Quokka, the new mascot for the Fremantle Dockers. Introducing the newest addition to the Freo family&#8230; Dokka the Quokka! \ud83d\udc9c #foreverfreo pic.twitter.com\/NF4DNEgaTE &mdash; Walyalup Football Club (@freodockers) July 16, 2022 Let\u2019s just call this out for the disaster that it is. Picking a mascot for any sports team&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":41212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3862,598],"tags":[29,54,5726,7667,47],"hub_post_cat":[],"class_list":["post-41207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novelty","category-special-interest","tag-afl","tag-basketball","tag-mascots","tag-ncaa-football","tag-nfl"],"acf":{"md_tip_date":null,"md_tip_date_end":null,"md_market_url":"","tip_date":"18\/07\/2022","event_country":"Australia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41207"},{"taxonomy":"hub_post_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hub_post_cat?post=41207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}