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rickshadey t1_ixsu56m wrote

Reply to comment by almal250 in The Arizona State Sun Devils and Arizona Wildcats mascots throw fists at each other while Arizona State's football team scores in the background by Ten-Tonne-Truck

Look at the smiles on the ones responding without the masks

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almal250 t1_ixsvcg0 wrote

That's what made me question it

But on the other hand, people having fights dressed as mascots is really fucking funny, so maybe they couldn't help themselves

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brpajense t1_ixvaj8h wrote

In high school, our mascots were generally wrestlers.

They’d often wrestle with the other teams’ mascots in a playful way under the the goal posts during one of the breaks each game. They stopped doing it after one of the other teams’ mascots wasn’t in on it and turns out she wasn’t into it or capable of fighting back.

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Shronkster_ t1_ixsv3k2 wrote

I think there is an element of it being a real fight that the people surrounding thought was just dumb, as two mascotts hitting each other is. Its odd for a) apposing teams mascotts to interact, especially if its a rivalry like this, and b) for it to happen while a play is going on in the background. This stuff is usually for breaks in play, as if it was a bit, they would want the crowd to watch, play it up on camera, but a play going on means only a couple people would notice.

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ElderWandOwner t1_ixt659a wrote

It's not during a play though. Easily 5+ seconds between end of the "fight" (they are wearing boxing gloves) and when the ball could be snapped.

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dherb35 t1_ixv0y9u wrote

It's definitely fake. Mascots do this all the time, it's entertainment.

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