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A run-child , even baking child or escort child called, is a child who is a player on the before the start of sporting events field accompanied. Often a child runs next to each player; The children stand in front of the players during the subsequent line-up for the group photo or when the national anthems are played. The children often wear club jerseys for the home and visiting teams, and special jerseys from the sponsor if the measure is commercial . The selection of the children running in is often made by lottery by a sponsor. The 24th edition of July 2006 included the word “Auflaufkind” in the Duden .
Soccer
In football , for example, children running in Germany can be seen in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga and internationally at World and European Championships .
In Germany, the custom was introduced in 1994 by Willi Lemke at Werder Bremen , who brought this idea with him from a visit to Brazil .
Examples
In March 2015, Bank Credit Suisse acted as a sponsor for the children running at the start of the “Switzerland - Estonia” and “Switzerland - USA” encounters. According to the requirements, children between the ages of 6 and 11 years and a maximum height of 1.50 meters could apply. The scope of services included a jersey set (shirt, shorts, gauntlets and shoes), a fan kit with a cap, shirt, pre-signed autograph cards from the Swiss national football team , drinks and sandwiches and a CD with souvenir photos .
McDonald’s sponsored the advertising campaign at the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 European Championship . Children between the ages of 6 and 10 years could apply in various national selection procedures for the selection as an entry-level child. The regulations stipulate that each selected child is accompanied by a legal guardian . The sponsor's services included a three-day trip to the venue, accommodation in a double room for two nights in a hotel , food , insurance , a supporting program for the accompanying person and the child, medium-priced tickets for the game in which the child was used, as well as a certificate of participation in the campaign. In return, the child had to take part in a dress rehearsal as well as the run-in before the actual game and advertise the sponsor. There were no further obligations.
English Premier League clubs even take money for the children's appearances. The Everton z demanded. B. 2018 up to 799 €.
Handball
Many Bundesliga clubs also use children to accompany the active players in handball games before the game starts, as children running in. Usually it is players from their own youth teams or from clubs in the area who - often at special rates - watch the game with several teams.
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The German women's national handball team before an international match on December 1, 2006 in Darmstadt with children running in
Children running in with the team from BM Ciudad Real at a Champions League game
Advertising during the European Football Championship 2008 for the Player Escort on an airplane
At the U-20 World Cup in 2010 , only the captains had an entry child (yellow jersey)
The 2011/12 team of HSV Hamburg with children running in in Halle / Westphalia
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regulations ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from McDonald’s Malta for the children running in the European Football Championship 2016, accessed on June 29, 2016.
- ↑ York Schaefer: Children run onto the field with football professionals - Werder initiative is now established. In: Weser courier. March 28, 2012, accessed June 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Credit Suisse Players' Escort 2015 , accessed June 29, 2016.
- ↑ Regulations ( memento of the original from June 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. for the McDonald's children from Switzerland and Liechtenstein at the EM 2016, accessed on June 29, 2016.
- ↑ Der SPIEGEL 8/2019, p. 118, Hendrik Buchheister, Rafael Buschmann, Gerhard Pfeil, Christoph Winterbach, Michel Wulzinger: Wie im Zoo
