Fans Shocked as Lacrosse Mascot Gets 3 Lap Dances During Halftime Show
- Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:44am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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When fans of the Boston Blazers professional lacrosse team broke for halftime during the team’s home opener on Friday, they probably didn’t expect to be subjected to a raunchy show featuring girls, lap dances, and the team mascot. But much to the shock of the audience, that’s exactly what happened.
Multiple videos posted on YouTube show three dancers performing sexualized moves on the team’s mascot during a steamy halftime contest. The mascot, Scorch, was seated on a chair near midfield and a red carpet was rolled out as a path toward him. As rap music played in the background and the girls “grinded” on him, the stadium even provided “boing” sound effects. To make matters worse, the dances were also featured on the stadium’s video board — in plane view of the numerous young children in attendance.
The video has sparked outrage and a response from Blazers president and CEO Doug Reffue.
“The Boston Blazers half time act for Saturday’s game was clearly not executed according to plan,” he wrote in an official Facebook message. “We are extremely disappointed with elements of the halftime show.
“We have already taken steps to ensure this never happens again at one of our games.”
Exactly what steps were taken are unclear, but some on the team’s Facebook page wonder if they include reexamining the relationship between the organization and a local radio station. According to a description from one of the YouTube videos, local rap station “Jam’n” 94.5 FM sponsored the show which featured the station’s own “DJ Hustle”:
Great family entertainment. Female contestants were instructed by Jam’n 94.5 employee hustle Simmons to quote “make scorch (blazers mascot) hot.” This is a disturbing form of halftime entertainment for a family environment. This is up there with Janet jackson’s wardrobe malfunction.
Another video showing the dancing called it “the most distasteful halftime show ever”:
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Comments (105)
GODSAMERICA
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:14pmI guess the Boston Blazers admin and mascot got their blaze put out and it looks like they’re getting “scorched” big time.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:07pmIt’s minor league sports. They are always pulling stunts to attract attention. They don’t really care if people like the stunt or not, the goal is to get people to notice them.
Before this stunt about a hundred people knew that team even existed. Now millions do. As far as they’re concerned…mission accomplished. Now they can offer an apology and get back to business as usual except with a few more fannies in the seats.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:19pmYea, mission accomplished!
Report Post »I will make a point of never having anything to do with them, ever!
I know, who cares if I show up or not?
I do!
Comeandtakeit
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:03pmMLK Jr. would be proud.
Report Post »FoxholeAtheist
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:56amSounds to me like a bunch of fatties got jealous.
Report Post »NYmike11
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:56amThis is not what high school and college lacrosse is about – but the marketing folks at MLL – and, hello “body by Jake” Stienfled!! (and minor investor Tim (700 Club – son of Pat) Robertson – you are close to letting your marketing people turn you into the WWE. Even some commercials from the Lacrosse companies like Maverick and Brine are selling the sport in the “wrong”way. As the eague’s owners you guys better get a handle on your teams at the local promotional level.
Report Post »FoxholeAtheist
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:55amHow dare they show this blatant display of heterosexualism. What agenda are they trying to push on us? Soon heterosexuals everywhere are going to be doing this in front of the children! They are corrupting the youth and destroying family values!
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:51amTo all of your Blazers out there, let me get this straight:
Gunning down of a Congresswoman, a Federal Judge and several bystanders–
Completely isolated incident… the product of a deranged mine that has absolutely no connection to any sort of political rhetoric or the general tone of public debate in the US.
Mascot’s lapdance during halftime at a professional lacrosse game–
Clear sign that liberals have taken over and destroyed the morals of the United States.
Hmmmm…..
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:06pmPubliusPencilman, you can‘t deny there’s been a decline in morals. Both the shooter and the cheerleaders are evidence of it.
Report Post »QuietRiot
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 9:18pmwe dont need a sports section or coverage of any sports on the blaze please….
Report Post »9thCommandment
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:48amThey should have just stuck to well developed daisy duke clad cheerleaders gyrating on the sidelines like every other sport & all of this could have been avoided.
Report Post »FORTHELOVEOFGOD
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:36amDid Michael Steele pay for the dances?
Report Post »ConservativeBeauty
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:33amThese stupid videos don’t show anything! Idea though is disgusting
Report Post »GeeWhiz
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:32amBrass is appalled only because of the negative feedback from fans. They were just fine with it up until that happened, considering that they must have approved it.
Stupidity. Who wants to bring their families to games that have lap dances as halftime entertainment?
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:23amOur young women today do not have strong decent father figures to teach and raise them up. Fathers today are mostly disgusting, worrying about their pee pees and taking viagra and don’t care what kind of women their daughters turn out to be when they grow up. The girls that did the lap dance are pathetic lost souls.
Report Post »psst
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:22amSomeone mis-interpreted the memo.
Report Post »It was supposed to be a Lap-top dance.
What da hey. sheet happens.
Scorch told the news the memo-writer forgot the word top when it was written.
missmarie
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:14amOutrageous! What has happened to us? Not that I want to see the unemployment figures rise, but whoever thought this up, and any individuals that approved this activity, need to be fired immediately.
Report Post »Wilma
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:42amDitto!
Report Post »REETZBEE
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:45pmPlease, is this any worse than showing college students on spring break humping and griding on each other half naked? We need to take action as a society and start firing and expelling students so we can stop these disgusting displays or it’s going to keep on happening.
Report Post »TrueToTheCoreAmerican
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:13amWho makes these irresponsible decisions? I mean, how can adults make such careless choices when all you need to do is ask yourself “WHAT IF” before you making up your mind to do something.
Seems like a world full of adults with adolescent maturities.
Report Post »Reasonabiliy
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:02amCan we just say, whoever planned this is an idiot? We need to encourage family values in America.There are people still trying to install moral values in their children. Take it to Sodom Frisco, Ca
Report Post »Proud Navy Dad
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:59amSo what else does any one expect from the LIBERAL colleges some people don’t get it, heck its all about the learning experience.
Report Post »Have all of you forgot the red diaper doper babies have all grown up and are running every thing, just like mom and dad did.
grandmaof5
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:58amTime to get rid of the mascot and the person who plans the half-time shows. Nudge, nudge.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:15amI was thinking more along the lines of “fired, fired“ after going ”slap, slap”.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:17amYouknow Grandmaof5, every time I think I have seen just about the most ridiculous of things, along with the dumbest of humanities actions rolled into one, I still am suprised. I pictured this happening a few days ago with a Soros comment…
(Soros) “Ah, America is now on her knees, and I will send in my three worst henchmen to finish them off while it still is possible…(splashes and a deep sigh follow)…will someone get Gore, Biden and Al Sharpton out of the duck pond again…”
Report Post »MsMonsoon
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:08pmLet’s see how long it is before lap dancers and mascots have to be accepted into the military.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:59pm@MSMonsoon
They already are, the mascot and lap dancer are the POTUS and the first lady.
Report Post »Hungry_i
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:57am‘In “plane” view’? Who wrote this? Who posted this???
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:04amSeidl… our most proliferate daytime “editor” here. Another example of the “rush to print anything” sort of piece that’s getting more common, not less, here on the Blaze.
PS… not saying this particular story is a bad choice for the Blaze… it sure is indicative of the state of values in this country now.
Report Post »Aunt Nee Nee
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:11amDarn you, HUNGRY_I! You stole my comment! :- )
Report Post »grahampink
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:55amMy children play Lacrosse, this is not what the sport is about.
Report Post »What were these people thinking?
nummy1
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:46pmNo, it isn’t what this sport is about. But believe it or not, lacrosse is not a very popular sport, especially in Boston. So, they need to figure out gimicks that will attract fans. This one didn’t work :-)
Report Post »RealityCheck
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 1:57amSeriously, you don’t know?
Mission accomplished. Big time publicity ( have you ever seen this mascot before ) , a press release ” We will do everything to ensure this doesn’t happen again.” Duh, mission accomplished right ? All the woman in the video wanted was an apology after all, so why not get publicity at the cost of a useless apology ? Until real repercussions follow such crud this will continue to happen again and again because we all know good or bad, any publicity is good publicity.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:54amCourse you couldn’t do it without rap music… :~)
Report Post »It‘s all Glenn’s fault not the name of the team .. ?? The BLAZErs … :~P
wodiej
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:51amWe live in a society where anything goes. You can cheer and clap at memorial services, while someone sings the National Anthem because, hey, everyone celebrates in their own way. It’s disrespectful and it gets worse. This is disgusting-I didn’t even watch it.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:51amI hope the mascot did not have an equipment malfunction………………..
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:51amWhen the left coast is severed from the US, take the east coast with it.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:53amI am still waiting for Texas to leave the union, what a relief that day will be, the nation’s IQ will shoot up 13 points.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:59am.
Report Post »more like a 100 pts.
diablosho
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:11amHey Encinom, actually the IQ will drop because all the SMART conservatives will move TO TEXAS, leaving the liberal freeloaders with (chuckle chuckle) “street smarts” on their own!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:19am@Diablo
It will be a toss up between the conservatives moving to AZ and TX, think there is enough room in the both of our states for those left in the nation. After all, one of our states getting fired up is bad for the opposition; when BOTH are fired up, things begin to be a changing real quick.
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 4:38pmWe don’t want all them thar people here. It might tip Texas over from all at weight even though we aren’t an island.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 7:24pmGeauxalready… do you even realize how stupid your comment was?
Report Post »Use your IQ and think about it for a second.
JJ Coolay
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 7:28pmBy the way…. that whole west coast severing…. might be sooner than later, with that ARkStorm coming! haha
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:38pmJJ Coolay
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 7:24pm
Geauxalready… do you even realize how stupid your comment was?
Use your IQ and think about it for a second.
I live here and had a 14 month old grandson that was beaten up over a french fry. And the judge gave the child abuser 90days and fined me a $1000 for comtempt. After I thanked the judge for abusing the baby all over again.
So you better believe I have thought about Texas for more than a second.
Report Post »Lesterp
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:48amKeep it classy Scorch!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:54amHere will be the reaction of the leftists – Blame Bush, Palin, Beck, Conservatives, Radio Talk Show hosts, TV show hosts, etc., etc., etc. while the ACLU will come in on the side of the mascot claiming any and all protests against this having happened are a violation of the ‘basic rights of all mascots in the nation and the world.’
Figures.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:00amPrivate enterprise, Just vote your dollars and stop attending with the masses of A$$es. This is not true when government takes over enterprises because you will be stuck with what they want you to go thru.
Report Post »Patriots Fan
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:03amBlazers president and CEO Doug Ruffe must step down after this disgustingly, publicly displayed incident !
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:05amWow.
Report Post »912828Buckeye
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:15amI want to be a Mascot!
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:21amI don’t get it. What’s the attraction for you girls these days to make themselves look like wh0res? Since when did that become cool? If my daughters did that I would most certainly warm-up their behinds.
Report Post »Liberal Joe
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:43amWarm up their behinds? Dude, those are your daughters. Even liberals look down on incest.
TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:48amLiberal Joe, don’t show your ignorance. It’s a euphemism for a spanking and you know it.
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:57amIt’s George W. Bush’s fault ! Why not ? According to the current administration everything else is.
Report Post »tbabe
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:20pmBrought to you by the Howard Stern crowd. Lacrosse (the cross) anything to discredit the symbolism. Maybe if the came was called the schtick they would feel safer.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:25pmLiberal Joe, you’re a loser for even making a joke about that.
Texas…. I completely agree. I don’t see how these girls put themselves out there like that these days as if men have stopped looking at them UNLESS they do that. It’s ridiculous. They have no shame or simply have not been taught any self respect. If my daughter ever does something like that, than I failed as a father.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:29pmC’mon Tbabe… the game’s name has nothing to do with minimizing the symbol of The Cross.
Report Post »Lacrosse is from french origination meaning a stick or a staff.
deanfuller
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 1:47pmEver notice how it’s the fat cow females that are complaining any time anything involving a hot young woman takes place?
It’s jealousy, pure and simple.
Report Post »Independent Tess
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 2:00pmI am reminded of the public sex acts that served as family entertainment in Rome. Are we on that course?
Report Post »avenger
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 4:54pmit is bwaney franks fault…
Report Post »Sam I am
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:35amI’m more shocked that there actually is a professional lacrosse team.
Report Post »Disabledvet
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 3:15pmNobody watches this sport, so what did a dozen people see it, hell if more sports had lap dances at half time more viewers would watch.
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