Accidentally posted this in the wrong thread.
THE Gold Coast Broadbeach Cats Aussie rules club had few knockers when they debuted their new mascots at the weekend, with Hooters coming on board as the official sponsor of the under-16 team.
The Hooters girls cheered the team on to a 77-21 win over Labrador on Saturday and coach Neil Boston said the boys were excited with the extra support.
"It's a family restaurant and no different from Pizza Hut or Red Rooster sponsoring us," said Mr Boston.
"We've had a good response from the parents and players, and we're grateful with the extra support from the sponsorship."
Mr Boston said the global financial crisis had put a strain on corporate sponsorship.
He said each man-of-the-match would be presented with a dinner voucher to the restaurant by one of the Hooters girls after each game.
Bernie Kern, whose son plays in the team, came up with the sponsorship idea after working with Hooters on events for his charity sports organisation Little Legends League.
Mr Kern said they picked them to specifically sponsor the oldest junior team because it wold be 'inappropriate' for the younger age groups.
"These boys are older and some of them have even left school," he said.
"You would have to have blinkered eyes to think they're not attracted to that particular thing at that age ... but it's done in good fun with a local business supporting a local team."
Mr Kern said the only negative comments about their new sponsors came from females supporting opposition teams.
Under-16 team captain Andrew Boston said the boys were still able to 'concentrate on football' despite the Hooters girls cheering from the boundary.
"It's awesome how they have sponsored us and watched our game," he said.
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2010/05/03/214025_gold-coast-news.htmlI'm sure they have a few more people 'rooting' for them now.