Should mascots be allowed in the pit?

[Katie_UPS]

Well, what do you consider a mascot (I was at the wisconsin regional as well)? For my team, the girls in capes and tube skirts (three other girls and me) are our "mascots"(we send them down for dancing). In the pit and working, our capes are unsafe. But walking around? Not so much. I'll admit that the jellybean might've been a bad idea, but I can't say I saw all that many mascots running around in the pits. You need to define mascot. Is it just a person in a tiger suit or does it include a person dressed up but mostly keeping with their human-identity? Something that you might consider a mascot, other teams consider as an extension to their uniform/image (KING TeC comes to mind).