The convention the other day that was turned in part into a donation/fundraiser as well as emotional support for a recent incident was important, as the mascot of the convention represents a depiction of that of a local sports team to which the incident is related. Ash described it as "Pyroar", as the mascot is indeed a lion, which I've touched on once. That gets me thinking about sports teams having their own Pokémon mascots, in addition to and representing ones they already adopt, in the same way as world regions may be represented with their own Pokémon.
My local sports team is for the sport of soccer, and as many people can attest, the sport has its legions of fans for different teams. Many teams do have mascots, though they are less well-known relative to fans as well as other sports. A certain soccer team in the U.K., also similar to the one for my team, also has a representative lion mascot - two in fact, quite similar to how Pyroar itself has forms for each gender. A big rival of it, meanwhile, may be characterized as owning capital on Darkrai. These should be already very identifiable.
I have spent time in the U.S. in one particular place, and that place has its own share of well-known and prestigious sports teams. One of them is from the sport of ice hockey, and the Pokémon mascot of this team would be a Shiny Abomasnow, whose colors are identifiable for the team, especially with the addition of something red. Another is from (gridiron) football, and in this case, the mascot is a Mudsdale, as horses are rather identifiable for the team and its location, making them rather fitting.
While not being teams per se, certain energy drinks do support a dazzling array of sports figures and/or athletes, making them their "team" in a way. A particularly identifiable example for this is a drink that ought to have adopted Tauros as its specific mascot, given the omnipresence of its associated athletes. Its competitor, meanwhile, ought to have adopted either Tyranitar or Haxorus, which are representative of its freaky creature spirit. It may be hard to tell whether they need Pokémon mascots, but these should be just fine.
Sports teams (or maybe even "conglomerations" as in the last case above) often have or need mascots to make them more friendly to some people. Pokémon is already very friendly to many people, and so it would seem that the two could go hand in hand, with a specific Pokémon species as a mascot for a team. At least, when times are dreary like this for my local team, it could also be a form of lighthearted and of course amicable support.
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