OT: Championship Gear

[Sargassoc]

Here's a question I've always wondered. You see someone come onto the floor with a box of hats and shirts when a team wins a championship, be it a conference championship, regional championship, or the national championship. I assume that theres a box of gear ready-made for each team.

So-- what do they do with the other team's gear? (Once-- and only once-- I saw Patriots 2007, 19-0 shirts at Ocean State Job Lot, I believe.)

And who pays for the other shirts?

 

[Bama fan]

I saw a video in which there was an entire village somewhere in Africa that were sporting the losing team's gear after a Super Bowl. They were donated.

 

[Sargassoc]

I saw a video in which there was an entire village somewhere in Africa that were sporting the losing team's gear after a Super Bowl. They were donated.

That was something I either heard of-- or imagined. I used to have a friend-- pre eBay days-- who made his living (!) buying unclaimed (usually unpaid-for) high school class rings and selling them as American memorabilia to stores in France.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Losers' gear I would think would be protected better than Brady's jersey until it could be incinerated.

 

[Millenial23]

I saw a video in which there was an entire village somewhere in Africa that were sporting the losing team's gear after a Super Bowl. They were donated.

I heard the same thing. So probably something similar.