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SuperBowl XLII Champion Patriots

#1 Post by ne1410s » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:20 pm

T-shirts are being distributed to poor people in Nicaragua. I'll just assume they don't have e-bay accounts...
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#2 Post by Jeemie » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:46 pm

ne1410s wrote:T-shirts are being distributed to poor people in Nicaragua. I'll just assume they don't have e-bay accounts...
This is done every year.

It's just getting more attention because it was a failed attempt at a perfect season.
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#3 Post by silvercamaro » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:54 pm

Do you have a source for this?

The reason I ask is that I saw a news feature just before or after the Super Bowl, in which a big t-shirt printer said that by NFL license, any shirts pre-printed with the wrong winner had to be destroyed. For that reason, the interviewee said that his company wouldn't begin until one team or the other had put the victory away.

I would be happier if shirts went to somebody somewhere who could use them.
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#4 Post by ne1410s » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:58 pm

Do you have a source for this?
It was on my Yahoo homepage.
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#5 Post by ne1410s » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:59 pm

Let's see if this works...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/shirts_dc
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#6 Post by silvercamaro » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:26 pm

ne1410s wrote:Let's see if this works...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/shirts_dc
Thanks! Now I'm wondering if the t-shirt printer was BS-ing.
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#7 Post by VAdame » Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:42 pm

Hey, I called it -- I said "3rd-World countries"!

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#8 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:42 am

I could see them doing this with forgettable Super Bowl also-rans, but the team that was one win away from perfection!?!?!?

There are scavengers boarding planes to Nicaragua as we speak to kill the natives and take their new T-shirts to put on e-Bay, where they would fetch a pretty penny....

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#9 Post by BackInTex » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:51 am

I'm not an expert on the silk screen process but couldn't they take all the non-winner shirts and silk screen a big red "Not!" across them? The they would be correct and I would be willing to bet that every Giant fan who purchased a winner's shirt would also like one of these.
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#10 Post by tanstaafl2 » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:07 am

silvercamaro wrote:Do you have a source for this?

The reason I ask is that I saw a news feature just before or after the Super Bowl, in which a big t-shirt printer said that by NFL license, any shirts pre-printed with the wrong winner had to be destroyed. For that reason, the interviewee said that his company wouldn't begin until one team or the other had put the victory away.

I would be happier if shirts went to somebody somewhere who could use them.
I suspect that this printer was refering to shirts to be printed for the general public. They no doubt create a supply to be sold at the venue and given to the team that night. But I doubt they start making mass quantities for the general public until they know for sure.

The relatively limited number of shirts that were made and sent to the stadium are no doubt the ones they are giving away.

I am sure the kids like those XXXL sizes. Makes a nice tent for the whole family...
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#11 Post by peacock2121 » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:49 am

BackInTex wrote:I'm not an expert on the silk screen process but couldn't they take all the non-winner shirts and silk screen a big red "Not!" across them? The they would be correct and I would be willing to bet that every Giant fan who purchased a winner's shirt would also like one of these.
That is a great idea!

I bet the losing team's disgrace would out weigh any money the NFL could make from the fee they would get from the licensing thingie.

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