Super Bowl Apparel Goes Global: Patriots’ Loss is Win for Children and Families in Need
February 15, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under New England Patriots
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s where the shirts go after the game. Even though the N.Y. Giants won Super Bowl XLII, the winners will also be children in Nicaragua, Romania, and several other countries. Through a partnership between the NFL and World Vision, millions of dollars worth of the incorrectly titled, New England Patriot’s licensed apparel will bring joy to families in extreme poverty.
Since 1994, World Vision has accepted hundreds of official shirts and caps immediately following football’s biggest event. Instead of being destroyed, the losing team’s shirts and caps …read more
