Where does the non-winning team's Super Bowl hats go if they lose?

Answer 1

I saw a story on the television news not too long ago that said misprinted sportswear went to charities in Africa.

I have read that they are sometimes donated through various charities to impoverished areas over seas. Obviously a worthy cause, but, also a tax write-off.

***NEW ANSWER is copied from Fox News/U.S. website:

The New England Patriots may have lost the Super Bowl, but children in poor areas of the world won as a result.

The pre-printed shirts and hats declaring the New England Patriots' win and 19-0 season record were waiting in their locker-room for them to throw on at the end of the Super Bowl, but were never unpacked, the New York Post reported.

Instead, they were donated to the World Vision charity, and the first shipment of them were delivered Wednesday to children in Nicaragua, the newspaper reported.

"I like this a lot," one little girl at told the Post. "We never thought we would receive shirts from professional American football players."

Click here to read more on this story from the New York Post.