The Astros won the World Series. Their opponents did not.

There were t-shirts announcing the winner. But my question is about the losing team.

There were t-shirts and other stuff announcing the losing team as champions. What happens to this merchandise?

It gets sent to a land where they think the Bills won four straight Super Bowls

Africa

When the astros lost the World Series against Washington, Academy had containers full of shirts that were on the racks ready to sell - they were going to reopen the store just to sell World Series merchandise. When the astros lost the "reopening" didn't happen and the racks were cleared that night.

The poster above is correct most gets shipped to Africa and some gets shipped to places like Indonesia and the shirts are either destroyed, recycled into new shirts, or sold/given away dirt cheap in remote areas of the world.

This also happens with all those clothes recycling clothes bins in Walmart, target, church parking lots. Big money in this when the clothes are free or donated.

I do think like the poster above that the bills and Vikings have a huge following in remote/under the media radar of the world.

Here is a feel good article about some of this but don't be fooled as when you buy your shirt you are paying for cost of both.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29884/what-happens-losing-teams-championship-shirts

tk for tu juan said:

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It gets sent to a land where they think the Bills won four straight Super Bowls

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Probably gonna start a new streak this season

wbt5845 said:

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Brady's Bunch

Way back in the day the Houston Oilers were the hottest thing going. When the excitement finally simmered down, there was tons of Love Ya Blue merchandise left over. Academy was selling blue cowboy hats for $1 each. These were good quality hats, not junk. I bought one and wore it for several years.

Lots of donated t-shirts get run through a cutter that cuts them into rag sized chunks and they get bundled and boxed and shipped out as bulk oil rags to O&G and other related operations.

I got a 1994 NBA finals hat w the losing team on it at a taco shop in hs. I guess it made it to Mexico and back. I paid $7 for it.

Was at north gate in college and some dude was wearing the EXACT same hat, but his had the winning team on it (rockets)

I still have the hat

Should send all that losing WS merch to Philly. **** them.