NFL donates losing Super Bowl team’s merchandise [Video]

The moment the Super Bowl ends every year, the winning team receives championship merchandise, and hometown stores have similar celebratory items to sell.

To have all of that gear at the ready so quickly requires the NFL to make the merchandise ahead of the game — before a winner is decided. That means there will be a lot of gear never sold in stores for the team that ultimately loses the big game.  

VERIFY viewer Ross sent the team a text to ask, “Does the NFL donate the losing team’s merchandise?”

THE QUESTION

Does the NFL donate the losing Super Bowl team’s merchandise?

THE SOURCES

THE ANSWER

Yes, the NFL works with partners to donate the losing Super Bowl team’s merchandise.

WHAT WE FOUND

According to an NFL news postfrom 2015, the NFL stopped destroying unsellable …