# How are incorrect Super Bowl Champion (etc.) hats disposed of?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 4, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-incorrect-super-bowl-champion-etc-hats-disposed-of/386736 "2007-01-04T21:38:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![freakstasy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@freakstasy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freakstasy)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-incorrect-super-bowl-champion-etc-hats-disposed-of/386736/21 "2007-01-06T00:05:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Little Nemo]  
And the fact that only 300 official “Seattle Seahawks - Superbowl XL Champions” t-shirts exist would make them valuable collector’s items.  
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That reminded me of [this](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45304) .

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-incorrect-super-bowl-champion-etc-hats-disposed-of/386736/22 "2007-01-06T01:30:13Z")

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Here in Minnesota, hometown company General Mills had special boxes of _Wheaties_ printed when the Minnesota Twins were in the World Series. In fact, at the last game, they had 2 trucks sitting outside the stadium. One had boxes of _Wheaties_ labeled “World Series Champions” and the other labeled “American League Champion”. After the Twins won, the first truck was opened and the “World Series Champions” boxes distributed.

The other truck was quietly driven away. I understand it went back to the factory, where the boxes were opened, and the inner bags of _Wheaties_ removed & sent back thru the line to be inserted in regular boxes. The special ‘losing’ boxes were supposed to be shredded & the cardboard recycled. But I expect some of them were ‘saved’ by people there; I think I’ve seen some of these boxes in circulation.

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