Odd News

It has been a while since the American football team, New England Patriots (commonly called the "Pats" by sports writers and fans) has lost the latest Super Bowl disappointing millions of fans. They became in 2007 the fourth team in NFL history to complete a perfect regular season before being defeated by the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII. There is a saying “one man’s loss, other man’s gain” and it has never been more real than now when all the shirts and caps proclaiming the victory of the New England Patriots have ended up in the hands of poor Nicaraguan children who were more than grateful. For them it was the nicest present ever and like Miriam Diaz, of World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization, said it they are the winners. Luckily for them hundreds of shirts and caps, which had been manufactured in advance to celebrate the Patriots' expected victory over the New York Giants (and other garments are produced in advance so players and fans can put them on to celebrate immediately after the final whistle of the game) were given to the children in the southern city of Diriamba. World Vision has a strong bond with National Football League, or NFL, and every year helps out poor children in Latin America and Africa with the unwanted "winners" shirts of the team that actually loses the Super Bowl. It doesn’t sound pretty good for them, but they are enjoying even the smallest thing. Somehow the bitter taste of such actions doesn’t encourage me to cheer their action, but it is better than nothing. Wouldn’t you say so?

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080215/od_nm/shirts_dc;_ylt=ApviwjNS4DYOJ5P8RNQCYNes0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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