While sports fans engage in sports betting, apparel manufacturers don't. In advance of an event like the Super Bowl, these companies hedge their bets by printing up a run of T-shirts proclaiming Team A the winner, and a second run naming Team B the winner. After the event, the appropriate T-shirts go on sale. The incorrectly-printed garments are donated to charities that distribute the clothes to developing nations.In a sign of the times, Mattel is now selling toys like a Barbie NFL Super Bowl Champion Doll wearing either a Kansas City Chiefs or a Philadelphia Eagles jersey. They went on pre-order for $30 a few days ago, and they're already sold out.So if you ordered the Chiefs doll and the Eagles take it, do you still get billed? And if you don't get billed, does the doll get sent to Asia, Africa or South America? No and no. Mattel, which has famously strict no-cancellation policies for custom-ordered items, has relented in the case of sports collectibles. If your team doesn't win, they don't ship the product. In fact, they don't even make the product until after the game. Unlike the T-shirt companies, Mattel figures you're willing to waitso the commemorative Barbies won't ship until August. People really are running out of things to spend money on.