I have an idea to get this done.
I have been thinking about this since it was first mentioned in February. Once Ian announced he wasn't interested in organizing it, I thought all hope was lost due to lack of time for fundraising, but I finally think I have found a way that we can do this.
The website Customink.com has a program that you can download your art work and set it up so groups can order your design. Everyone can go to the website, log in, order shirts in their sizes and pay with their credit card. The site keeps track of how many, who ordered and the sizes. You set a time frame of how long you want the window opened for ordering. Once the window is closed, they send the organizer the shirts. Doing it this way, we wouldn't have to raise any money, just distribute.
We'd have to find a parking lot in Foxborough where we could set up shop and pass them out. Everyone would have to be made aware of where we'd be and the hours we'd be there, and we'd just pass them out on game day and check off the names as they receive them.
Customink has free delivery and only a 2 week wait, so that would give us time (maybe a month) to take orders.
Now for the good part: If we get orders for 5000-10000 (white) shirts they only cost about $4.50-$4.75 each ( much less expensive than Barstools-about $30.00 with shipping). The only issue I see is that we have to sell the number of shirts that we estimate or the price per shirt may increase and the balance is expected to be paid at the higher price per shirt (which would be impossible to rectify), or the order will be cancelled with everyone getting a refund.
Here's the link:
Group Order Form - How do I get started?
Also I've included my design for you to see.
Could we get the word out to get enough people purchasing them through social media, etc.? Is there interest? Is there a parking lot in Foxborough that we could use to distribute them? Are people interested in helping to doing this? Any other thoughts, ideas or concerns? I can get rid of the #Clownout in the design if it's better without it. Let me know what you think.