Bet Decides Whether Baby Will Be Raised To Favor Chargers Or 49ers

According to ESPN, the couple agreed that once the two teams played each other, they'd bring the kid up as a fan of the team that won. That game was Sunday. The Chargers won.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Two football fans are having a baby. She's a Chargers fan. He favors the 49ers. And according to ESPN, they placed a bet. They agreed that once the two teams played each other, they'd bring the kid up as a fan of the team that won. That game was yesterday. The Chargers won, and parents everywhere know what that means. There can be no doubt that when that kid outgrows his Chargers onesie, he will rebel and follow the Dallas Cowboys forever. It's MORNING EDITION.

Copyright © 2018 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information.

NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Accuracy and availability may vary. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.