Kyle Rudolph Claims a Media Member Requested His Gloves For Charity, Then Sold Them on eBay
Kyle Rudolph is pretty upset right now. The Minnesota Vikings tight end took to Twitter on Wednesday to report that a media member had sold his receiving gloves on eBay. They were the gloves he used during the Vikings' dramatic wild-card win over the New Orleans Saints this weekend.
Rudolph alleges the unnamed media member had requested the gloves for a charity benefit, but instead had sold them for a profit. The tight end -- who caught the game winning touchdown in Sunday's game -- agreed to give up the gloves for a good cause and even signed them.
Here's what Rudolph had to say:
That's pretty awful if it's true. If a media member did this and pocketed the profits, that person needs to be exposed because it's wildly unprofessional.
The story may actually have a happy ending. One of Rudolph's followers claimed he had bought the gloves and offered to donate them to charity:
We obviously can't verify if that follower bought the gloves, etc. but people definitely began asking how they could help out.
And then this happened:
So this story might have a positive ending.