--- description: A football signed by Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler went unsold at a charity auction last month. title: Autographed Jay Cutler Football Goes Unsold at Auction image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0861867542b60438/698786b1a988ca62f66ad3ad/jay-cutler.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [NFL](/tag/nfl/) ## NFL Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Autographed Jay Cutler Football Goes Unsold at Auction  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2015 1:08 PM CUT  Jay Cutler of the Chicago Bears speaks to the media after the game against the Minnesota Vikings on Dec.28, 2014 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN. Jay Cutler of the Chicago Bears speaks to the media after the game against the Minnesota Vikings on Dec.28, 2014 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN.Hannah Foslien—Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2015 1:08 PM CUT A football signed by Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler [went unsold](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/smackblog/chi-bears-jay-cutler-autographed-football-auction-20150403-story.html "undefined") at a charity auction last month. Not a single person bid on the white autographed ball auctioned on behalf of the Anti-Cruelty Society, the Chicago _Tribune_ reports. But an unnamed buyer ultimately purchased the ball this week for $100 as a gift for his Bears fan son. Sports blogs are [seizing on the unsold ball](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2419531-jay-cutler-autographed-football-doesnt-get-single-bid-at-charity-auction "undefined") as a symbol of the struggling quarterback’s declining status, though the _Tribune_ notes that most of the items at the auction were not sports related and the attendees weren’t much of a “football crowd.” \[[_Chicago Tribune_](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/smackblog/chi-bears-jay-cutler-autographed-football-auction-20150403-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3771418/jay-cutler-autographed-ball/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3771418/jay-cutler-autographed-ball/"},"headline":"Autographed Jay Cutler Football Goes Unsold at Auction","datePublished":"2015-04-04T13:08:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:42:10.614Z","description":"Somebody stepped in days later to buy the ball for his son for $100","url":"https://time.com/3771418/jay-cutler-autographed-ball/","keywords":["NFL","chicago"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0861867542b60438/698786b1a988ca62f66ad3ad/jay-cutler.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0861867542b60438/698786b1a988ca62f66ad3ad/jay-cutler.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chicago Bears v Minnesota Vikings","caption":"Chicago Bears v Minnesota Vikings","creditText":"Hannah Foslien—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nfl/","name":"NFL"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3771418/jay-cutler-autographed-ball/","name":"Autographed Jay Cutler Football Goes Unsold at Auction"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Wearing a Weapon: The Football Helmet's Dangerous Evolution","description":"The history of how helmets arrived on the football field","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ArcR8sPL/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-28T20:10:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ArcR8sPL.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3771418/jay-cutler-autographed-ball/","duration":"PT2M19S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3771418/jay-cutler-autographed-ball/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```