January 29, 2004

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You'll have to excuse my football history naivete. this is my first year really immersing myself in it, i'm learnding!

out of this thread, i was lead to the superbowl ring gallery. pretty interesting stuff. the rings go from hideous to beautiful, but they are all still pretty awe inspiring. it seems like everyone did yellow gold superbowl rings until the Pats did white gold or platinum in 01.

i think the NFL funds a certain amount per ring, and if i recall correctly, i think Patriots owner Bob Kraft kicked in some of his own money to add more to the ring... is that normal? do owners routinely kick in more money for the team rings? does anyone know how much the NFL will contribute to SB rings? and how much are they generally worth? im a fan of the platinum.

posted by jerseygirl to navel gazing at 12:59 PM - 13 comments

That's funny, I was just thinking how ugly those Patriot SB rings were. Though the Ravens ring is worse.

posted by rocketman at 01:14 PM on January 29, 2004

I have no idea about your question, jg, but it does remind me of one of my favorite childhood memories. Former Dolphin WR Howard Twilley lived in Tulsa after he retired and his wife led my Sunday School class. They had a pool party one day and he let me hold his SB Ring from the undefeated season. Wish I could remember it better, but I was about 4-5 years old.

posted by Ufez Jones at 01:47 PM on January 29, 2004

i like the patriots one a lot. i hate yellow gold. big fan of the white gold/platinum.

posted by jerseygirl at 02:03 PM on January 29, 2004

Ha! I had a thought about what j-girl's wedding ring would look like. Maybe a big fat gnarly whitegold/plat/ruby/sapphire confabulation? Maybe the Pats owner will kick something in for the diamonds. Erm. Just a thought.

posted by worldcup2002 at 02:08 PM on January 29, 2004

hah. not entirely. you got the plat right.

posted by jerseygirl at 02:20 PM on January 29, 2004

i hate yellow gold. But yellow gold is nice! It's so... traditional.

posted by rocketman at 08:30 PM on January 29, 2004

I just love how the winners of a national domestic league get a ring proclaiming them, "world champions". :-)

posted by salmacis at 05:02 AM on January 30, 2004

Well, bring on the CFL and NFL Europe champions.

posted by yerfatma at 07:01 AM on January 30, 2004

American football, no doubt our winner is the best. For now, at least, basketball too though this may change if the European clubs start making enough money to keep their stars at home. NHL and MLS do not call their Cup winners world champs. Baseball is certainly quesitonable in my mind, especially if you bring in some of the Cuban league winners of the '80s and '90s.

posted by billsaysthis at 11:14 AM on January 30, 2004

salmacis: I just love how the winners of a national domestic league get a ring proclaiming them, "world champions". :-) I brought that up once in a company-wide email, and boy you shoulda seen the blind jingoistic hate mail I got. (I did get some good email from people who can recognize the hubris and irony in the whole thing, but let's just say they were in the minority.) Management didn't get involved, on either side of the issue, so that's a blessing, I guess. Anyway, I'm glad I don't work there now. If I had brought that up post-9/11, I'd probably be marked as a terrorist.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:41 PM on January 30, 2004

MLS do not call their Cup winners world champs Now that would be funny! (BTW - why do the National Hockey League and the National Basketball Association have franchises outside the USA?)

posted by salmacis at 05:31 AM on January 31, 2004

Sal: Because of the negative example set by the North American Soccer League, of course.

posted by billsaysthis at 12:57 PM on January 31, 2004

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