This is heartbreaking.Strolling the internets today I've already found two stories of college football championship rings being up for sale on eBay. Florida State and Auburn fans, you must be proud!
I realize hard times regularly happen to even the best of us, and good athletes sometimes get coddled and lose touch with reality and how to do the little things like manage their money. But this stinks.
Given the imperfection of college football's championship system, and the alignment of stars needed to even come close to a title even at a big time national power, it's almost absurd someone would want to part with an actual piece of evidence that they won a title. These aren't exactly like the "place" medals you get for competing in a basketball or football rec league as a kid, you know?
Especially damning is this happening to Auburn, where they didn't, in fact, win a championship in 2003/2004. But dammit if they didn't put it on t-shirts and a ring. Maybe I should be laughing, instead.
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Well, we all know why Auburn is selling their "championship" rings. It must be embarassing.
Well, rammerjammer, at least SOMEONE is still reading this blog! Didn't Pete Holiday do one of these "ring scandals," last year, and we found out that the ring was a salesman's "sample ring?"
This time, they've been smart enough not to post any detailed pictures. Keep that rumor mill going, journalistic tradition!
You bammers are a smart bunch. If you took time to actually read, you'd see it's a sales SAMPLE. Being owned makes people desperate I guess....Jason Campbell doesn't need any money. He was drafted first round. You know the draft where no bammer player appeared in any round last year? Yeah, that one.
If I had a "self-proclaimed championship ring” that none of my peers recognized, I would sell it too... out of shame, but to sell a real life National Championship Ring is a thing we all see as shameful and heart breaking. I sympathize with any player who has fell on hard times like a retired solder selling a Silver Star or Purple Heart medal to survive their present situation they may feel forgotten or unappreciated. We the fans owe it to the players of the past to make sure they know that they are a part of something bigger than themselves, that the institution that they once had served so well and the fans that they helped create and cheered them on still cheers for them today.
I went to a benefit dinner last night that had Gene Stallings as the headliner and THE 1973 National Championship Team on the same ticket. I did my best to let them all know that in my eyes they were great and even though I was only 2 years old when they were National Champions they had done a great part in making me a die hard BAMA fan and I would always do my best to be in attendance when they were on the ticket for a benefit. I had my picture taken with all of them had them sign my items. I respect them all and pray that they all are blessed and never have to part with their rings.