Pryor's 2008 ring sells for $18,100
Per ebay, the auction ended and the winning bid was $18,100. The score of The Game is engraved in the ring as well.
This is a Michigan blog.
There are too many threads on this blog about Ohio and MSU. Some people need to stop obsessing over those two schools.
obsess over those two, than give Notre Dame any acknowledgement.
There are also too many ND threads on this blog. Not as many as MSU and Ohio, but those teams should not be validated by creating threads about them almost daily, unless they're funny and make them look bad.
I assure you that I am not miserable. I love my life.
Wonder what B. Millers 12-0 ring sold for
That is really funny. Sadly these are the rings a significant teams should be handing out to NCAA bball or football big time programs.
I wonder why they put the OSU - Marshall score on the ring?
I'm actually more disappointed in the fan that would pay $18k for such a stupid decoration than Pryor for selling it.
i wish that michigan had some sort of championship ring that was for sale to be embarassed about, but ebay didn't even exist the last time around...
:(
I also think that they allow people to put things up for auction that existed even before they started.
Pryor was only there for the money, and it is obvious why he chose Columbus. I just wish Ohio would have gotten the punishment they truly deserved.
That being said, it's always funny to hear Ohio fans' claim that their punishment was too harsh. Their argument is always, "They should be allowed to sell their own gear." Well, maybe, but it's a rule that the players cannot do so. The NCAA was simply complying with their own rules. I saw a post somewhere from a Buckeye honk who said something to the effect of, "He was only doing something that is a constitutional right." LOL, a constitutional right? I doubt there is such a specific claus in the Constitution that says, "You have the right to sell something," but even if there is, the NCAA by-laws come first. This is why there are different levels of governing. There is the US Constitution, but then there are also state and local laws (or in this case, NCAA by-laws) that must be followed also.
He was also there for the cars.
Money can be exchanged for goods and services.
Just to play devil's advocate...if Pryor was "getting paid" why would he be selling his rings?
you can never have enough money.
it was Fine Line Ink. Clearly this is a ring Pryor traded in for tats. The ironically funny thing is, he probably traded it in for a lot less than $18K.
and then the NCAA could have not have penalized them accurately.
They did get punished. They lost their coach and some things... And bowl ban... A black hole 12-0 season. They even won the Leaders division and were held out of the championship game!
Oh also they hired Urban Meyer.
So yah... Not so much.
reserved the rite (sic) to end the auction at any time. So you know it's authentic.
It wasn't a legitimate bid.
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2013/06/22736/monday-skull-session#more
Looking at some of the pages linked to their story...
USA Today had screen captures of various stages of the bidding too, and one of the most glaring details was the $6.85 for expedited shipping, so if it was Rife, he was willing to merely put the ring in a small envelope and drop it in the box apparently.
Also, minus the OSU items, the seller history of finelineinkusa2010 is mainly comprised of cameras, small appliances and Bath And Body Works gift certificates. Obviously, Rife led a charmed life before and during this scandal.
...most of Rife's inventory couldn't be listed on e-bay.
I wonder if things would have turned out better for him had he heeded RR's call to Michigan, or if it would have turned out worse for Michigan. I can't imagine that Michigan's athletic department would have allowed him to get the Tressel treatment, but that easy to claim, because it is hypothetical, after all.
a great game to play, but rarely worth the oxygen to play it. UM could have gone on to win every game since that moment in time, or we could have been given the death penalty for violations. Or somewhere in between. Fruitless game.
I kind of enjoy alternative history, like Jeff Greenfiled's 43* or The Plot Against America. I'm not trying to be fruitful with everything I read. It's no worse than the zombie movies I seem to like.
The person that bought this should be kicked squarely in the balls.
So a B1G championship ring has the score of a single game on it? I understand The Game and typically the championship is/can be decided with that game.
1) It was not decided that year with that game
2) is this a common thing that Ohio (or other schools do)?
Am I missing something here?
Could Pryor have bought the ring back from the guy now that he is cashing checks in the NFL? Maybe he just "pawned" the ring and used it as collateral against the tattoos?
Damn. I knew he was a good kid all along. Tressel was right to stand up and protect those poor kids. /s