re: What would impress you more? Superbowl ring or Olympic gold medal?

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The NFL supplies 150 rings every year and teams are able to order more. Ignoring any additional rings teams have ordered, that's 7500 rings, compared to the 5768 gold medals, in less than half the time.

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These numbers just can't be right. A NFL roster is less than 60 guys. Do you think the trainers and admin people get the same rings as the players? That just isn't true. Plus your Olympic count can't be right. Here is a link to the 2008 summer games (LINK There were close to 600 gold medal winners in about 300 different events. Plus the Olympics are not every 4 years, it's every 2 years (Winter and Summer). There would be way more than 5768.

Check out that link and seriously tell me that Pete Reed, who won the gold medal in the men's coxless four (I would pay you money if you could tell me what that is without googling it) has more prestige than David Carr, who won a SB ring in 2008 with the Giants (as a back-up and didn't play). Which one would you rather have? Carr's ring or Reed's gold medal?

I already stated in a previous post that they numbers were from Wikipedia so take them with a grain of salt. As far as the number of rings I based it on this:

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The NFL pays for the cost of 150 rings to the winning team, at roughly $5,000,000 in total, depending upon the fluctuating cost of gold and diamonds. Most rings are manufactured by memorabilia company Jostens. In 2015 (for the New England Patriots), it was reported that each ring cost $36,500, costing over $5 million, being the most expensive rings Jostens has ever produced.[1] The winning team can typically present rings to whomever they choose, including usually, but not limited to: players (active roster or injured), coaches, trainers, executives, personnel, and general staff. Some teams have also been known to give rings to former players and coaches that were on the team at some point during the season, despite not having been on the winning roster for the Super Bowl itself.[2][3] Sometimes a team will give rings to fans as part of a charity raffle.[4] Teams can distribute any number of rings, but must pay for any over the 150-ring limit. A recent trend over the last 15–20 years has been lesser rings awarded to front office staff. These are commonly called "B" and "C" level rings and are smaller and contain fewer diamonds or contain faux diamonds. The first instance of this was the Redskins Super Bowl XVII ring when many in the front office received rings that were not solid gold and contained cubic zirconia stones (which resemble diamonds). When Tampa Bay won Super Bowl XXXVII, the players and coaches received rings with a diamond-centered Lombardi trophy. Some staff received rings with a metal Lombardi trophy and real diamonds surrounding the trophy and the "C" level ring did not contain any diamonds.

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Of course a players ring is impressive, I never argued otherwise. Had you followed the thread you would have seen my comments were in response to a poster who asked which was more common, not which was more impressive.

People get a Super Bowl ring for not playing in a single game all season, much less not playing in the actual Super Bowl. Anyone on their roster gets a ring.

To win an Olympic gold medal YOU have to go out there and win it. That is more of an achievement. Not to mention it happens only every 4 years and many of those athletes are not making a dime. Most football players could care less if they ever win a Super Bowl so long as that big check keeps coming.

And the biggest kicker is the Super Bowl is being the best out of ONE COUNTRY. To win the Olympics you have to beat the best from all over the world.

i'll just say that Arena Football rings probably aren't the best of the best, but there was a scandal in 2005 when it was found out the Tampa Bay coach gave lesser quality rings to players who left as free agents after their 2003 championship...

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the player Lucas who was mentioned in the article died on the field later that season after a hit

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And the biggest kicker is the Super Bowl is being the best out of ONE COUNTRY. To win the Olympics you have to beat the best from all over the world.

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Pretty much everything you said is wrong. But this part is the worst. The NFL is a worldwide league, it is the biggest and best football league in the world. Anybody can play in it. It is not restricted to Americans. It is the best football players in the world and the winning team is world champions.. How can you not know that?

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I bet Holyfield could speak on that.

There has to be a level of personal prestige with being able to have Olympic gold backing up your abilities. Early on in their careers the Olympics were important to a lot of fighters. Met tyson once and in conversation he even said he wished that he would have went in 84, like it was a legit regret.

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Of course most of the best boxers in the world won gold but they were still amateurs at the time so when they won they most likely weren't the best in the world at the time.