How much is a football national championship ring worth?
Also have a 99 YSU runner up need advice on.
Cash or trade?Quote: onenickelmiracleYoungstown State 1997- not a key player, but a desirable number which I won't reveal. Jim Tressel was coaching then and is now the university president with Bo Pellini the new coach.
Also have a 99 YSU runner up need advice on.
Once your eligibility is over, you finally get the rings.
Quote: terapinedMany colleges will hold championship rings for a player that earns them in a variety of sports.
Once your eligibility is over, you finally get the rings.
This doesn't seem to make much sense. As said earlier in the thread, there is a limit to the "worth" of an award - for a national championship ring, $425. I can't find any NCAA bylaw that prohibits a player selling a ring earned legitimately while he (or she) still has college eligibility, and a school can't get around the limit by waiting until the athlete's eligibility has expired (otherwise, what stops the school from paying the athlete after the fact?).
Besides - how many NCAA sports award rings? Football, men's basketball, and women's basketball are the only ones I can think of (the others give out trophies - IIRC, women's basketball was the first to have NCAA-awarded rings), and how many athletes play both football and basketball?
Also, aren't there award ceremonies at the end of the football/basketball championships where the players are given the rings? I don't see the schools telling the underclassmen, "Okay, hand the rings over until you leave the school." Imagine what happens if somebody claims that the school withheld the ring if he expressed interest in transferring to a different school.
Pardon me for giving the "trite" response, but the answer to the question, "What is an NCAA championship ring worth?", is, "Whatever somebody is willing to pay for it." A number of factors are involved, including who was given the ring in the first place.
Quote: onenickelmiracleYoungstown State 1997- not a key player, but a desirable number which I won't reveal. Jim Tressel was coaching then and is now the university president with Bo Pellini the new coach.
Also have a 99 YSU runner up need advice on.
Probably not worth any more than its metal and stone value. My buddy has a shop in Vegas that buys jewelry and collectibles. He recently bought a 2009 University of Alabama Football Championship ring for $200. I really doubt a Youngstown State ring will have any value above content.
Quote: ThatDonGuyThis doesn't seem to make much sense. As said earlier in the thread, there is a limit to the "worth" of an award - for a national championship ring, $425. I can't find any NCAA bylaw that prohibits a player selling a ring earned legitimately while he (or she) still has college eligibility, and a school can't get around the limit by waiting until the athlete's eligibility has expired (otherwise, what stops the school from paying the athlete after the fact?).
Besides - how many NCAA sports award rings? Football, men's basketball, and women's basketball are the only ones I can think of (the others give out trophies - IIRC, women's basketball was the first to have NCAA-awarded rings), and how many athletes play both football and basketball?
Also, aren't there award ceremonies at the end of the football/basketball championships where the players are given the rings? I don't see the schools telling the underclassmen, "Okay, hand the rings over until you leave the school." Imagine what happens if somebody claims that the school withheld the ring if he expressed interest in transferring to a different school.
Pardon me for giving the "trite" response, but the answer to the question, "What is an NCAA championship ring worth?", is, "Whatever somebody is willing to pay for it." A number of factors are involved, including who was given the ring in the first place.
Players can get multiple rings in the same season. The Conference presents one for their championship. Wining a bowl game results in another. A national championship can be a third, and the team may present rings just for participating. I know students that were team "managers" (a.k.a. go fers) and "trainers" that got hardware too. It adds up.
I don't know about other sports besides football or basketball getting rings. What collegiate sport would be third in revenue generation? Maybe baseball?
Quote: DRichProbably not worth any more than its metal and stone value. My buddy has a shop in Vegas that buys jewelry and collectibles. He recently bought a 2009 University of Alabama Football Championship ring for $200. I really doubt a Youngstown State ring will have any value above content.
Some of it is probably going to depend on where the ring is being sold. An Alabama ring in a pawn shop in Tuscaloosa, AL., is probably going to fetch more than the same ring in Phoenix, AZ.
Coincidentally, I have a '99 Alabama SEC championship ring that I received as a player. We got ours the summer after the season, and I am pretty sure that all college players get their championship rings whenever they come in. I have never heard of players having to wait until their eligibility is up to get their rings.
Asked and he did say they had to pay money to get it in gold. It's a big ring and 10k. Think one of the guys sold their 92 ring for somewhere around $4000 on Ebay IIRC. Thing is these are usually only sold as a last resort and they're hard to come by. I wouldn't personally give my blessing to sell it for less than $1500-2000 or would buy it myself or would pay him not to sell ideally.Quote: ncfatcatGold was only $300 an oz in 1997 so that could be a nicer quality ring than what they get now.
Quote: AyecarumbaPlayers can get multiple rings in the same season.
I know. I still don't see why they would wait until an athlete leaves the school.
* Some schools give graduating football players their helmets
Conference tournament/championship game (conference & school - $375 each)
NCAA tournament (school, $375; NCAA, no limit)
Bowl game (school, $400; bowl organizers, $550)
All-star game (school, $400; game organizers, $550)
"Other established meets, tournaments and featured individual competition" (e.g. the NIT) (school and event organizers - $400 combined)
* Technically, the CFP Championship is not a "bowl game"; whether or not it qualifies under "other established meets and tournaments" is not clear
Conference regular-season champion (school, conference - $325 each)
Conference postaseason tournament champion (school, conference - $325 each)
* If a school wins both a conference's regular season and tournament championships and the athletes receive separate awards from the school (or conference), the two awards cannot exceed $325 combined
NCAA Championship (school, NCAA - $415 each)
AFCA (Coaches) or AP Football Championship (school, conference - $415 each)
* If a school wins both titles, the school (or conference) is limited to giving out a single "FBS Football National Championship" award
* The CFP Championship in and of itself does not qualify for this, although I am hard pressed to come up with a scenario where the coaches don't vote for the winner as its #1 team
School individual category award (e.g. team MVP) (school only - $175 per award)
"Special event" MVP (school, conference, and any number of school or conference approved organizations - $325 each; if the event is a bowl or all-star game, the game organizers may also give a $350 award)
Heisman, Hobey Baker (ice hockey), or other national award (award organizers - $325; this is in addition to the trophy itself, which has no value limit)
Conference athlete of the year (conference - $1500)
* This is not, e.g., "conference football athlete of the year", but for the conference's male and female athletes of the year over the course of the entire year
Player of the Week/Game or other :"limited time" award (conference and any number of outside organizations such as local businesses - $80 each, and limited to certificates, medals, and plaques)
"Hometown award" (any groups from the athlete's hometown other than the school's boosters - $80 each)
Quote: ncfatcatGold was only $300 an oz in 1997 so that could be a nicer quality ring than what they get now.
Yup, if the 10K ring is of any size, figure 1/3 the weight is pure gold. At $40 per gram could be worth more than $500.
Quote: WandererSome of it is probably going to depend on where the ring is being sold. An Alabama ring in a pawn shop in Tuscaloosa, AL., is probably going to fetch more than the same ring in Phoenix, AZ.
I agree but we have to remember it is Youngstown State. I grew up in Ohio and I can tell you that there is nothing interesting about YSU except that Al Bundy is an alumni.
Quote: lexxyreI have a UNLV championship bowl ring. The ring is from the 1984 California Bowl. I found it going through some old things at my dads house. Is it worth anything?
Very unlikely that it is worth much more than the minerals it is made up of. Maybe you could find someone from UNLV or Toledo that lost theirs but I doubt they would pay much for it.
Although UNLV won that game the win was eventually taken away because of rule violations.
