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New Orleans Saints player selling Super Bowl ring on Craigslist

By Patrick Schmidt

Sep 22, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA; A detail of a New Orleans Saints helmet during a game against the Arizona Cardinals at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Saints defeated the Cardinals 31-7. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 22, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA; A detail of a New Orleans Saints helmet during a game against the Arizona Cardinals at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Saints defeated the Cardinals 31-7. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /
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You don’t have to be a champion to have a Super Bowl ring because you can buy one on Craigslist.

Players dedicate their lives to get in a position to be able to play for a Super Bowl and if you’re one of the lucky ones to play for and win a Super Bowl, you better cherish the ring you receive.

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That’s not the case for one member of the New Orleans Saints team that won Super Bowl XLIV when Drew Brees and company defeated Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts in 2010. One unidentified player from that championship team is selling his ring for $45,000 and you can arrange to buy it because it’s for sale on Craigslist.

I thought Craigslist was for people to buy old treadmills, outdated furniture and other assorted stuff you would normally find at a garage sale, but one lucky fan can get the ring of the team’s only Super Bowl.

The ring has 103 diamonds and is 2.2 carats of sparkly championship goodness.

Who the ring belongs to is yet to be determined, but the New Orleans Times-Picayune has put their investigative journalism skills to work here and have narrowed it down to four players.  The seller is also selling an autographed helmet with the No. 29 inscribed on it and has autographs from Brees, Jeremy Shockey, Reggie Bush and Darren Sharper and is asking for $3,500.

So logic dictates that whoever was No. 29 would be the owner of the ring being sold on Craigslist. Problem is there are four players who wore that number that year. Chris McAlister, Marcus McCauley, Herana-Daze Jones and Glenn Sharpe wore the number, so it could be any of the four.

McAlister was the most significant performer on that team and TMZ reported in 2011 that he was broke and living with his parents, so maybe it’s the former Pro Bowl cornerback who is looking for some rent money to get out of his mom and dad’s home?

Whoever it is that is selling the ring isn’t the first former professional athlete to encounter financial difficulties when the millions stop flowing when their playing career is over. Other players have been forced to sell their rings or various valuables acquired during their careers, including former Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis who was forced to pawn his Super Bowl ring in February.

How much would you be willing to pay for a Super Bowl ring from your favorite team?

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