Thread: How one Patriots Super Bowl ring gave new life to 24 orphans in Thailand

Pretty cool story about a former Patriot player's charitable and generous act. I suspect that various professional players perform similar kind, generous and/or charitable actions and wonder why they don't receive more coverage. Instead, the media only seems to focus more on the bad acts of professional athletes.

Former Patriot Jerod Cherry donated his Super Bowl XXXVI ring from the upset of the St. Louis Rams to charity.

They decided on a raffle that wouldn't exclude the average fan, who is usually overwhelmed by the heavy corporate hitters at an auction.

Raffle tickets went for two bucks a pop, with a minimum purchase of five tickets. The winner was promised a ring from an epic Super Bowl and about $16,000 to pay for the taxes. The raffle cleared more than $180,000 for the charities of Cherry's choosing.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/page...phans-thailand

The only good, or "neat" story about the *Patriots is one that involves them losing. Particularly in heart-breaking fashion.

Originally Posted by MNPatsFan

Pretty cool story about a former Patriot player's charitable and generous act. I suspect that various professional players perform similar kind, generous and/or charitable actions and wonder why they don't receive more coverage. Instead, the media only seems to focus more on the bad acts of professional athletes.

Former Patriot Jerod Cherry donated his Super Bowl XXXVI ring from the upset of the St. Louis Rams to charity.



http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/page...phans-thailand

neat... the Superbowl winning players are all given $90,000, he could have kept the ring and donated money but the ring was only worth about $65-70,000. I thought players one drive is the ring, maybe it's the $90,000

Originally Posted by weazel

neat... the Superbowl winning players are all given $90,000, he could have kept the ring and donated money but the ring was only worth about $65-70,000. I thought players one drive is the ring, maybe it's the $90,000

Why do you say he could or should have donated his alleged $90,000 payment for winning the Super Bowl when the raffle for his SB ring generated $180,000 for his charities? Furthermore, IMHO it is much more charitable and difficult to give up a token of your accomplishment (e.g. SB ring, Olympic Gold Medal, etc.) than it is to merely donate money.

As I previously said, I didn't post this article merely because it involved a Patriot player. Rather, I posted it because it was a story about a professional athlete doing something generous and charitable rather than something criminal, idiotic, or selfish. Although I suspect these actions probably occur fairly frequently, IMHO these stories aren't told/written more frequently because the media doesn't believe the stories will generate money for them.

Pretty cool story-

I know someone who is a non-profit rescue worker in Thailand. Exploitation of children is a pandemic there.

I wish I could do something like that.

Originally Posted by MNPatsFan

Why do you say he could or should have donated his alleged $90,000 payment for winning the Super Bowl when the raffle for his SB ring generated $180,000 for his charities? Furthermore, IMHO it is much more charitable and difficult to give up a token of your accomplishment (e.g. SB ring, Olympic Gold Medal, etc.) than it is to merely donate money.

As I previously said, I didn't post this article merely because it involved a Patriot player. Rather, I posted it because it was a story about a professional athlete doing something generous and charitable rather than something criminal, idiotic, or selfish. Although I suspect these actions probably occur fairly frequently, IMHO these stories aren't told/written more frequently because the media doesn't believe the stories will generate money for them.

Forced to agree; the donation would've only provided the charity HALF as much money and Cherry probably wouldn't even have felt a $90K hit. I mean, he was a career backup, but for nine seasons, so he's probably got millions of dollars: He has "only" THREE SB Rings.

Considering all the... less noble... things NFL players are in the news for, an act of generosity involving personal sacrifice bears mentioning.

Meh

Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor

Pretty cool story-

I know someone who is a non-profit rescue worker in Thailand. Exploitation of children is a pandemic there.

I wish I could do something like that.

There was supposed to be a treaty signed during Bush Jr. presidency that all of those countries would out law the practice. Of course that doesn't mean that mean that the laws are being enforced in places where local law enforcement is on the take.

Originally Posted by FanInAZ

There was supposed to be a treaty signed during Bush Jr. presidency that all of those countries would out law the practice. Of course that doesn't mean that mean that the laws are being enforced in places where local law enforcement is on the take.

Sex trafficking is horrid over there

Originally Posted by MNPatsFan

Why do you say he could or should have donated his alleged $90,000 payment for winning the Super Bowl when the raffle for his SB ring generated $180,000 for his charities? Furthermore, IMHO it is much more charitable and difficult to give up a token of your accomplishment (e.g. SB ring, Olympic Gold Medal, etc.) than it is to merely donate money.

As I previously said, I didn't post this article merely because it involved a Patriot player. Rather, I posted it because it was a story about a professional athlete doing something generous and charitable rather than something criminal, idiotic, or selfish. Although I suspect these actions probably occur fairly frequently, IMHO these stories aren't told/written more frequently because the media doesn't believe the stories will generate money for them.

I didn't say he should have done anything and the $90,000 isn't "alleged", it's fact. I said he could have kept the ring and donated the money as to me the ring would be more important as that is why I would be playing the game. I think you're taking my comment as a criticism, but it was more a statement of surprise that he would do that. I was commending him, not criticizing.

As for the second statement the monetary value of the ring is $70,000 it doesn't matter what the group got on return for it. His tax return will say $70,000 donated, even if they received 2 billion for his ring.

the "alleged" statement pissed me off so here is proof. Granted this is the 2017 payments, but I don't know what year you are talking about and the payments haven't changed all that much.

So, we're going to bash someone who is doing something nice?

Cool. Welcome to today's America.

Considering so many Super Bowl rings end up in pawn shops in Vegas, I think this is really cool.