JohnnyDos Posted December 4, 2010 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Posted December 4, 2010 Super Bowl Trophy – $50,000 The trophy handed to the NFL champion and named in Lombardi’s honor is no ordinary piece of tin. This sterling-silver Tiffany and Co.-created trophy is nearly two-feet tall and shaped like a kick-ready football. Done from scratch every year, it costs $50,000 and takes four months to complete. The words “Vince Lombardi Trophy” and the NFL shield are engraved onto the base. World Series Trophy – $15,000 The current trophy design, tweaked a bit in 1999 and also a Tiffany production, is also in silver and is worth approximately $15,000. It’s also two-feet tall, weighs around 30 pounds, with 30 gold-plated flags – one for each Major League team – grouped around a silver baseball that contains 24-karat vermeil stitches. NBA Trophy – $13,500 The current silver trophy (also Tiffany’s), designed in 1984, weighs 14.5 pounds with a 24-karat gold overlay. It also stands two-feet tall (unlike the players who battle for it), with a nine-inch basketball going through the hoop. Valued at $13,500, the trophy is remade every year, with the winning team keeping that year’s version to display in their home court. Stanley Cup – $650,000 plus travel costs In 1892, the governor-general of Canada, Lord Stanley, bought a punch bowl from a London silversmith for what amounted to about $48.67 U.S., or just more than $1,100 U.S. with inflation, to reward the top hockey club in Canada. The Cup initially stood about seven inches tall and about a foot in diameter. The Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews hoists the Stanley Cup.AP Now, of course, the Cup doesn’t look anything like that itty-bitty punch bowl of 1893. Over the years, tiered rings were added to the bottom of the bowl, then long narrow bands, then uneven bands. Because Lord Stanley’s mug is the only professional sports trophy where the name of every member of the winning team is inscribed (Hockey Hall of Fame Curator Phil Pritchard says engraving costs roughly $1,000 annually), bands are often retired to make room for new champions. At nearly three-feet high and weighing more than 34 pounds, the current Cup dwarfs the others. Despite its size, it still does a lot of traveling: Each member of the winning team, coaching, training and office staff gets possession of the mug for 24 hours during the offseason. Pritchard says the cost of arranging that depends on where the Cup is going and coming from, but he estimates “around $2,000, which includes transportation, accommodations, etc.” Like other sports, Pritchard also says the players each receive a Stanley Cup ring (which he estimates to cost $30,000 per player) and a mini-version of the Cup, which costs about $1,000 to $1,500 each.
AmboyDuke Posted December 4, 2010 Member ID: 161 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 709 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 1 Achievement Points: 3768 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2012 Birthday: 06/19/1962 Posted December 4, 2010 John you forgot these trophies.
JohnnyDos Posted December 4, 2010 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Author Posted December 4, 2010 Geeze where do you go look for this freaky stuff.Too funny.Just like the old Kilroy pic you posted.LOL
justjoe Posted December 4, 2010 Member ID: 411 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 143 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 14 Achievement Points: 811 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/16/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 17, 2024 Birthday: 12/16/1967 Device: iPhone Posted December 4, 2010 Lol Thanks Johnny. Amboy you Rock. to funny Awards
Toothpick Posted December 4, 2010 Member ID: 1891 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 12 Topic Count: 59 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1092 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 4 Achievement Points: 6106 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/14/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 17, 2012 Birthday: 03/19/1985 Posted December 4, 2010 Nice trophies but this is the only one that matters to me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Champion_Clubs%27_Cup
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