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Post by zzrudyzz on Nov 25, 2008 22:39:51 GMT -6
Looking for some help to find some championship rings for our back to back undefeated team. This team went from the laughing stock in our league to champs and we would like to find somthing nicer than a trophy or shirt to give them. Any ideas would be great but rings is what we are thinking. Our problem so far is pricing. Anything under $30 would be great if possible. I know it wont be super classy at that price but anything other than plastic would be fine. If any one has any idea where to find rings at a good price or any other idea would really help. Thanks
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Post by tvt50 on Nov 26, 2008 9:40:03 GMT -6
30 bucks are you serious?
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Post by Coach Huey on Nov 26, 2008 11:25:21 GMT -6
the school and/or boosters can't pony up more than $30 per player?
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baraboo99
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Post by baraboo99 on Nov 26, 2008 11:50:17 GMT -6
Unless you want plastic rings, you are going to have to pony up at least $200 a piece for them.
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fugulookinat
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Post by fugulookinat on Nov 26, 2008 16:02:29 GMT -6
My cheapest State Championship ring was $750.00 and that is a discounted price because we ordered almost 200 of them. For 30 bucks you might as well look at a bag of stainless steel o rings and give everybody one. Not much else I can recomend at that price.
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MaineManiac
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Post by MaineManiac on Nov 26, 2008 18:17:44 GMT -6
We paid $280 for ours a few years back, but it didn't include any real stones. We got ours from Jostens.
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Post by waltflanagansdog on Nov 26, 2008 18:58:22 GMT -6
$150 is the cheapest I have seen.
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Post by goldenbear76 on Nov 26, 2008 19:09:05 GMT -6
We paid 275 per ring last year for our championship rings....thats the lowest i've seen. Like mentioned above ..we got it from Jostens as well.
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clloyd
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Post by clloyd on Nov 26, 2008 19:42:28 GMT -6
Jostens is your best option
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Post by ex-centralcoach on Nov 26, 2008 20:40:28 GMT -6
We went through Balfour (sp) for our last two. But I recommend having Jostens and Balfour bid for your business. We let them both give us pitches and quotes, and they both lowered thier prices
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Post by bigdog2003 on Nov 27, 2008 11:27:12 GMT -6
Coach what about a plaque and shirt combo type thing. Maybe the plaque could list all of the scores and the shirt could as well.
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Post by coachdan on Nov 28, 2008 11:32:25 GMT -6
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Post by ftbll7801 on Nov 30, 2008 2:36:10 GMT -6
Is this pop warner?
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Post by coachcokley on Dec 14, 2008 18:28:26 GMT -6
crownawards.com has a ring for 9 bucks...kids will love them
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Post by jetcoach on Dec 16, 2008 13:24:24 GMT -6
Do youth kids really need rings?
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Post by Coach Bruce on Dec 16, 2008 23:00:10 GMT -6
You think your older kids have any more pride in their work and success than our young kids? Why would youth kids NOT need rings? Should we not celebrate our sons successes? I am perplexed by your qustion.
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Post by nickknx865 on Dec 17, 2008 0:51:10 GMT -6
I wouldn't expect any quality for anything less than 200 bucks per ring.
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Post by jetcoach on Dec 17, 2008 11:01:27 GMT -6
I guess it is just a different mentality than I have. Youth sports are not about inflating egos, stats, or highlight films, championship rings seem to blend into this in my mind all that stuff is meaningless unless you get the job done as a team at the next level. Where I live the youth programs prepare the kids to play at the high school level. Celebration is fine and well earned for incredible efforts to compile such a fine record but money spent on rings will not make kids better players in the future. When kids get to high school I hope that youth football has taught them to block and tackle, play as a team, not as individuals with names on the back of their jersey's or rings that they can flash around. IMHO these types of things tend to breed the attitudes that we try to discourage in our program. None of this stuff accomplishes the ultimate goal of producing winning high school football teams, which is the function of the youth programs all the way to the varsity football team. We are obviously worlds apart in our views so it is understandable that you are perplexed. Why spend so much money on a ring for a kid in 8th grade save that money to upgrade your equipment, send under privileged kids to football camp, or countless other things. Now why high school rings and not youth, this is it in my humble opinion. 99.9 to 100% of high school kids will never win another championship as a football player. In my community 90% of youth football players play high school, this is their shot for a ring.
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Post by davecisar on Dec 17, 2008 11:25:25 GMT -6
I dont buy rings for our kids BUT I think its very egotistical and self serving to think the world revolves around the High School coach and his quest for a League Title. Somehow his needs and wants are somehow supreme rather than maximizing the players experience today. Many kids wont go on to play High School ball unfortunately, what about them are their needs for a fun and complete youth football experience ( which their parents pay good money for) somehow less valid than the needs of the HS coach who may very well never see this kid play for him? The parents not "the program" pays for rings and $10 isnt going to kill anyone. Again we dont do it and we dont do numbers on jerseys, but when a player leaves us in the 8th grade if he has played for 5 years he gets a Jacket with all the League Titles and Awards on that Jacket, the group earned those titles as a team and its a nice way to go out if you put the time in.
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Post by jetcoach on Dec 17, 2008 12:12:45 GMT -6
I think that the jacket is a great reward, that is great for your program. Like I said in my community we get 90% of the kids out to play HS football, the kids who do not play for us either move, or decide that football is not for them. I guess the ring thing bugs me the jackets might bug the next guy it is all opinion with no right or wrong. Rings seem to feed into the "hey look at me player", they do not do anything to build "team players", the jackets are earned as a team for the kids who dedicated 5 years to wards your program that is an admirable commitment for kids that age. My thinking might be outdated and I will probably get crucified on this board. Our program is not egotistical, we run the entire program from the youth up with their input, help and hard work. We don't just hand down orders we also support our youth program with education, equipment, and facilities. On Thursday and Friday nights the youth coaches are on our sidelines helping with tendencies or just watching if they like. I recently had a team go undefeated as freshman and sophomores what should I do for them if youth kids get $150-$200 dollar rings I really can't compete with that. They ended up getting t-shirts and a nice story on the local news, and the kids were thrilled. They didn't need rings, and it ended up that on varsity they did not earn them because they did not work hard enough, everybody else got faster and stronger while they celebrated winning 20 games on the lower levels. They got complacent with their god given ability and it turns out those teams that they beat came back and beat them in the 11th and 12th grades. What would a ring mean to these kids who won it all when it really did not mean much in the big picture, don't discount memories they are very affordable and often times better than reality or material rewards. I have coached on the lower levels of HS football for the past 12 years during good years and bad, I have never lost sight of the overall goal and that is to build better football players who will be successful on the next level.
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Post by jetcoach on Dec 17, 2008 12:16:15 GMT -6
One more thing it is not the "coach" it is the "program" that the kids work for. Coaches come and go but the program should march on if it is truely supported, by all levels involved.
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