We always hear about players wanting to win a Super Bowl ring. It's all about getting one. Some players decide where to sign based on that. Whenever you hear of a player selling their ring, you wonder what the story is behind it.
Former Green Bay DT Jay Ross is selling the ring he received as a Practice Squad member on the Super Bowl XLV championship team. For him, it might be financial reasons.
He signed with Atlanta after being undrafted in 2010. He made it to the final cut at training camp. The Packers signed him on October 20, 2010 to their Practice Squad, but was never activated for any games.
He made it to the final cut of the Packer's 2011 camp, but never caught on with another team until the Buffalo Bills signed him to their 90 man roster. He gets another shot at making a living, but needs to make the roster to get a game check.
Ross is like so many other players on the fringes of the NFL. If they get on a Practice Squad, they will make about $5,000 per week. He also sat out last year because nobody wanted him. This might be one of his last chances.
Why not sell the ring if he needs the money.
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