Premiership medal or ring?

[bigleague]

Came across the NRL ring in the paper yesterday and I think the players would prefer the concept of a ring instead of a medal, I know it's very american (which makes it surprising the AFL haven't copied it) but I think it's more practical in that you could actually wear it rather than a medal which is tucked away in a drawer somewhere.

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[tangolikelama]

How about no

 

[Roos Addick]

Why not both?


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[Illinois Nazi]

Medal.

If a team or a group of players want to go and get rings made as well there's nothing stopping them. Would they really wear a ring around the place anyway?

 

[Gydafud]

I don't think awards have to be practical in any way, but the ring does look nice. I would be happy to get either but just knowing you won is enough.

 

[Despair]

Neither.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Medal.

 

[pazza]

Medal.

Though some probably get made into rings.

 

[Gydafud]

Neither.

Did look pretty good on the Superbowl podium.

 

[La Vache]

No medal, no ring.

Instead they should be branded like livestock. Most of them go out and get tatts anyway, why not make it a bit more ceremonial, in front of 100 thousand people.

 

[Experimental]

I'd say both. Premiership rings are a great idea, but I don't think they should entirely replace medals.

 

[Papa G]

Premiership Prince Albert!

 

[fishardansin]

1. Who wears the ring?

2. Medals hang better in your pool room.

3. This is Australia * off.

 

[Black Diamond]

Should change it to a Brownlow ring too. More practical.

 

[cats_09]

I remember reading a few years ago that Geelong players actually organised to have premiership rings made after the 07 premiership, they did the same after the 09 premiership, but not sure about 2011. A lot of the players are big fans of American sports with the premiership ring which is why they decided to go down that path and the rings were presented at a special premiership lunch to honour the premiership team.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Imagining all those Brisbane and geong players strutting around with more bling than mr t

 

[MF]

I guess if you have a ring you can wear it every day.

Although if I was a player I'd wear my medal every day too.

 

[juss]

What about official premiership leather jackets? They look cool.

 

[BEEG]

Pies when they won it got the club to get rings made up designed by Swanny and Didak

Guess you can do both

 

[Big_Birdy]

Medal, but they should be smaller

 

[wally funk]

Wearing a ring every day would leave it prone to damage a lot more quickly than having a medal at home or wherever that you can show off at appropriate times. Leave it as a medal. That being said, if blokes want to have some kind of ring made up, all power to them.

I only have one ring that I wear, and I only have it on about half the time anyway.

 

[the_interloper]

What about a t-shirt "I won an AFL premiership and all I got was this lousy t-shirt"?

 

[pazza]

Then again Carji Greeves' widow wore his Brownlow as a brooch.

 

[bigleague]

I think medals work more as individual awards.

 

[moses]

Premiership Swords?