Do you feel the New England Patriots deserve this for a Super Bowl ring?

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Do you feel the New England Patriots Super Bowl ring should buck the trend of being huge and perhaps for once, be understated, based on Deflategate?

The Way Kraft is behaving, he will probably be defiant and make even bigger rings!

Meanwhile, an angry football fan has started a Kickstarter campaign and wants to make the “Super Bowl ring” shown below, a symbol of Deflategate and a statement of how the Patriots tarnished their championship.

The Indianapolis Colts fan wants to give the New England Patriots the ring he feels they deserve. His ring, made using 3-D printer technology, holds a real ball-inflation needle, the kind the NFL now believes was used in the infamous Deflategate game.

Angry Colts fan Jacob Ayers, created the prototype shown below, to raise $750 on Kickstarter to manufacture these “championship rings.” So far, there are no backers for the campaign that ends May 31, but for a pledge of $50, Ayers will send rings to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the entire Patriots team.

Hopefully, fans of other teams, affected by this mess will also be able to buy these “Super Bowl” rings.

Should the campaign fail to raise the appropriate funds to make this ring happen, at least the images have been picked up and used on social media.

Your thoughts on his protest ring and if the Patriots should create a smaller ring due to all their bad press this off-season.

[gnaz01]

Childish! The Colt's couldn't have won that game is they played with tennis balls.

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Originally Posted by gnaz01

Childish! The Colt's couldn't have won that game is they played with tennis balls.

Yes, however, the Patriots are alleged to have cheated in other games before this game. Their fumbles are much lower than other teams, and when players have left the Pats or played for other teams, the same players fumbled much more.

Perhaps the Pats won home-field advantage by cheating. Would they have won the AFC championship if they played on the road and did not have a first-round bye?

Next, look how close their playoff game was against the Ravens. I'd be pretty upset if I was a Ravens fan.

[quinnsryche]

The balls in question were only used in the first half of the championship game and the Colts used the same balls. No issues with any Super Bowl balls. There was less public outcry over the Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice situations than this one. People hate the Patriots and will continue to do so regardless of the storyline. I am not a Patriots fan but I do think enough is enough, time to move on.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by quinnsryche

There was less public outcry over the Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice situations than this one. .

I think that perception is due to the sensitivity of the offenses. It easier and more accepted to make fun of and joke about cheating in a football game than to poke fun at child abuse and domestic violence. People that show their outcry by poking fun don't know how to show their outcry when it is a more sensitive subject and may shy away from it.

I think the ring is a funny joke, but it works just as well as a social media meme rather than paying $50 for the ring and any more actions associated with it.

[7nohitter]

Jealous much?