Comments on: Saints player gets Super Bowl ring back after arrest made

By: mdnittlion

mdnittlion — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:43:03 +0000

Actually with players going broke after they retire finding a Super Bowl or college National Championship ring in a high end pawn shop or private collector isn’t uncommon. Also some players put their rings up as collateral for bad loans or bad business ventures i.e. Mark Brunell.

By: benh999

benh999 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:26:32 +0000

cover2blitz0,
It didn’t belong to anyone particularly noteworthy and was sold with no or very few questions asked.

By: whoknowsnothing

whoknowsnothing — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:03:41 +0000

Do the rings have a serial number on them? If they don’t they should or have the players name on it. It be a good way to track them if lost or stolen.

By: godofwine330

godofwine330 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:39:17 +0000

Glad he got it back. I hate thieves.

By: qj1984

qj1984 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:05:17 +0000

@qtmann

Believe it or not, not all of the players who receive Superbowl rings keep them. Some players give them to family members, who in a bind might sell them. Some players in a bind themselves might sell them, I mean its not like Arnoux is a household name. The average non- Saints fan probably couldnt pick the guy out of a lineup.

By: cover2blitz0

cover2blitz0 — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:25:05 +0000

what everyone is failing to see is how does a pawn shop only pay $1200 for a super bowl ring? thats a slap in the face to me even if im a thief. maybe im wrong but dont these rings usually cost like 20-30,000 each and their getting more “bling” all the time? $1200 for a super bowl ring crack must make you do crazy things

By: neer music

neer music — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:21:12 +0000

“A couple days later, he came back to the store and he asked what we were going to do with the ring. I found that odd. I found that very odd,” the shop’s owner Alberto Iturrey said.

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but it wasn’t odd that a super bowl ring was pawned for $1,200.

By: vdogg

vdogg — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:07:03 +0000

@Mr. Everyday
My point is – why leave something like that in your car, I don’t care if you are staying there or not…what bearing does that have on this at all? He left a SB ring in his car….that doesn’t sound slightly irresponsible to you?

By: Mr. Everyday

Mr. Everyday — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:44:35 +0000

well, vdogg, since the story says the thief was “a valet manager at the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami”, I’m guessing it was stolen while Mr. Arnoux stayed there.

By: nolanorth

nolanorth — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:30:10 +0000

And you’ve never even played a down in a regular season game!!

By: vdogg

vdogg — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:26:03 +0000

Is it just me or have there been a lot of stories like this lately? What are these guys doing with the rings? Wouldn’t you expect them to be taken care of at least a little better than what has been reported? One left in the middle console of your car? home burglarized….get a safe?!?!?

By: philwauke

philwauke — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:21:33 +0000

So now Arnoux has two more rings then the vikings.

By: gtmann

gtmann — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:20:30 +0000

But he didn’t think it “odd” that somebody not the stature of an NFL player would be pawning a Saints SB ring…………..in Miami?????