Getty ImagesThe 2011 Giants got their Super Bowl rings on Wednesday night, just as one of their forbears was putting one of his own baubles up for auction.
Lawrence Taylor is auctioning off the Super Bowl XXV ring he got after the Giants beat the Bills 20-19 in 1991. Bidding on the auction currently stands at $37,982. According to Jorge Castillo of the Newark Star-Ledger, the ring is valued at $75,000-$100,000. Castillo’s attempts to reach Taylor’s agent for comment about the auction were unsuccessful.
Taylor’s post-NFL life has been a rocky road. Taylor struggled with drug abuse before and after leaving the NFL and he became a registered sex offender last year after pleading guilty to charges of sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute, who was 16 years old at the time. He also lost money as a result of stock fraud involving a company he helped start and pled guilty to tax evasion in the late 1990s.
If Taylor does wind up selling the ring, it hasn’t yet met the reserve price, he won’t be totally empty-handed. He still has the ring he won in Super Bowl XXI when the Giants beat the Broncos.
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He still has an agent?
Sad story. But, what can you do when you live beyond your means and make unwise decisions.
A Bills fan should buy it – AND DESTROY IT
just say no kids or look what happens to you, a man who had it all and blew it on drugs. do not feel one bit sorry for him though,he had enough chances and help to get clean but wasted them. sometimes you are just a scumbag even if you are a great football player and he has gotten what he deserved for living the life he did.
man i hope he goes on howard stern soon and spills his guts.
Sad.
Loser
And the greatest linebacker of all time, Mr. Ray Lewis! LT is a disgrace.
I am waiting for this bum to blame it on concussion he received while he was playing in the NFL I don’t feel sorry for this moron I am sure he gets a nice large pension from the NFL.
Taylor’s demons and personal wreckage not withstanding, he changed the way the game is played (as so eloquently portrayed in Michael Lewis’ “Blind Side).
I was struck by a comment in Belechick’s “A football life” documentary when he said “when you really, really had to have it – Taylor always delivered.”
You can’t say that about most pro football players. A monster, a beast – a guy completely committed to destroying the QB and wreaking havoc on offenses.
I know I’d want him on my team.
I want the ring back. It’s my precious!
Mail it to Scott Norwood
i guess underage prostitutes cost alot of money.
metalhead65 says: May 17, 2012 12:19 PM
just say no kids or look what happens to you, a man who had it all and blew it on drugs. do not feel one bit sorry for him though,he had enough chances and help to get clean but wasted them. sometimes you are just a scumbag even if you are a great football player and he has gotten what he deserved for living the life he did.
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Wow metalhead65,
must be nice to be so self righteous and judgmental. your skeletons will fall out the closet soon enough.
I wonder what the agent’s commission is on the sale of the sale of the ring?
Drugs are bad, mkay.
Better yet, mail to it to Roger Craig. His phantom fumble led NY to the Super Bowl that year…
Wait, hold the bus a second…
Shouldn’t the NFL be helping Lawrence Taylor by bidding on the ring and posting information on nfl.com on how to bid on the ring and by paying for rehab for LT and, and, and…
…after all, isn’t that the right thing to do?
[sarcasm]
I used to idolize LT as a kid. I view him as a real low life in my adult years. Wish I could say its a shame that all this has happened to him, but the reality is he did this all to himself.
Very sad. I choose to remeber him for his on field play. He is the best defensive player of all time.
May 17, 2012 12:52 PM
metalhead65 says: May 17, 2012 12:19 PM
just say no kids or look what happens to you, a man who had it all and blew it on drugs. do not feel one bit sorry for him though,he had enough chances and help to get clean but wasted them. sometimes you are just a scumbag even if you are a great football player and he has gotten what he deserved for living the life he did.
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Wow metalhead65,
must be nice to be so self righteous and judgmental. your skeletons will fall out the closet soon enough.
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He doesn’t feel sorry for a guy who had it all and threw it down the drain over and over (I agree) and you call him “judgmental” like it’s some insult and purport that he has skeletons worse than that in his closet? How does your baseless claim about him serve as anything but extreme hypocrisy on your part? Too funny.
Patrick Willis had 1000X worse of a life growing up than LT did and he seems to be a great person. I personally respect those who have his strength of character despite a horrible life.
I absolutely worshiped this athlete’s on field play, but thankfully was taught not to idolize any mortals, every single one of us will break your heart.
LT is more flawed than many, but that ring is still an important piece of memorabilia.
“He still has the ring he won in Super Bowl XXI when the Giants beat the Broncos.”
This week he does.
Looks like 7thlombardiontheway’s 8th ring is on the way. Congrats bro, you earned it!
Drunk, stoned and stupid is no way to go thru life , Son.
Man I hope L T get his life together for one of the most dominating players in nfl history to be like this Im going to pray for L T.
When low on cash, just join the concussion lawsuits.
I honestly didn’t know he was still alive. Great football player in his day, but just another ex- player cliche. The NFL really needs some type of manditory program to check in on some of these guys after they are out of the league. It’s sad ,but real tough to feel sorry for these dudes blowing through piles of money on drugs, toys, and lavish lifestyles when the majority of us could live one year on one of their gamechecks. BOO HOO
ravenator says:
May 17, 2012 12:37 PM
And the greatest linebacker of all time, Mr. Ray Lewis! LT is a disgrace.
LT is a disgrace and Ray Lewis is a MURDERER!
Ray Lewis has definitely taken over the Greatest LB of all time! Better man on and off the field bar-none!
I wish there was more players like him in the NFL.
I don’t care what anyone says, I do feel bad for him. Sure, we all wish we had one tenth of the success he did, but unless you walk in another man’s shoes, don’t pass judgement on him.
I’ll take a drug addict over a murderer any day. Ray Lewis is not better off the field than LT. Beside Patrick Willis will go down as best linebacker when all said and done.
He still receives around $150k a year through the NFL pension too
Maybe the NFLPA should add something to their next contract. That the players get an allowance!!!
37K huh? That can buy a lot of crack
Minimum Bid: $10,000
Current Bid: $89,568
Number of Bids: 20
These are the numbers now…damn!!
He still has the ring he won in Super Bowl XXI when the Giants beat the Broncos…..and he still owns the hit that ended Joe Theisman’s career.
The article said he gave the ring to his son who happens to be selling it….seems strange..