[FarmBoy]

[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=16969.msg194651#msg194651 date=1497101531]
If the team win isn't important enough to find a few bucks for rings

Those rings look like they cost more than a few bucks unless those are lab-created stones.  If they're over $1K each (likely) then that's well over $100K that I think could be much better spent elsewhere within the Ath Dept.
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I thought I read that past bowl commemoration rings were paid for Arrilaga or other wealthy donors. It doesn't come out of the AD budget. If that's the case with these rings, then who's to say the donors would have donated that $100K for another AD usage?

[FarmBoy]

[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=16969.msg194651#msg194651 date=1497101531]
If the team win isn't important enough to find a few bucks for rings

Those rings look like they cost more than a few bucks unless those are lab-created stones.  If they're over $1K each (likely) then that's well over $100K that I think could be much better spent elsewhere within the Ath Dept.
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I thought I read that past bowl commemoration rings were paid for Arrilaga or other wealthy donors. It doesn't come out of the AD budget. If that's the case with these rings, then who's to say the donors would have donated that $100K for another AD usage?