With so much written about scandal and unsportsmanlike behavior in professional sports, it's always refreshing to come across something like this. Here's to the good guys who still give back. From Yahoo! Sports:
Super Bowl winner to raffle off ring for charity
By Chris Chase
It seems that every few months there's a story about a down-on-his-luck former athlete who's selling a championship ring in order to earn a few extra bucks. This is not one of those stories.
Former New England Patriots safety Je'Rod Cherry is raffling off his championship ring from Super Bowl XXXVI to raise money for exploited children in Asia and Africa. He decided to do so after he and his wife attended a conference at his church in Ohio and saw children there raise $96,000 for an orphanage in Cambodia.
After that event, Cherry knew he wanted to help the cause, but was unsure how to do so until a young girl jokingly mentioned that he should raise money by selling his Super Bowl ring. Cherry liked the idea and decided that raffling the ring would be an effective way to raise money and awareness toward the plight of abused and neglected children in other parts of the world.
The former backup safety and special teams player says he cherishes the ring, one of two he won in New England, but knows it will be put to better use in this way. How refreshing.
A raffle ticket costs $2, with a five-ticket minimum. Cherry preferred a raffle to an auction so that everyday fans would have a shot at owning a piece of history. The 142-diamond ring features the Patriots logo atop the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
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