It has a nice ring to it

From: Friday, June 17, 2011

Super Bowl champs get their rings.

The Green Bay Packers waited a long time for this moment, to wear the rings they worked so hard to get. For some the wait was longer than others.

"I feel like it's my right to wear this ring," Woodson said. "I feel like I worked very hard playing this game. I feel like every time I go out on that field, I leave it all out there on the field. That's the way I've always played this game. I feel like I deserve to win a championship. I feel like it's my rightful place in history to be a Super Bowl champion."

“It can’t get any better than this. I was amazed. It was more than I expected. This is what me and Wood dreamed up,” Driver said, referring to the ring. “I haven’t reached my final milestones, yet."

The Packers received their rings in a private ceremony that was off limits to the public and media. Every person associated with the organization was invited, no one else, exactly the way it should be. It was a red carpet affair in which the stars came out. Very different from when the first Super Bowl champs got their rings. After Green Bay won Super Bowl I, there was no ring ceremony or star-studded event. The players received their rings in the mail and that was that. Of course one of Lombardi's many famous quotes was, "...act like you've been there before." So it comes to no surprise that there was no extravagant celebration after winning the first super bowl. 

As for the modern day Packers, they are happy to be a part of the great history of this celebrated franchise. Their names will be printed in the history books for ever. Fifty years from now current generations will be telling their children about the great Aaron Rodgers and Charles Woodson. These Packers would like to have one more thing in common with those legendary players. Repeat.

“It’s a beautiful ring. They couldn’t have made it any more spectacular. It’s the most incredible ring I’ve seen,” Woodson said. “We’re going to start preparing for two.”