With the Super Bowl just around the corner, football fans are wondering if players from the Seattle Seahawks or the New England Patriots will qualify for a Super Bowl ring after the game next Sunday. So who gets a Super Bowl ring? It might surprise you to know that it’s not just the players. Coaches and other football personnel also get a Super Bowl ring. Typically, team owners make the final decision about who receives the jewelry. Rings can go to practice squad members, sales and marketing personnel, and even cheerleaders and janitors. The NFL gives teams an allowance to help cover the cost of Super Bowl rings, with around $5,000 to $7,000 coming from the league to pay for 150 rings. That, however, doesn’t cover the full cost of the rings, with some reaching up to $50,000, depending on the design. Multiply that by the number of rings the team owners decide to award and the final bill can be around $5 million. Super Bowl winners don’t get their rings the day they win, since it takes about four months to design and create all the rings, with each one personalized with the player’s name and jersey number. The losing Super Bowl team will get rings at the end of the season, but not the Super Bowl rings, of course. Rather, rings are awarded to honor players and personnel for winning their conference, either the AFC or NFC, to get to the Super Bowl.
