Robert Kraft to Auction Championship Ring From '28-3' Super Bowl for Coronavirus Relief
By Tyler Kemp
Since becoming the New England Patriots' majority owner in the 1994, Robert Kraft has gotten very used to winning. With six Super Bowl titles and the status that comes with running one of most profitable sporting brands in the world, Kraft has done quite the job when it comes to business operations in Foxborough.
Throughout this NFL offseason, Kraft has been very active in efforts to help against the Coronavirus in the United States. This time around, Kraft is finding another way to get involved with the relief effort: He's auctioning off his championship ring from Super Bowl LI.
Pats owner Robert Kraft is auctioning off his Super Bowl LI ring from the game where the team was down 28-3 to the Falcons and won.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) May 11, 2020
The ring has 283 diamonds ?
Top bid on @Fanatics All-In Challenge, which benefits the nation’s food banks, is currently $500,000. pic.twitter.com/iwNHZxQHaF
Kraft is putting the ring on the auction block as part of the "All-in Challenge," which aims to help the country’s food banks. Confused about just which Super Bowl this one was? Here is a hint: the ring has 283 diamonds.
Those numbers sound awfully familiar, don’t they?
Robert Kraft has one simple reason and one big message as to why he picked his Super Bowl LI ring as an item to auction off to raise money for the #AllInChallenge. https://t.co/MsFzHbt5Nu pic.twitter.com/Tx60wQuZFA
— Sunday Night Football (@SNFonNBC) May 11, 2020
(We apologize, Falcons fans.)
Kraft has played an active member in pushing back against COVID-19 at the community level. With the highest bid sitting at $500,000 as of this writing, there is no telling how much relief could be raised through this latest effort.