the winning team gets to keep the super bowl trophy.
who gets to keep the super bowl trophy?
the winning team
the current trophy of the nfl is the vince lombardi trophy. the super bowl trophy was officially renamed in 1970 after vince lombardi, who as head coach led the green bay packers to victories in the first two super bowls. unlike the previous trophies, a new vince lombardi trophy is issued to each year's champion, who maintains permanent control of it. lombardi trophies are made by tiffany & co. out of sterling silver and are worth anywhere from us$25,000 to us$300,000. additionally, each player on the winning team as well as coaches and personnel are awarded super bowl rings to commemorate their victory. the winning team chooses the company that makes the rings; each ring design varies, with the nfl mandating certain ring specifications (which have a degree of room for deviation), in addition to requiring the super bowl logo be on at least one side of the ring. the losing team are also awarded rings, which must be no more than half as valuable as the winners' rings, but those are almost never worn.
national football league
meanwhile, the eagles had not won another league championship since, including having never won the super bowl since the game started being played annually in 1966. they appeared in super bowl xv in the 1980 season and super bowl xxxix in the 2004 season, but lost both times. in 1970, the super bowl trophy was officially named the vince lombardi trophy when the league decided to honor lombardi by naming the trophy after him following his death in 1970. this renaming of the super bowl trophy combined with the eagles inability to win the championship game has led some eagles fans to believe that the franchise is cursed by vince lombardi; that beating lombardi meant never winning the trophy named after him.
the lombardi curse