This Is Truly Sad For Ray Guy

From Yahoo News: Former Raiders punter and perennial Hall of Fame snub Ray Guy saw his three Super Bowl rings sell for $80,100 this week as part of a bankruptcy filing. The seven-time Pro Bowler was forced to sell the rings after filing for bankruptcy this spring.
An unnamed buyer purchased the rings from a Los Angeles auction house. The rings, from Super Bowl XI, XV and XVIII, contained 28, 35 and 23 diamonds, respectively. They were won during Guy's 14-year NFL career; the first two in Oakland and the final one in 1984 after the team moved to Los Angeles. Strangely, each ring was a different size, suggesting that, like a pair of pants, Super Bowl rings can run big or small.
When asked by the Augusta Chronicle about the sale, Guy declined to elaborate."I don't walk to talk about it," he said. "I'm not trying to be hateful, but sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do."
The average price of $26,500 per ring was on the lower side for recent sales of similar items, although the fact that Guy's were offered as a package had a clear effect on the overall price.
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I was a big Ray Guy fan in the late 70's and early 80's. He was a very good guy in the NFL and should have been elected to the NFL Hall of Fame.
How he went bankrupt, I don't know but up until recently, those who have retired from the NFL have been treated like crap by the NFL and it's current players. Many players cannot work after they retire from football because of injuries and most players, up until recently, never made great money, unless you were a superstar. The pension in the NFL stinks, especially compared to other pensions and the amount of money that comes into the NFL through TV, merchandise and ticket sales.
It's quite possible that Ray Guy misspent his money or just didn't make enough money to pay for his lifestyle. That's too bad and probably not that responsible.
But I also hope that NFL recognizes that the elder statesmen of football who played for virtually no money compared to today's contracts, paved the way for NFL players of today to make their huge salaries.