poeman
To Win The One Ring
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Mark Pavelich won't sell Rangers connection but will sell Miracle Gold Medal
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AlternateSideParking
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I didn't have a problem with the team going in a different direction. I just wish the early 80s teams had a prime Beezer.
Pavelich was a great playmaker. Mike Rogers and Mikko Leinonen too. They just weren't good in goal.
Pavelich was a great playmaker. Mike Rogers and Mikko Leinonen too. They just weren't good in goal.
GordonGecko
First Ping Pong Ball
Your not in his situation which from the little I understand has been....challenging. You can't eat a gold medal.
Hockey Team
Hunger Force
A quarter million is a lot of money for a hunk of metal.
And sentimental value doesn't pay the bills in the real world.
And sentimental value doesn't pay the bills in the real world.
ReggieDunlop68
hey hanrahan!
I think Pavelich is a wiser investor that people are giving him credit. The cold war is over, so unless team USA beats an ice hockey team that consist of a band of contra members or rogue insurgents, that gold medal will only decrease in value.
I, however, think his early to mid 80's NYR memorabilia will appreciate in value!
Seriously: I know you have to pay the bills, and metal is metal, but it would kill me to sell that medal.
I, however, think his early to mid 80's NYR memorabilia will appreciate in value!
Seriously: I know you have to pay the bills, and metal is metal, but it would kill me to sell that medal.
eco's bones
Registered User
What is a life compared to a thing. He's trying to help his daughter--if selling his gold medal does that then it's gone to a good purpose.
vipernsx
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Giglio NYR15
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I would sell it too in a heartbeat to put my kids through college, nobody can take away the memory. Unfortunately we live in a country were college tuition costs have risen 400% since the early 80s, I know for a fact my father shelled out 150k for my tuition at Hofstra on LI. Its disgusting, but the best advantage you can give your kid in todays america is not having any debt coming out of college, because over half the country does.
Hockey Team
Hunger Force
Hmm, actually I think he made a mistake selling it now for that.
If he didn't sell it his daughter could apply for financial aid and get a bunch of grants for college (and some loans). And the loans are interest free in most cases until she graduates. So if he sold it when she graduated to pay off the loans, they'd end up with more money since the government would've footed some of the college bill.
I played HUGE games with taxes/financial aid when I went to college. Got a lot of my bill footed by the school/government.
NickyFotiu
NYR 2024 Cup Champs!
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I wish some huge fan could have bought it but let Pav keep it (with insurance) until Pav passes away and then the buyer would get it. I totally understand Pav selling it though. Pav was awesome.
Hockey Team
Hunger Force
I think if he was offered that he wouldn't even want it.
All he's going to do is keep it in a safe deposit box or something.
He doesn't need the medal to prove he was on the team in those olympics, lol, and he's not comfortable with the security risk of showing it off.
eco's bones
Registered User
Yeah but these days you almost have to pay an employer to hire you just to get a job depending on your major anyway. And loads of kids are coming out of college with huge debts--loans, grants or not. In NYS some of the SUNY schools aren't all that bad depending on which ones and what you're going to them for. There are at least some built in cost controls. Going to college in NYC is super expensive.
Hockey Team
Hunger Force
Right, but just saying. If the cost of going to college is 160K and you can show you're broke, you might get half of that covered, and end up only paying 80K in loans after graduation.
But if you have the money up front, you'll be paying the full 160K.
eco's bones
Registered User
It depends. There's a lot of scholarship money at some colleges and if the family income can't really afford to pay all that much--a lot of the tuition can be done that way depending on the place and depending on the students ability to meet performance standards. There are some schools that will even take the major part. My son was looking at Cornell and there was no way we were going to be doing $40 K + a year but depending on his acceptance and how much academic scholarship they would give him it was potentially doable. He wound up somewhere else--he'd worked one summer at Cornell for their physics department but Cornell didn't accept him. He got a scholarship from another school instead.
A lot depends on where you live as well. One would think anyway there would be a lot more job opportunities in or near large metropolitan areas than small towns or cities. That will vary from field to field to and there is the tradeoff costs of living in or around large metropolitan areas which are almost always substantially higher.
The sad fact of the matter is that way back when I was coming out of high school the United States actually had a large manufacturing and industrial base and a lot of those jobs were unionized and offered good pay and benefits relative to the times--you could get married, buy a house, raise a family etc. etc. off of a lot of them and maybe your wife wouldn't even have to work if she didn't want to. Nowadays you come out of college owing money--and it's really damned hard to get a job in your field that's going to even pay off your college debt in a few years let alone think about buying a home or getting married. Even the military was much larger--personnel wise--now they're pretty much only looking for specialists and high school athletes. The long and short of it is that things are ****ed up and it's been getting to where it has for the past 30 years or so.
NickyFotiu
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You are probably right. Maybe the buyer could donate it to a USA Olympic museum so Pav can go see it if he ever wants to show his grandkids?
Hockey Team
Hunger Force
Well, whoever bought it is likely going to display it somewhere.
People don't spend tons of money on art (I would consider this kind of thing as in the same category as art) to not display it.
Which is why the sale makes total sense. Pav has no use for a medal he doesn't have the security to display, and he does have a use for the money.
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