The crystal football trophy that Alabama received for beating L.S.U. in the B.C.S. championship game in January was shattered when it was knocked off a display table by one of the player’s fathers.
Jeff Purinton, a member of the Athletic Department said the trophy, valued at $30,000, was on display in the Athletic Facility as part of the festivities for the Crimson Tide’s spring football game Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He says the man accidently tripped on a rug that was under the trophy display and knocked it over.
Purinton said the school is working with the American Football Coaches Association, on getting a replacement for the broken one.
Florida‘s 2006 trophy was destroyed when it was accidentally knocked off a pedestal by a recruit in 2008. In 2004, Florida State had two trophies stolen.
Unfortunately, accidents do happen. And after this happened all schools (including Bama') will be way more careful handling their winning trophy's.
Alabama's Trent Richardson holding up the $30,000 National Championship Trophy.
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