Is it illegal for people who own World Series rings to sell them?
Is it illegal to purchase World Series rings?
The problem is, only a few people not associated with a team are allowed to buy rings unless they are sold at auction later by collectors. Rudy got four.
And Rudy was also instrumental in getting all kinds of taxpayer-funded support for the new Yankee Stadium being built.
So it certainly gives the appearance of impropriety. Especially if arrangements were made by the team and Rudy to buy the rings at a later time while Rudy was still mayor.
If a business is regulated by a city and that city sells items to the mayor of that city for a mere fraction of their market value, then that sale can be considered a bribe. Here Mr. Giuliani was offered the sweetheart deal of paying $1000 each for four rings which apparently had a value of over $60,000 each.
While Mr. Giuliani may not have been influenced in his role as a regulator for of the New York Yankees as result of this "sale", it looks like a bribe, and it smells like a bribe.
If we're going to let this slide, then we probably are going to have to let slide Hillary Clinton's $95,000 one-week profit on her $5,000 commodities trade. If I recall correctly we all complained about Hillary's corruption in regard to that stock trade. Hillary only made $100,000 on a $5,000 investment, whereas Giuliani made $250,000 on a $4000 investment.
I suppose this gives me one more reason not to vote for Mr. Giuliani. Let his defenders defend this.