The New England Patriots on Sunday earned themselves Super Bowl rings while team owner Robert Kraft scored a new pair of cufflinks.
Kraft, who has overseen the Patriots during each of their four Super Bowl championships over the past 15 years, was spotted wearing what appeared to be Super Bowl ring cufflinks at Sunday's game.
Forget about the binoculars. Kraft has SUPER BOWL RING Cufflinks?! (H/T @MeredithFrost) pic.twitter.com/ZEKROWFuX9
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 2, 2015
This fashion choice predictably set Twitter aflame with commentary. Perhaps, some wondered, Kraft was keeping his rings close to the rest so a certain Russian politician wouldn't rob him?
Fun fact: Robert Kraft now wears his Super Bowl rings as cufflinks so Vladimir Putin can’t steal them. pic.twitter.com/VRpLk7iKfN (via @dubois)
— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) February 2, 2015
Or perhaps he just wanted everyone to know that he is "a boss." Kraft is, after all, worth a cool $4 billion.
you may ask yourself "self, what typifies boss status?" well, Bob Kraft fashioned his Superbowl rings into cufflinks pic.twitter.com/KB4o6llSYD
— Robert Caruso (@robertcaruso) February 2, 2015
The theories behind Kraft's cufflinks came fast and furious:
I think Robert Kraft is wearing the Intercontinental title belt as cufflinks. #SuperBowl
— David Schoen (@DavidSchoenLVRJ) February 2, 2015
Robert Kraft has set a #SuperBowl record for largest cufflinks.
— Fredrick Wilson II (@fwilsonii) February 2, 2015
Can anyone confirm what police badges that Robert Kraft was using as cufflinks there? #SBXLIX
— Josh Zielinski (@citizen_jz) February 2, 2015
Did anyone else notice Kraft's cufflinks could've saved the world?
#SuperBowI
— Jack Shendell (@ShendellJenner) February 2, 2015
Robert Kraft in a landslide in the cufflinks bowl vs. Paul Allen
— David Kaufer (@DavidKaufer) February 2, 2015
This isn't the first time Kraft has worn his wealth on his sleeves. He's been known to wear ostentatious cufflinks, and his accessories have even impressed the most flamboyant pro athlete of all, Floyd Mayweather.