http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/03/selling-wimbledon-trophies-rematches-and-a-match-away-from-no-1/ A few wins, a few lessons. Never any losses. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:32:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/03/selling-wimbledon-trophies-rematches-and-a-match-away-from-no-1/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Sports: Life Magnified » Blog Archive » Borg not to sell trophies Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:21:11 +0000 http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=54#comment-95 [...] Bjorn Borg has decided never to sell his Wimbledon trophies citing that the trophies mean long term financial security. If you decide never to sell trophies, does it not mean they are not financial securities at all for him? Not that I am advocating selling trophies or am against it. It is person X’s trophy. If he has had financial problems in the future, how else can he tacke them? In sport, people who do not have financial tproblems too decide to sell sporting memorablia for easy cash or charity. How Borg will tacke his immediate financial problems though, I do not know. As CNN reports: Bjorn Borg Design Group crashed in 1989 and he is being sued for 11 million crowns ($1.42 million) by former business associate designer Lars Modin. They case is due to come to court next month. Borg still makes money from the branding of his name, most notably on a successful underwear line. [...] [...] Bjorn Borg has decided never to sell his Wimbledon trophies citing that the trophies mean long term financial security. If you decide never to sell trophies, does it not mean they are not financial securities at all for him? Not that I am advocating selling trophies or am against it. It is person X’s trophy. If he has had financial problems in the future, how else can he tacke them? In sport, people who do not have financial tproblems too decide to sell sporting memorablia for easy cash or charity. How Borg will tacke his immediate financial problems though, I do not know. As CNN reports: Bjorn Borg Design Group crashed in 1989 and he is being sued for 11 million crowns ($1.42 million) by former business associate designer Lars Modin. They case is due to come to court next month. Borg still makes money from the branding of his name, most notably on a successful underwear line. [...]

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