3. "Well, true. Just trying to say that for a lot of athletes, playing..." In response to In response to 2 Fri Jan-17-20 03:19 PM by flipnile
...*is* (in-effect) the trophy.
Always tossed my trophies and other stuff after a bit (they were all plastic anyway). Most valuable physical things to me were the uniform I wore, and photos of the team.
Edit: Plus, I was mad competitive as a kid and used to cry when I lost ball tournaments so the consolation prize wasn't going to help. Would probably help some kids tho.