I hate to be wishy-washy but if one of our kids did a report and made a picture that was not authentic, we would say "Great Job" and "boy you went the extra mile making a picture of championship rings".
But ESPN is a billion dollar entity and would tell you they are the biggest sports media company in the world.
If they did an interview with a famous athlete, you would expect them to show a picture or two of the athlete and perhaps a picture from the interview. A stand in "double" would be outrageous.
I guess since the article was not about championship rings, what they did was OK. Had the main subject been about Boston's championship rings, I think you would agree that in that case, the photo would be unacceptable.
Had they used authentic championship rings, the magazine cover could have become one of the most sought-after publications in our hobby in a very long time.
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