I have a far fetched question regarding Broadway Joe Namath...

There's a part in D'Arco's book, where Jimmy Burke gave Paulie Vario an expensive diamond ring. This ring previously belonged to Joe Namath, and may have been a championship ring- he won titles with the Jets and at Alabama. Paulie was planning on wearing it and wanted D'Arco to have the diamonds reset by one of his contacts in the diamond district. D'Arco mentioned that Namath was a gambler, and I'm assuming that Burke/Vario may have booked his action.

In Henry Hill's second book, he stated that some mobsters (including Henry) used to hang out at Namath's Bachelors III bar- which was partly why Rozelle forced Namath to cut ties with the bar. And Namath advised him to bet huge on the Jets in the '69 Super Bowl.

Is it possible that Paulie's pinky ring was one of Namath's championship rings?