Please tell me there is no pink clothing this year

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CowboyGil said:
As long I have my wife living and breathing by my side, I'm not going to mind the NFL wearing pink for a month. I just think that maybe a little of the money went to help catch my wife's breast cancer early enough so my daughter and I can enjoy having her around for a while longer and she can enjoy being with us. at least I THINK she enjoys being around us. :p
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I have not lost anyone close to me from cancer so I used to be mildly irritated about all the pink in October too. Recently I attended a Race for a Cure meeting and it opened my eyes, and my heart. I now have my company, my friends, family and even the youth teams I coach involved. Race for a Cure uses Breast Cancer as its rally cry because it is popular cause at the moment, but the money goes to all cancer research. The American Cancer Society is the entity behind Breast Cancer Awareness and its programs.

If even a penny is generated from this program,that is still a penny more than it would have. Program is not perfect by any means, but the effort and passion are real. The volunteers that I met are amazing people with amazing stories. I thank God that my daughters, wife, sisters, mother, family and friends are currently cancer free but I want to be part of the team that eliminates even ONE form of cancer forever. Cure is within our lifetime my friends.
 
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LurkerinOhio said:
HI. This is probably my first post, if it isn't eh. If it is, nice to finally meet all of you.
The Pink thing, kind of a good thing, kind of a great thing actually. Yes, yes we all know that breast cancer is a terrible thing and some of you do not need to be constantly reminded of it on any given Sunday. A lot of folks do though, and it kind of raises a metric ton of money.

Speaking of money, the NFL does also indeed exploit the topic and it is an uptic in sales. I remember a few short years ago plenty of people making fun of a girl-friend in a pink 'Romo' jersey. Now, at the stadium, during this campaign you can't find one. Irony...

Back on point. This post does kind of reak of insensitivity. I'm not sure if that was the intention, but it is how I interrupted it.

Reading through, plenty of exaggeration and hyperbole as well, along with the always expected 'absolute statement'

The color of Demarco's sneakers is not going to be the cause nor the effect of 149 yards and a touchdown.

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Good post. :)
 
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ROUSH8692 said:
Pretty insensitive...

Call yourself lucky to, assumingly, never had a close person get breast cancer or even die of it.

Have some class and delete this
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What is insensitive is the NFL catering to one disease to the exclusion of all others. To use pink with traditional (or new) unis is a bit much. Decorate the stadium in pink but not the athletes.

But now, more than ever, with Roger's ham-handed handling of Rice, etc., there will be so much pink in the NFL that major fashion houses will half some NFL designs for the spring runways.

Like me and manys others, breast cancer half had a affect on family and friends. Yet I don't get why the NFL goes all out on one disease and ignore the many others.
 
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I have not lost anyone close to me from cancer so I used to be mildly irritated about all the pink in October too. Recently I attended a Race for a Cure meeting and it opened my eyes, and my heart. I now have my company, my friends, family and even the youth teams I coach involved. Race for a Cure uses Breast Cancer as its rally cry because it is popular cause at the moment, but the money goes to all cancer research. The American Cancer Society is the entity behind Breast Cancer Awareness and its programs.

If even a penny is generated from this program,that is still a penny more than it would have. Program is not perfect by any means, but the effort and passion are real. The volunteers that I met are amazing people with amazing stories. I thank God that my daughters, wife, sisters, mother, family and friends are currently cancer free but I want to be part of the team that eliminates even ONE form of cancer forever. Cure is within our lifetime my friends.
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I don't know if you are local (D/FW) or not, but there are usually two races a year, one in June and the 'big' one in October. My wife had her surgery in May 2012 and did the one mile family walk at the one in June. It took us probably a little over an hour to do it and she slept the rest of the day, but she felt like she had to. She joined my short list of heros that day.:)
 
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Lol so no money/awareness for the cancer association because you don't want to see pink on your screen?

I'm so glad little things like this do not bother me.
 
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LurkerinOhio said:
HI. This is probably my first post, if it isn't eh. If it is, nice to finally meet all of you.
The Pink thing, kind of a good thing, kind of a great thing actually. Yes, yes we all know that breast cancer is a terrible thing and some of you do not need to be constantly reminded of it on any given Sunday. A lot of folks do though, and it kind of raises a metric ton of money.

Speaking of money, the NFL does also indeed exploit the topic and it is an uptic in sales. I remember a few short years ago plenty of people making fun of a girl-friend in a pink 'Romo' jersey. Now, at the stadium, during this campaign you can't find one. Irony...

Back on point. This post does kind of reak of insensitivity. I'm not sure if that was the intention, but it is how I interrupted it.

Reading through, plenty of exaggeration and hyperbole as well, along with the always expected 'absolute statement'

The color of Demarco's sneakers is not going to be the cause nor the effect of 149 yards and a touchdown.

Back to football?
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Welcome to the site!
 
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I'm not mad about the pink (though it's a bit annoying). What I really don't like is that such a small percentage of the money raised actually goes to the research. I'd like to see fans demand that it get a bigger piece of the pie. The point is to fund the research well so that a cure can be found, right?
 
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CowboyGil said:
I don't know if you are local (D/FW) or not, but there are usually two races a year, one in June and the 'big' one in October. My wife had her surgery in May 2012 and did the one mile family walk at the one in June. It took us probably a little over an hour to do it and she slept the rest of the day, but she felt like she had to. She joined my short list of heros that day.:)
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We are in San Diego now and we do the big one in October. My best to you and your family. Your wife sounds like a special lady Gil.
 
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It's for a good cause, I don't see anything wrong with them wearing pink for a month
 
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Tass said:
"Upset" is too strong.

How about "Irritated"? Is that ok to say?

Oh, and this is the USA. Feel FREE to be upset about anything you want.
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I must have missed that provision of the constitution. But yes, you are free to be upset/irritated about whatever you want and look petty in the process.
 
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