Please tell me there is no pink clothing this year

[CCBoy]

Great post CC!! I'm happy for you and your wife!

Thank you, Sir.

 

[CCBoy]

Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr has special link to pink
By Drew Davison
ddavison@star-telegram.com



IRVING — Sunday’s game will carry more meaning for Brandon Carr.

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. Carr’s mom, Kathy, died July 30 after an eight-year battle with the disease. The NFL is taking part in the month by having its players wear pink cleats, wristbands and towels.

“It means a lot just because of the story behind it, my personal connection,” Carr said. “But in my case, I can smile. It’s a victory that my mom was a strong fighter — courageous. Stood there in the midst of all the cancer, everything going bad for her, and was still able to experience life and her family. That’s what it’s all about to me.

“But this month is pretty big. I know my mom would be an advocate for getting women of all ages aware and getting the proper medical attention needed to prevent or stop, whatever the case may be, or spread awareness. She was a selfless person. I mean it was never about her. She was always thinking about the next person.”

Carr missed the first weeks of training camp to spend time with his mom and family in Michigan for her final days and is still trying to digest it all. He’s had his dad, John, in town for the past two weeks, which has helped. So has wearing one of his mom’s old bracelets, so they’re “skin-to-skin still.”

“I have my moments,” Carr said. “I think about her a lot. I talk to her on a regular basis for the most part. She’s always with me. I always have my bracelets on.”

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/10/03/6172972/cowboys-cornerback-brandon-carr.html#storylink=cpy

 

[DallasDomination]

How about just helping out for the cause and not forcing the pink on everybody. I get i, i really do. But the players take it and run it as fashion statements and make it look cool..just keep it simple.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

I believe this little Boy is praying for God to bless the doctors who help many Americans overcome this terrible breast cancer mess.

2 months ago, I was fat, dumb and happy! Today, I am recovering from having BOTH of my breasts removed and preparing to take Chemo on Oct 23 is my first dose.

PINK is now my favorite color in the world ;-)

 

[WV Cowboy]

Yeah. You have domestic violence issues from a very small subset of your population. Don't help us cure cancer!

Seems legit.

You missed the point entirely, or you meant to quote my other post. I don't know which.

I specifically said the abuse against women within the NFL, not society in general.

The NFL wants to be known as one that cares about women by the breast cancer awareness campaign, .. but turns a blind eye when it comes to physical abuse against women.
If I was a woman, I would just feel like they can keep their pink trinkets.

My comment had nothing to do with the seriousness of cancer.

 

[rbr651]

To be fair though that ALS challenge increased donations almost tenfold then the year prior

It increased pledges, we'll see how many of those "look at me" types on FB actually pay up.

 

[Risen Star]

How about just helping out for the cause and not forcing the pink on everybody. I get i, i really do. But the players take it and run it as fashion statements and make it look cool..just keep it simple.

How about using the NFL platform to generate revenue for a variety of charitable causes but keeping them all off the field of play?

There's simply no good reason for it and the only reason it's done is to appeal to women.

 

[joseephuss]

How about just helping out for the cause and not forcing the pink on everybody. I get i, i really do. But the players take it and run it as fashion statements and make it look cool..just keep it simple.

Forcing? How is it forcing? The players decide if they want to wear some pink or not. They also decide how much, but even that is limited to armbands, shoes and other minor accessories. It isn't as if whole teams are going out there head to toe with pink. Or they make fans entering the stadium put on a pink shirt. I really hardly notice it while watching games.

 

[MRV52]

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

Not insensitive at all. In 2010 I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and I beat it. However it returned now and I have to battle it again. I hate the NFL pink and breast cancer month. There are people dying with other forms of cancer and they are not recognized. This whole NFL pink thing is a joke because how much money does breast cancer actually get. Look it up and it will show you have fake this whole thing really is. Not trying to put down breast cancer because I have lost a few friends with it but the whole spiel is just wrong.

 

[MRV52]

hardly insensitive. It is actually VERY insensitive to blast breast cancer all over the nfl when there are people dying from tons of other forms of cancer every day.

Wheres the nfl's lukemia month? or lung cancer, or liver cancer, or prostate cancer, or lymph node cancer month? no where.

Its rude to all those people suffering to elevate one style of cancer over theirs. Very rude.

Thanks for understanding. As a cancer patient it infuriates me that other cancers are overlooked.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

Thanks for understanding. As a cancer patient it infuriates me that other cancers are overlooked.

Definitely a terrible thing. My grandma died from lung cancer (non-smoker). My wife's mother has had skin cancer twice, and my wife's grandmother had throat and breast cancer (never smoked or drank or anything).

 

[Toruk_Makto]

You missed the point entirely, or you meant to quote my other post. I don't know which.

I specifically said the abuse against women within the NFL, not society in general.

The NFL wants to be known as one that cares about women by the breast cancer awareness campaign, .. but turns a blind eye when it comes to physical abuse against women.
If I was a woman, I would just feel like they can keep their pink trinkets.

My comment had nothing to do with the seriousness of cancer.

I understood what you were saying. I still find it silly.

The NFL has handled this domestic abuse issue horribly. No two ways about it.

I'm not sure spending their cancer awareness month and "keeping their money" does any good.

It's the kind of thing a blowhard would say in a knee jerk response which plants foot squarely in one's mouth.

 

[benson]

1. I have cancer in my family

2. I'm 2 years away from being an MD, I'm likely applying for an oncology residency.

3. Let's not pretend that the NFL is not using breast cancer awareness to tap into the extremely large and mostly un-tapped market of female Americans. Yes, it raises awareness and that's great, but to think that the primary motivation behind the movement is anything but financial is quite naive. Businessmen do what businessmen do, make money above all else.

 

[Hoov]

Forcing? How is it forcing? The players decide if they want to wear some pink or not. They also decide how much, but even that is limited to armbands, shoes and other minor accessories. It isn't as if whole teams are going out there head to toe with pink. Or they make fans entering the stadium put on a pink shirt. I really hardly notice it while watching games.

I hardly notice it either.

 

[Ratmatt]

I don't see anything wrong with it.The players aren't being forced to wear it.I believe most of them enjoy wearing it.If the players had the freedom they would be wearing all kinds of crazy color schemes.The NFL is a business, so of course they're trying to appeal to women, there's nothing wrong with that either.

 

[Wolf2k5]

1. I have cancer in my family

2. I'm 2 years away from being an MD, I'm likely applying for an oncology residency.

3. Let's not pretend that the NFL is not using breast cancer awareness to tap into the extremely large and mostly un-tapped market of female Americans. Yes, it raises awareness and that's great, but to think that the primary motivation behind the movement is anything but financial is quite naive. Businessmen do what businessmen do, make money above all else.

I think it's naive and even kind of insulting to women to say "hey maybe if we put players in pink that'll get the women to watch more games."

 

[Frozen700]

No games. It has no business being on the field.

Why? Does it hurt your eyes? Guess what? You can always not watch.

Has no business on the field? Lol and who are you to pass that judgement? A internet cowboys fan?

You all sit up on the computer like a bunch of teenage girls crying about something so insignificant. You would think this is a message board for favorite boy band. Ran by high school girls.

"Oh no why are they wearing that?"

"Why does Romo look fat?"

"Look how he wears his hat"

"Look at Smith's body, not your average lineman"

Who cares what they look like or wear. Just play football.

 

[landroverking]

Well i dont have cancer but I have been seeing an oncologist for more than two years as they look to find my issues.
Anything that raises awareness of cancer and blood issues is fine with me.
Right now my office mgr is battling beast cancer and we pray she wins.

 

[casmith07]

I think it's a good cause. However, there are other cancers. I think October should be cancer month, featuring a different color each week.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]