This won't win me any friends but, still, it has to be said

[Nav22]

Agree 100% with the original post.

October games are 1/4 of the NFL regular season.

So we're going to be subjected to all the pink for 1/4 of the season? EVERY season?

And if they're doing it this year, why wouldn't they do it again next October? And the October after that?

It's a little much.

 

[ComicBookGuy]

That's right. I see no good reason not to support a good cause. The entire nation is supporting Breast Cancer Awarness this month. I guess we could be supporting some other obscure disease but then, what do we do with the Breast Cancer Victoms?

I also enjoy a good dose of hyperbole. It's either breast cancer or obscure disease. Also, I suppose it is impossible to support more than one illness and their victims.

Good Lord, this is rediculous. 1 in 8 women will have Breast Cancer in their life time. Do the math, this isn't just about making people aware. It's about raising money for the cause and continued funding for programs to help find a cure.

I never said it wasn't a good cause. It's a very worthy cause. It's why I'm running in the 5k in Austin in less than a month. It's why I donated money to another runner.

It's pretty simple, if you don't like the pink, then I guess you can go and try to have the NFL change to save the cause of your choice. Of course, you can also just stop watching the NFL until this whole thing is over.

I'm still trying to find where I stated that I have a problem with the actions the NFL has taken (although to be honest, I think their reasoning for doing these actions is more selfish than not).

Do what you want to do but complaining about good work towards a needed cause is beyond my scope of understanding.

There are a billion needed causes. I wouldn't be upset if somebody didn't want to hear about them every time they turned on a football game. Sometimes it gets to the point of oversaturation. It doesn't bother me, but I understand why it might others.

 

[TonyRomo#9]

you guys are rediculous. all it is is a couple pairs of cleets, it doesn't change my sunday 1 bit. nor does it change any of yours, get over yourselves. its pink shoes.

and last i checked the NFL touches just about every single charity, as all the players have their pet charities they give to, if the NFL had a new charity every week we would eventually tune it out like we do that stupid Robot. this way we know about it, it raises awareness.

and last but not least, i couldn't really care less what you think about it, think about how many 40+ men watch football.. probably i very high percentage right? well maybe a 43 year old guy sees this, and thinks "my wife is in the age for checking regularly, and i don't think she has.." maybe he talks to his wife about it, she gets checked and it saves her life.

even if this only happened once the whole month.. i think you getting pissy over some shoes is worth it..

 

[BIGDen]

I mentioned this in another thread, and every acted like I farted in church.

Wait. You mean you're NOT supposed to fart in church?! Oh man, I probably owe like a hundred "Hail Mary's" from when I was a kid and used to attend.
Seriously though, I appreciate the charitable gesture but it certainly is inconsistent. There are many equally important causes out there.

 

[horns fan]

How has prostate cancer not come up here? yes, 1/8 women get breast cancer (~40,000 die per year), but 1/6 men get prostate cancer (~30,000 die per year).

prostate cancer awareness month was september and we heard not a peep from the NFL, even though a fair amount of the men playing and ref'ing the games will battle this disease. also, men are notorious for not taking care of their health or talking to others about it. The NFL seems like an ideal target audience to prompt such discussions (much like an earlier poster saw with his wife and daughter - which was a great story and a great example of a campaign having a beneficial impact).

Both of these are two examples of many worthy causes. It's not that any cause is more or less deserving, but we as a society have limited time and resources to devote to these causes. In light of these limited resources, I agree that questioning how the NFL (and society) decides which causes to highlight and fund is a very valid discussion.


source for stats listed:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/80165/the_great_dichotomy_breast_cancer_versus.html?cat=5

 

[Nav22]

Let's make November Skin Cancer Awareness month and get all the players to wear yellow.

Let's make December AIDS Awareness month and get all the players to wear white.

Let's make January Lung Cancer Awareness month and get all the players to wear brown.

I'm all for Breast Cancer Awareness. It's a serious illness that deserves its share of attention.

What I'm not for is the NFL needing to oversaturate the audience with pink, for 1/4 of the regular season (presumably the entire month of October).

One week would have been fine to me. But an entire month? 25% of the regular season? Too much.

Especially considering that since they did it this year, they'll likely do it again next year (and the year after that, and the year after that).

I don't think I'm an insensitive jerk just because I don't want 25% of my NFL regular season, this year and every year that follows... to have a pink theme.

 

[casmith07]

i agree...but somehow i dont think any women are watching a NFL game and saying ...."that guy is wearing pink cleats maybe i should get a mammogram"

You'd be surprised. Just hearing about this campaign by the NFL enticed me to open my wallet and donate to cancer research.

People that gripe about good causes are classless, in my opinion. It's sophomoric.

 

[imbatman]

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/23/18-awareness/

 

[joseephuss]

I barely even notice the pink stuff while watching the game. It does not distract from the game at all in my opinion. I see more yellow while watching a Cowboy game than pink and that is the problem with the team.

Not that there has been a lot of people complaining, but I think there would be even less if the color in question was something other than pink. Psychologists would find that kind of thing interesting and telling. Of course I don't believe in psychology.

 

[WV Cowboy]

You'd be surprised. Just hearing about this campaign by the NFL enticed me to open my wallet and donate to cancer research.

It's 2009 and you are just now donating to cancer research?

Good.

People that gripe about good causes are classless, in my opinion. It's sophomoric.

You have missed the whole point of the thread.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

How has prostate cancer not come up here? yes, 1/8 women get breast cancer (~40,000 die per year), but 1/6 men get prostate cancer (~30,000 die per year).

prostate cancer awareness month was september and we heard not a peep from the NFL, even though a fair amount of the men playing and ref'ing the games will battle this disease. also, men are notorious for not taking care of their health or talking to others about it. The NFL seems like an ideal target audience to prompt such discussions (much like an earlier poster saw with his wife and daughter - which was a great story and a great example of a campaign having a beneficial impact).

Both of these are two examples of many worthy causes. It's not that any cause is more or less deserving, but we as a society have limited time and resources to devote to these causes. In light of these limited resources, I agree that questioning how the NFL (and society) decides which causes to highlight and fund is a very valid discussion.


source for stats listed:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/80165/the_great_dichotomy_breast_cancer_versus.html?cat=5

Maybe the LPGA will devote a month to prostate cancer awareness month.

 

[basilhayden]

Enough with all the pink on the field!

Coaches, players and refs look stupid wearing all that pink. And with some TVs it looks red. Confusion Central.

Yes, the pink is for a good cause. And many of us have been affected by that terrible disease.
The problem is, there are tons of good causes out there.
How can the NFL in any good conscious now deny identical support for cancer, MS, mental illness, CS, AIDs and HIV charities . . . the list is endless.

How did one organization get to the NFL and persuade it to have its coaches, players, refs and stadium to look so stupid with all the pink?

It's a slippery slope, my NFL friends, on charity. Make one a pet project and reject the countless other good causes.

What happened to the days when a good cause was recognized at halftime and then let the game go on with its pride, it's sanctity and traditional unis?

Tired of my NFL looking stupid for one good cause out of a hundred.

The other causes don't have legions of attractive females pushing them.
18-35 year old women can schmooze any organization run by men that they see fit.
You should see the local college girls that do charity events for this cause were I live!!
It's just the IN thing right now.

 

[Seven]

Why, on God's green earth, is this a thread? I don't like fake grass and there are many different kinds of fake grass.............

 

[WV Cowboy]

Maybe the LPGA will devote a month to prostate cancer awareness month.

I think the TV audience of American Idol and Dancing with the Stars would be a good target for Breast Cancer Awareness.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I also enjoy a good dose of hyperbole. It's either breast cancer or obscure disease. Also, I suppose it is impossible to support more than one illness and their victims.


I never said it wasn't a good cause. It's a very worthy cause. It's why I'm running in the 5k in Austin in less than a month. It's why I donated money to another runner.


I'm still trying to find where I stated that I have a problem with the actions the NFL has taken (although to be honest, I think their reasoning for doing these actions is more selfish than not).


There are a billion needed causes. I wouldn't be upset if somebody didn't want to hear about them every time they turned on a football game. Sometimes it gets to the point of oversaturation. It doesn't bother me, but I understand why it might others.

If you don't have a problem with this, then you should stop posting on it. Clearly you have a problem. Perhaps you just don't recognize it as such.

 

[Everlastingxxx]

The pink becomes an eye sore.

Hey NFL, instead of spending millions on printing pink items, try providing health care to people to actually go to the doctor.

 

[ComicBookGuy]

If you don't have a problem with this, then you should stop posting on it. Clearly you have a problem. Perhaps you just don't recognize it as such.

I haven't once said the NFL should stop or do something different, merely stating that there is a perfectly logical reason for the original posters feelings. You have a serious issue with comprehension.

Just to add a point of emphasis I've been doing these marathons for a decade. I don't have a problem with what the NFL is doing. I do however think it is a little childish to get your panties in a wad because somebody doesn't want to be bombarded with whatever the flavor of the month is during sporting events and I'm more than happy to point that out.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I haven't once said the NFL should stop or do something different, merely stating that there is a perfectly logical reason for the original posters feelings. You have a serious issue with comprehension.

And they guy who has no problem with it is still posting.

:laugh2:

Yep, it's not you. It's all us.

 

[WV Cowboy]

You have a serious issue with comprehension.

:laugh2: :laugh1:

It is rampant here.

 

[ComicBookGuy]

And they guy who has no problem with it is still posting.

:laugh2:

Yep, it's not you. It's all us.

I'm posting about your inability to use logic, not the NFL's support of breast cancer awareness. How is this flying over your head?