Going Pink? (1 Viewer)

[The Jerk]

Did anyone else think it was strange that Brees' record-breaking game ball has a pink ribbon on it?

By the way, I'm talking about a solidly pink ball, not just a ribbon under the shield.And yes, I noticed it. We can all see it in Canton for the rest of our lives.

 

[simey]

The National Football League and NFL Players Association will support October's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with their fourth-annual national breast cancer screening initiative and fundraising campaign. In collaboration with the American Cancer Society, the initiative, called "A Crucial Catch: Annual Screening Saves Lives," reminds women 40 and older about the importance of having an annual mammogram. To date, the partnership has raised more than $3 million for the American Cancer Society, with the majority of the donation coming from the sale of pink items at retail and on NFL Auction. Beginning this year, money raised through A Crucial Catch will support the American Cancer Society's Community Health Advocates National Grants for Empowerment (CHANGE) program. This program provides outreach and breast cancer screenings to women who need them. The NFL markets being supported in the first year of the program are Atlanta, Baltimore, New England, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Washington, DC. Beginning tonight and continuing throughout the month, NFL breast cancer awareness games will feature: » Game balls with pink ribbon decals used for every down and pink kicking tees » Pink equipment for players including: cleats, wristbands, gloves, sideline caps, helmet decals, captains' patches, chin straps, shoe laces, skull caps, sideline towels, eye shield decals and quarterback towels » Pink coins used for the coin toss » Pink sideline caps for coaches and sideline personnel and pink ribbon pins for coaches and team executives » Pink caps, wristbands, whistles and pins for game officials » On-field pink ribbon stencils and A Crucial Catch wall banners » Pink goal post padding in end zones » Breast cancer awareness pompoms, shirts and wristbands for cheerleaders Game-worn pink merchandise and footballs will be autographed post-game and auctioned at NFL Auction (www.nfl.com/auction ). All NFL Auction proceeds from the sale of breast cancer awareness items during the month of October will benefit the American Cancer Society. Special pink merchandise will also be available at www.NFLShop.com , www.neweracap.com , www.nike.com , in stadium retail stores, at ****'s Sporting Goods, Hatworld and Lids, with a portion of proceeds going to breast cancer charities. The NFL and its teams will also be supporting The Tutu Project this year by providing photographer Bob Carey with access to select stadiums around the country to produce new images. Carey takes photographs of himself wearing a pink tutu in locations nationwide, with all net proceeds from the sale of his photos going to non-profits that support women with breast cancer. Carey's just-released book will be sold on NFL Auction , with proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. The New York Giants , Arizona Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts will be collaborating with Carey for his project this year. For more information, visit www.thetutuproject.com . In 2011 alone, the NFL's A Crucial Catch campaign reached more than 151 million viewers, including 58 million women age 18 and older. The campaign's message is making a real impact-64% of NFL female fans and 61% of all NFL fans identify the importance of annual screenings, especially for women over 40, as the key message of the A Crucial Catch campaign. Tanya Snyder, wife of Redskins owner Dan Snyder, Susie Spanos, wife of Chargers president Dean Spanos, and players including Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald , Panthers tight end Greg Olsen and running back DeAngelo Williams have all embraced A Crucial Catch-each has been touched by breast cancer. In addition, Saints quarterback Drew Brees recently filmed a breast cancer awareness PSA with the American Cancer Society to show his support for A Crucial Catch. During the primetime match-up on October 7 between the Saints and the Chargers (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC), the City of New Orleans will 'paint the town pink,' as the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, City Hall and other prominent areas will be lit pink. During the game, the Saints will provide pink rally towels to all fans in attendance, and breast cancer survivors will participate in halftime activities. In addition, the Buffalo Bills will work with local organizations to light Niagara Falls pink in honor of the Billieve Breast Cancer Awareness program. The Falls will be illuminated pink on October 19. The Indianapolis Colts will work with the city to turn the canal that runs through downtown pink for the month of October, beginning with a special ceremony on October 5. NFL Network's "A Football Life" series will feature former player Chris Spielman on October 31. Spielman's wife Stefanie, lost her battle with breast cancer in 2009. Spielman has devoted much of his post-football life to breast cancer awareness and fundraising. The NFL and the American Cancer Society will extend A Crucial Catch to the youth and high school level again this year. With help from USA Football, Andy Reid , head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles , sent a note to every youth and high school football coach across the country offering suggestions and ideas for how schools and teams can "go pink" along with the NFL and the American Cancer Society to show support for the cause. Coach Reid's late mother, Elizabeth, was a radiologist who treated many breast cancer patients, and his mother-in-law, Virginia Garrett, passed away from breast cancer. Interested schools and youth programs can visit cancer.org/coachestoolkit to get involved. From cleats to gloves, towels to caps, NFL partners including Gatorade, Longaberger, Nike, Pro Specialties Group, Riddell, Under Armour and Wilson are creating pink merchandise for Breast Cancer Awareness games. Many other partners and licensees including, EA Sports, Panini and Topps will support A Crucial Catch through various products and promotions. This year, Ticketmaster, ticket service provider to all 32 NFL clubs and the NFL Ticket Exchange, the official ticket exchange of the NFL, will contribute 10 cents for every NFL ticket sold during the month of October to the American Cancer Society, with a $40,000 limit. Additionally, Ticketmaster is printing pink tickets throughout the month to show its support for the cause. FOX broadcaster and Pro Football Hall of Fame member Troy Aikman, the official spokesperson of the NFL Ticket Exchange this season, will promote this joint effort and unveil the new pink ticket stock with Ticketmaster in Dallas, Texas. Barclaycard will support A Crucial Catch throughout October with a contribution to the cause (up to $100,000) based on consumer spending using the NFL Extra Points credit card. New Era will also donate women's hats to every club to be distributed to breast cancer survivors and worn during breast cancer awareness games. Gatorade will again provide both on and off-the-field support for the cause. Pink towels will be used on the sidelines at every A Crucial Catch game. In addition, Gatorade is producing special edition A Crucial Catch bottles of 32oz. G Series Thirst Quencher that will be sold in Kroger stores nationwide through October 12. PepsiCo and Kroger are once again partnering to attach real faces and star power to the campaign. Kroger-employed breast cancer survivors and New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez are once again featured in a PepsiCo product display, and are celebrated in Kroger's online community. Susie Spanos, wife of San Diego Chargers president Dean Spanos, and Houston Texans linebacker Bradie James will take part in the campaign as well. In its first year as an NFL sponsor, Tide will be incorporating A Crucial Catch messaging throughout its ongoing "They're not just colors" NFL campaign. Fans can visit www.NFL.com/pink to learn more about the campaign, the youth and high school football initiative, as well as important breast cancer detection information, prevention tips and how to participate in their local American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. NFL Players will be raising money for breast cancer awareness with collective and individual efforts across the country. Through the NFLPA's One Team for the Cure and their own foundations, players will host a variety of events and fundraisers in their team cities and home communities. More information can be found at www.nflplayers.com/About-us/One-Team-One-Community/ . Many teams will extend the national platform with local efforts, including the distribution of education cards and more than 850,000 pink ribbons facilitated by volunteers from Zeta Tau Alpha (ZTA) sorority chapters. Teams will designate home games in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and plan special in-stadium or pregame events with local organizations. Team events include: Arizona Cardinals The will provide custom pink jerseys, socks, wristbands, laces, towels and painted pink ribbon logos on the fields for Central High School and a youth football team. In addition, Cardinals players, in partnership with the American Cancer Society, will provide a luncheon at the ACS "Hope Lodge" for current breast cancer patients and their breast cancer survivor mentors. Breast cancer survivors be on the field during the National Anthem and perform a cheer routine at halftime at the Cardinals October 14 game. Tutu Project photographer Bob Carey will photograph himself during this game to raise funds for breast cancer awareness. His wife, a breast cancer survivor, will be included in the activities on field. Members of ZTA will be on hand along with local high school football players to collect donations and distribute pink ribbons to fans as they enter the stadium. Atlanta Falcons The Falcons will host a Dazzle & Dine event on October 2, treating breast cancer survivors to a day of pampering and a night of fine dining with Falcons players. During the Falcons breast cancer awareness game, the cheerleaders, operations crew, drumline and Freddie Falcon will dress in pink uniforms, Dazzle & Dine winners will be honored in a pregame ceremony, and the National Anthem will be performed by a breast cancer survivor. A large pink ribbon will be held by breast cancer survivors during the National Anthem, and the Falcons flag used for player introductions will be unfurled by breast cancer survivors. Halftime will feature a BMX stunt show with pink ramps and riders dressed in pink. Baltimore Ravens The Ravens will host an on-field survivor tribute prior to kickoff on October 14 and distribute more than 50,000 pink ribbons to fans as they enter the stadium. All survivors honored on-field will receive a pink Ravens t-shirt and breast cancer awareness hat from New Era. During the morning of October 14, "Team Purple" (comprised of Ravens fans, wives and staff members) will be participating in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. In partnership with the American Cancer Society, the Ravens will host a check presentation pregame to highlight funding the A Crucial Catch Campaign has provided to ACS in order to implement a mammography program for women in Harford County, Md. In addition, the Ravens and ACS volunteers will distribute boxes of birthday candles to fans as they leave the game. Ravens cheerleaders will also be in breast cancer awareness gear for the game and Baltimore's Marching Ravens will sport pink plumes. Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills will hold their 7th Annual Billieve event on October 19 in Niagara Falls, NY to help raise awareness and money for the fight against breast cancer. The evening will be highlighted by a concert from national recording artist Belinda Carlisle as well as the International PINKTOBER Living Ribbon. The living ribbon will be formed by American and Canadian Breast Cancer supporters and will stretch from the border of the U.S. to Canada across the Rainbow Bridge. In addition to the live entertainment, much of Western New York will be "going pink," including the Falls themselves, which will be illuminated pink to help raise awareness for the cause. Carolina Panthers On October 6, DEANGELO WILLIAMS, who pioneered the idea of NFL players wearing pink cleats 2009, will captain the "Williams Warriors" Komen for the Cure race team for the fourth consecutive year. On October 7, a group of 50 survivors representing Susan G. Komen Charlotte and the American Cancer Society will lead the team onto the field prior to the start of the game in the KEEP POUNDING Survivor Tunnel Run. Sandra Hill (DeAngelo Williams ' mother) and Susan Olsen (GREG OLSEN'S mother), both of whom are breast cancer survivors, will also participate in the tunnel run and will serve as honorary Keep Pounding Drummers. TopCats cheerleaders will use pink poms, and ZTA will distribute 70,000 Think Pink! ribbons at the stadium gates. Chicago Bears Bears Care, the charitable beneficiary of the Chicago Bears , has been selling Real Bears Fans Wear Pink t-shirts and will continue throughout October. Net proceeds will be distributed to area programs providing care, assistance and support to breast cancer patients and their families. Fans are encouraged to wear the t-shirts to the October 22 game. Two Bears Care supporters will serve as honorary captains and participate in the coin toss. Flag-runners will be carrying special pink Bears flags that will be used during starting line-ups and every time the Bears score. Breast cancer survivors will help hold the 4th Phase flag prior to kick-off, and all 100 of the flag holders will be wearing pink New Era BCA hats. Volunteers from ZTA also will be handing out pink ribbons to fans. Cincinnati Bengals The Bengals will have ZTA volunteers on-site distributing pink ribbons and information cards to fans as they enter the gates of Paul Brown Stadium. In the pre-game fan zone area (the Jungle Zone), there will be a Women's Services Van with volunteers distributing information, courtesy of team partner TriHealth. Pre-game, they will honor the Marvin Lewis Community Fund's Pink Football Award Winner with a special presentation. The winner also will deliver the pink coin to midfield for the coin toss. Cleveland Browns The Browns breast cancer awareness games will be October 14. At the game, the Browns & ZTA will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of their partnership by providing fans with free Think Pink ribbons. Breast cancer survivors will join pregame festivities, including the gauntlet formation for player introductions. Survivors will also receive special New Era hats. In addition, on October 2, the Browns Women's Organization will host a 'pink tailgate party' at the Hope Lodge, which is funded by the American Cancer Society. In 2012, MIKE HOLMGREN and JOE THOMAS recorded PSAs on breast cancer awareness, while several players have been impacted by breast cancer including JOSH CRIBBS, PHIL DAWSON, SCOTT FUJITA and USAMA YOUNG. Dallas Cowboys Ambassador Nancy Brinker, Founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, will attend the Cowboys breast cancer awareness game tonight and speak to the 500 halftime participants touched by breast cancer prior to the game. Bank of America, the game's presenting sponsor, will pass out breast cancer awareness themed signs to fans as they enter the stadium and present a special halftime extravaganza that features approximately 250 breast cancer survivors from Komen for the Cure alongside 250 alumnae Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders in forming two "human" pink awareness ribbons on field. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders will switch out one of the iconic blue stars from their uniform for a pink star for the game. The squad will also introduce a new Lucchese Boot which features a pink star and pink stitching and add a touch of pink to their traditional silver and blue poms. The team's iPromise merchandise line will be available exclusively at Old Navy stores across the nation, with proceeds benefiting Komen for the Cure. Denver Broncos A celebration of survivors in New Era breast cancer awareness caps is planned for half time at the Broncos October 28, complete with stadium-wide pink pompoms. These celebrated survivors will also be treated to a special pink champagne celebration pre-game before their half time recognition tribute. ZTA will be on site to distribute game day programs and pink ribbons. The Broncos will also field a race team for October 7 Race for the Cure and will be a partner of the annual Pink Tie Affair Gala on October 27. Detroit Lions The Lions will sponsor the ACS Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on October 13 in Detroit. The Lions ' Women's Association will participate in the walk. The team has dedicated its October 28 game as its A Crucial Catch game. Forty breast cancer survivors wearing Pink New Era caps will form a fan tunnel that players will run through during pregame introductions. ZTA sorority members will pass out THINK PINK ribbons as fans enter the stadium. ACS volunteers will have a table on the Ford Field concourse for the team's first three home games to promote breast cancer awareness and provide fans with information on screenings. Green Bay Packers The Packers will recognize breast cancer awareness month on October 28 with Lambeau Field and Packers players prominently featuring the color pink in several ways. Fans will receive pink Kohl's Cares rally towels as they enter the stadium. A group of 60 Breast Cancer survivors will be on the field making up the gauntlet for player introductions wearing pink. Halftime will feature Oneida Nation Dancers dressed in pink performing a healing dance, and pink ribbons will be unfurled on the field and pink balloons released by survivors and fans touched by cancer. Lights around the stadium will glow pink in the evenings the week leading up to the game. The game also will feature collegiate and alumnae members of ZTA distributing pink ribbons and information in the Lambeau Field parking lots. In addition, Packers coaches' and players' wives be participating in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Awareness Walk on October 13. Houston Texans The Texans and Kroger will launch an online fundraiser today benefiting Susan G. Komen. Fans can make a monetary donation and get a chance to win Texans tickets for the Pink Ribbon game. On October 2, the Texans will hold our "Texans Tickled Pink Spa Day" where women undergoing breast cancer treatment and their caregivers will enjoy lunch, spa services and a Look Good, Feel Better presentation from the American Cancer Society. BRADIE JAMES will visit the spa day guests. On October 6, the Texans will be a sponsor at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The team also will have more than 150 participants on the race team that day. During the team's Pink Ribbon game, they will recognize JANICE MCNAIR and DEBBIE PHILLIPS as the Home field Advantage Captains and Coin Toss Captains. Women undergoing breast cancer treatment and their caregivers will hold the Texas Flag and the Anthem singer will be Lyle Lovett. Kroger will do a stadium card stunt and "pink out" the crowd and ZTA sorority will hand out ribbons at the gates. Indianapolis Colts The Colts will kick off Breast Cancer Awareness month with a visit by players to the IU Simon Cancer Center on October 2. That week, the team will also turn Colts .com pink, host the "Pinking of the Canal" event on October 5 to dye Indianapolis' downtown canal pink and dedicate their October 7 game to breast cancer awareness. Gameday elements will include a pink ribbon passout, on-field recognition of nearly 150 breast cancer survivors and a special edition "pink" gameday program. Throughout the month the team will accept nominations for their "Pamper Her Pink" program to give breast cancer survivors and women currently the disease the opportunity to receive lunch with Colts players and a day of a pampering. The Colts mascot, Blue, will also turn pink for all of his appearances in October, and the Indianapolis Colts Women's Organization will have Limited Edition Colts Breast Cancer Awareness T-shirts for sale with all proceeds benefiting the IU Simon Cancer Center. Jacksonville Jaguars At their October 7 game, the Jaguars will be led out onto the field by a player carrying a pink breast cancer awareness flag. Pink ribbons providing breast cancer detection information will be given to fans. Pink caps, canvas bags and ladies tees also will be on sale. Cheerleaders will use pink poms. The American field flag will be held by 60 breast cancer survivors. The honorary captain will be a local breast cancer survivor. Kansas City Chiefs The Chiefs annual breast cancer awareness game presented by Hy-Vee and The University of Kansas Hospital will take place on October 7. Together with The University of Kansas Hospital, the team has identified over 50 breast cancer survivors who will participate in on-field pregame festivities. This includes displaying the large Arrowhead flag, participating in the game's honorary first pass along with Ambassador RB TONY REED and serving as the honorary captain for the coin-toss. Thanks to a partnership with New Era, these survivors will each wear special Chiefs -themed breast cancer awareness hats during those ceremonies. Also, as fans enter Arrowhead Stadium, they will receive a pink breast cancer awareness ribbon that will be distributed by members of the Chiefs Women's Organization as well as volunteers from ZTA. The team will sell pink merchandise in its Pro Shop on game days and through October. Proceeds will support The University of Kansas Hospital Cancer Center. Kcchiefs.com also will feature pink graphics. Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins Women's Organization will participate in breast cancer awareness outreach at the October 14 game, including a Silent Auction and sale of pink hair extensions. The Miami Dolphins Women's Organization also will host 20 girls who have a parent who has been affected by breast cancer at Publix Cooking School on October 24. The Miami Dolphins Foundation will continue to provide a scholarship to children whose parents have been affected by breast cancer. In addition, the team will donate $5,000 to the America Cancer Society for mastectomy bras. Minnesota Vikings Jenni Greenway and members of the Vikings Women's Organization will partner with ZTA and pass out pink ribbons to fans prior to the October 7 game. On Tuesday, October 9, the Vikings organization will partner with the American Cancer Society to host a luncheon at Wildfire Grill in recognition of caregivers of 11 breast cancer survivors. Players, cheerleaders and Viktor the Viking will be in attendance. New England Patriots During the October 7 game, the Patriots will highlight breast cancer awareness by honoring breast cancer survivors who will line up on the field with Patriots cheerleaders for player introductions. In addition, Patriots and Pro Football Hall of Fame member ANDRE TIPPETT will present a $50,000 grant on behalf of the Patriots and NFL to the Community Health Center of Franklin County through the American Cancer Society's CHANGE program which aims to provide breast cancer screenings and early detection programming to areas of greatest need. Fans can also learn more about breast cancer awareness and screenings at tables throughout Gillette Stadium and through announcements made during the game. New Orleans Saints Tomorrow, Saints players will visit the Tanzy Breast Center of Ochsner Health System to distribute tote bags filled with Saints /Ochsner BCA items, along with pink Healincomfort medical device shirts to women preparing for their mastectomies. At their October 7 breast cancer awareness game, team partner Ochsner Health System will recognize breast cancer survivors during a pre-game presentation as part of the Ochsner Heroes program. They will also provide pink rally towels for all fans entering the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Saints will partner with ZTA to distribute information cards and pink ribbons at the game, while team partner Copeland's of New Orleans will distribute pink koozies with BCA info cards. Halftime entertainment will include breast cancer survivors performing a Zuumba dance. Volunteers from ACS will serve as gate giveaway crews. ACS will also feature a national PSA with Saints quarterback DREW BREES and will also utilize a NFL grant in New Orleans to provide free mammogram screenings to women in the region. The Mercedes-Benz Superdome will be lit pink on the day of the BCA game. The Saints are also participating in the local Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, as Saints Owner/Vice Chairman of the Board RITA BENSON LEBLANC will serve as honorary chair of the race. New York Giants October marks the Giants ' 13th year of our commitment to breast cancer awareness and fundraising. On October 7, the Giants have once again invited breast cancer survivors from Hackensack University Medical Center to assist in unfurling a pink ribbon flag on the 50 yard line during the pre game ceremony. In addition, Bob Carey from the Tutu Project will be on-site shooting a photo for his upcoming book. This photo opportunity will take place near the end zone during our pregame ceremony. Sorority sisters from ZTA will be in the parking lots accepting donations for bumper stickers and rally towels. All funds raised will be distributed locally to breast cancer awareness partners the Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation; The Tutu Project; A Little Easier Recovery; and the American Cancer Society. New York Jets The Atlantic Health Jets Women's Organization (AHJWO) will again partner with the American Cancer Society for their Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on October 21 in Parsippany, N.J. AHJWO members will form a team, solicit friends and family for financial support and participate in the walk. The AHJWO has been the No. 1 NFL affiliated walk-team in the country the past two years, raising more than $26,000. The Jets will recognize breast cancer awareness month during their October 8 game. Oakland Raiders The Raiders breast cancer awareness game will be on October 21. A pink ribbon flag will be unfurled during the pregame celebration. The Raiders will honor six breast cancer survivors and their families from The Susan G. Komen Foundation during an on-field recognition prior to kickoff. Representatives from The Susan G. Komen Foundation will distribute breast cancer literature and pink ribbons to all fans. The Raiderettes, who will be celebrating their 50th Raiderette Reunion, will perform with pink poms and a special pink vest throughout the game. Philadelphia Eagles The Eagles will pay tribute to breast cancer survivors at their October 14 game, where they will hold a large pink ribbon on-field during the anthem, give away pink towels, sell Tackling Breast Cancer hats, and all gameday staff/cheerleaders/SWOOP will be in pink apparel. The October 28 game will also feature Tackling Breast Cancer messages on the video boards. Throughout October, fans can submit photos for an online mosaic to show what Tackling Breast Cancer means to them with the option at the end to make a donation where 100% of the proceeds benefit the cause. The photos will be merged into one mosaic which will be published on the team's website and Facebook Page. Fans will then be able to "tag" their photo, connecting it to their social media pages. Pittsburgh Steelers On September 21, Steelers players visited Magee-Women's Hospital to offer a nutritional cooking class to breast cancer survivors and patients. Twenty-five survivors also will be honored in a pregame ceremony during the October 7 game. They will be on the sidelines for the Anthem and on the 45-yard line for the coin toss, wearing New Era BCA hats. Fans entering the stadium will receive pink Terrible Towels. ZTA members will distribute pink ribbons at Steelers Experience before the game. There will also be a check presentation from the game day sponsor to Susan G. Komen Pittsburgh affiliate. St. Louis Rams The Rams will partner with ZTA to pass out pink ribbons to fans outside the Edward Jones Dome prior to the October 4 Thursday Night Football game. Upon arrival, all fans will receive a pink rally towel. The team will also identify breast cancer survivors to form the tunnel that the players will run through during team introductions. Patty Schultz, a Rams staff member who is currently fighting breast cancer, will serve as the team's honorary captain. At halftime, the Rams current cheerleaders will join with alumni cheerleaders and junior cheerleaders for a performance called, "Cheer for a Cure." The money raised will benefit Siteman Cancer Center. Throughout the game, breast cancer-related messages from Rams players and cheerleaders will be shown on the video boards. San Diego Chargers The Chargers paint "the Q" pink for breast cancer awareness on October 15 for Monday Night Football! Fans will receive pink ribbons and information cards from members of ZTA, as well as a Chargers breast cancer awareness car magnet, presented by UC San Diego Health System. ZTA will have informational displays at four locations inside the stadium. The team will partner with the American Cancer Society to highlight and honor more than 30 breast cancer survivors on the field during pre-game festivities. More than 100 ZTA members in pink will assist in unveiling the flags and large pink ribbon on the field during the anthem. The Charger Girls will perform with pink pom poms and a breast cancer survivor will serve as the game's honorary captain. Beginning today, the Charger Girls are travelling to Mexico City in support of NFL Mexico's breast cancer awareness initiative. On October 19, UC San Diego Health System will host a special event for the Lightning Ladies called "Bolt Up Your Bra" at the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. Attendees will hear from breast cancer survivors, get updates on treatments from clinical experts, and hear a special Chargers guest speaker. Lightning Ladies are encouraged to bring a "bolted up" bra for a chance to win autographed Chargers memorabilia. San Francisco 49ers On October 7, the 49ers will honor 50 breast cancer survivors during a half-time ceremony. The ceremony will begin with a PSA featuring players J ONATHAN GOODWIN, MIKE IUPATI, JOE STALEY, ALEX SMITH, Defensive Line Coach JIM TOMSULA and a 49ers Ticket Sales Manager - all of whom have mothers who are survivors â?? and two survivors - 49ers Season Ticket Holder Arabella Cortez and a 49ers Total Access Broadcaster Melissa Galvin. Following the video, twelve 49ers alumni including DWIGHT CLARK, GUY MCINTYRE and KEENA TURNER will present the survivors - including the women featured in the video â?? with 49ers breast cancer awareness commemorative scarves. Throughout the game, the videoboard will share breast cancer facts and statistics provided by game sponsors Stanford Womenâ??s Cancer Center and UnitedHealthcare. Leading up to the game, the PSA will be featured on 49ers .com as well as other 49ers media outlets. Seattle Seahawks The Seahawks will recognize breast cancer awareness at their October 14 game. The local chapter of ZTA will distribute 30,000 pink ribbons to fans as they enter the stadium. During the game, the Sea Gals will use neon pink poms and will wear neon pink boots. The two video boards will have pink ribbons on the bottom of the screen during the entire game. On October 13, the Seahawks Women's Association will hold their annual Football 101 Clinic with proceeds benefitting Wings of Karen. The CenturyLink Field arch lights will be pink Wednesday and Thursday nights throughout the month of October. Tampa Bay Buccaneers On October 9, Buccaneers players and cheerleaders will present $5,000 to the American Cancer Society and serve dinner to breast cancer patients and caretakers staying at the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, a facility that offers out-of-town cancer patients and their caregivers a free, temporary place to stay while receiving effective cancer treatment. The team will host their breast cancer awareness game on October 14. Volunteers from ZTA sorority will hand out breast cancer awareness ribbons to fans as they enter the stadium. Fans will also have the chance to visit the Florida Cancer Specialists mobile screening vehicle before the game. The Buccaneers will be welcomed to the field by children with parents battling breast cancer and oncology nurses from across Florida. More than 200 breast cancer survivors, patients and caretakers will participate in pre-game elements and be seated in the Front Row Fans sections of the stadium. The coin toss will be performed by a specially-selected Bay area resident who submitted a story of breast cancer survival to the team. All Buccaneers and stadium staff will wear pink ribbons sported by coaches; cheerleaders will wear custom breast cancer awareness uniforms and use pink pompoms; and pink flags will fly from the pirate ship in Buccaneer Cove throughout the game. All fans will receive a custom Buccaneers pink rally towel upon entry, provided by the Tampa Tribune. Tennessee Titans Prior to kickoff of the Titans Thursday Night Football game on October 11, Titans Owner K.S. "BUD" ADAMS, JR. will welcome 12 breast cancer survivors to game for a special recognition ceremony. Donna Palmer, wife of Titans offensive coordinator Chris Palmer , will be one of the 12 survivors honored by the club. The survivors will all receive gift bags, which will include pink Titans hats, compliments of New Era. Yulinda Cook, breast cancer survivor and mother of Titans tight end JARED COOK, will then raise the ceremonial "12th Titan Flag" prior to kickoff. Breast cancer awareness information will be distributed on the Saint Thomas Health's Mobile Mammography Coach, parked on the South side of LP Field. ZTA volunteers will distribute approximately 25,000 pink ribbons to fans attending the game. Everyone entering LP Field will be given a pink rally towel, compliments of Baptist and Saint Thomas Hospitals and FUZE. Washington Redskins Fans attending the Redskins October 7 game will be welcomed by TANYA SNYDER hundreds of ZTA members distributing THINK-PINK! ribbons and education. On October 2, the Washington Redskins , Mrs. Snyder and the American Cancer Society, will host the fifth annual All Star Survivors Celebration for area women currently battling breast cancer. The breast cancer survivors attending the event will be pampered and supported by a host of players, coaches, and their wives serving as "Team Captains." The "all-star survivors" will also be on-field during player introductions wearing pink New Era caps.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

consider the $$ spent to manufacture all of the pink items... cleats, hats, goal post guard, wristbands....

am i stupid to think that maybe they could have given the money spent on the pink stuff to the cancer research instead?

of course i support the cause, and i think it's great the NFL does too. but it must have cost a small fortune to get Nike/Reebok/whoever to make the pink shoes, hats, etc.

i just think it's counter-productive to spend the money on the pink stuff...

The Military Industrial Complex has a blank check to enslave the public by creating wars.The Cancer Industrial Complex is the same thing. More people are employed in cancer research than who actually have the disease. More people die by cancer treatment than by the actual disease.

My link

They don't want a cure, they do want propoganda to make people 'feel' like they are doing something to find a cure when that is the very last thing that the people running the circus want.

The medical industry hasn't cured a disease since polio. They do research to find expensive treatments and when a cure is found they attack the person who found the cure and call them quacks.

The fact that you are getting a lil-tired of the symbol of this farse, the 'pink' propoganda crap is a good early sign. Once you wise up and blow-by the LAME-stream media and do your OWN research you'll discover the truth.

My link

 

[DeCleater]

Having an entire quarter of the season dedicated to wearing pink for anything is ridiculous. One week is plenty, and the league/tv coverage can still tout it and use pink in the logos all they want. But to put pink in the mix of the uniforms for a whole month is insulting to me. Plus, it's a game of men with well over half the fans being male, where's the prostate cancer awareness? I'm not trying to criticize them or call them hypocrites, it's just absurd to have to look at pink crap all over the field for 1/4 of the season. Makes me NOT want to contribute.

I agree. One week is fine but a month is to much pink for me.

 

[Amused to Death]

consider the $$ spent to manufacture all of the pink items... cleats, hats, goal post guard, wristbands....

am i stupid to think that maybe they could have given the money spent on the pink stuff to the cancer research instead?

of course i support the cause, and i think it's great the NFL does too. but it must have cost a small fortune to get Nike/Reebok/whoever to make the pink shoes, hats, etc.

i just think it's counter-productive to spend the money on the pink stuff...

The Military Industrial Complex has a blank check to enslave the public by creating wars.The Cancer Industrial Complex is the same thing. More people are employed in cancer research than who actually have the disease. More people die by cancer treatment than by the actual disease.

My link

They don't want a cure, they do want propoganda to make people 'feel' like they are doing something to find a cure when that is the very last thing that the people running the circus want.

The medical industry hasn't cured a disease since polio. They do research to find expensive treatments and when a cure is found they attack the person who found the cure and call them quacks.

The fact that you are getting a lil-tired of the symbol of this farse, the 'pink' propoganda crap is a good early sign. Once you wise up and blow-by the LAME-stream media and do your OWN research you'll discover the truth.

My link

but You can add the war on drugs to your list of money making propaganda schemes. Pot and other drugs will always be illegal because they make too much money on "the war".

 

[just_want_2_win]

never occured to me they may auction the game worn stuff, good point. not trying to be an a**, just thinking it's a lot of wasted money that could go to good use. and no i didn't major in marketing thanks for asking

I don't think you need to apologize. It wasn't a bad point. I think to an extent it's right...but as others have stated in this thread there are other intangibles such as awareness that come from it. For instance, the lighting around the Superdome for the SD-NO game was pinkified...huge beacon, literally, for the cause.From a more Machiavellian perspective, the NFL also creates for itself goodwill and some marketing tie-ins.

 

[mrip541]

Can you imagine if Ford managed to convince millions of people to donate hundreds of millions of dollars to its vehicle safety division because it would help save lives? Now imagine that somehow it was in Ford's interest to never produce a car that was 100% fatality proof, AND that only a portion of the donations,as small as 1%, actually went to anything related to safety.

Breast cancer kills about 40,000 Americans per year.

Cars killed about 300,000 Americans last year.

Smoking killed about 450,000 Americans last year, including 175,000 women and 50,000 from secondhand smoke.

Seems like the NFL could be saving a lot more lives if it started fundraising for or "creating awareness" of a different cause.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

It is Breast Cancer AWARENESS month. Not Fund-raising Month.

All of these things create AWARENESS.

Not counter-productive. Creating awareness to get screened in time to catch it early saves lives.

Are you sure?

Interesting. Sorry, I missed this last year. I do worry a little about the radiation. I am high risk, so am always being sent for these things. For one success story, though, a friend just completed her chemo for Stage Two that was diagnosed purely because of a routine mammogram.

 

[Da Guru]

I have had family members die from cancer, I am not at all against the pink. The NFL should participate making the first weekend in October the annual "week" that the NFL devotes to this charity. 4 weeks is a bit much for any charity. Someone is going to create the Zappa Prostate Foundtation..should that get 4 weeks of purple or whatever?

Right now the Komen Foundation has turned into a machine like MADD that puts pressure on companies to commit to the cause.

 

[Statcruncher]

It is Breast Cancer AWARENESS month. Not Fund-raising Month.

All of these things create AWARENESS.

Not counter-productive. Creating awareness to get screened in time to catch it early saves lives.

Are you sure?

Interesting. Sorry, I missed this last year. I do worry a little about the radiation. I am high risk, so am always being sent for these things. For one success story, though, a friend just completed her chemo for Stage Two that was diagnosed purely because of a routine mammogram.

Forgot I posted in this thread. Here's a more recent article on the questionable benefits of breast cancer awareness/screening saving lives. I'm a skeptical person by nature and can't help but think we're all being duped by the pink propaganda.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

Forgot I posted in this thread. Here's a more recent article on the subject of breast cancer awareness saving lives. I'm a skeptical person by nature and can't help but think we're all being duped by pink.

I think there is a lot not to like about Komen and there is definitely a lot of over-testing as a part of defensive medicine in general. Everyone has to do their own research and make a decision about what to get tested for and how often. I've ignored some recommendations. But, to make the decisions, you have to have the info and awareness. So, I can live with the marketing angle to the extent that it is not diverting funds from research, etc.Or putting its own awareness ahead of the disease's.

 

[simey]

I have had family members die from cancer, I am not at all against the pink. The NFL should participate making the first weekend in October the annual "week" that the NFL devotes to this charity. 4 weeks is a bit much for any charity. Someone is going to create the Zappa Prostate Foundtation..should that get 4 weeks of purple or whatever?Right now the Komen Foundation has turned into a machine like MADD that puts pressure on companies to commit to the cause.

The NFL is in a partnership with the American Cancer Society not Komen. Different teams are designated on different weekends for their part in the awareness, therefore it takes 4 weeks. There is a lot of bad that goes on in the world, but having sprinkles of pink on a football field for a month isn't one of them.

 

[growlers]

The Military Industrial Complex has a blank check to enslave the public by creating wars.

The Cancer Industrial Complex is the same thing. More people are employed in cancer research than who actually have the disease. More people die by cancer treatment than by the actual disease.

My link

They don't want a cure, they do want propoganda to make people 'feel' like they are doing something to find a cure when that is the very last thing that the people running the circus want.

The medical industry hasn't cured a disease since polio. They do research to find expensive treatments and when a cure is found they attack the person who found the cure and call them quacks.

The fact that you are getting a lil-tired of the symbol of this farse, the 'pink' propoganda crap is a good early sign. Once you wise up and blow-by the LAME-stream media and do your OWN research you'll discover the truth.

My link

Really? There is too much idiocy here to expend the energy to comment much but I'll try a little:Tell your crap to my dad who has been long term cured of FOUR cancers:

1) testicular - surgery and chemo

2) prostate - surgery and radiation

3) renal cell - nephrectomy

4) basal cell - removal

Your two links are to websites selling crap and advocating nutrition as a sole means to cure cancer and saying chemo, radiation, and surgery are all junk science

Childhood leukemia used to be a death sentence as recent as the '70's. Now the prognosis for long term survival is quite good due to cancer research.

That is just one of many examples.

You are probably in the Jenny mccarthy bandwagon too - I haven't seen a case of childhood meningitis in ten years due to vaccines - meningitis used to be a fairly common cause of death in kids

I could go on and on but you are already brainwashed so what's the point

 

[Amused to Death]

The Military Industrial Complex has a blank check to enslave the public by creating wars.

The Cancer Industrial Complex is the same thing. More people are employed in cancer research than who actually have the disease. More people die by cancer treatment than by the actual disease.

My link

They don't want a cure, they do want propoganda to make people 'feel' like they are doing something to find a cure when that is the very last thing that the people running the circus want.

The medical industry hasn't cured a disease since polio. They do research to find expensive treatments and when a cure is found they attack the person who found the cure and call them quacks.

The fact that you are getting a lil-tired of the symbol of this farse, the 'pink' propoganda crap is a good early sign. Once you wise up and blow-by the LAME-stream media and do your OWN research you'll discover the truth.

My link

Really? There is too much idiocy here to expend the energy to comment much but I'll try a little:Tell your crap to my dad who has been long term cured of FOUR cancers:

1) testicular - surgery and chemo

2) prostate - surgery and radiation

3) renal cell - nephrectomy

4) basal cell - removal

Your two links are to websites selling crap and advocating nutrition as a sole means to cure cancer and saying chemo, radiation, and surgery are all junk science

Childhood leukemia used to be a death sentence as recent as the '70's. Now the prognosis for long term survival is quite good due to cancer research.

That is just one of many examples.

You are probably in the Jenny mccarthy bandwagon too - I haven't seen a case of childhood meningitis in ten years due to vaccines - meningitis used to be a fairly common cause of death in kids

I could go on and on but you are already brainwashed so what's the point

Congrats to your dad and everything you and your family have been through. My mother is also a 4-time survivor; leukemia and 3 bouts of breast cancer that includes a double mastectomy. We're waiting right now to see if the cancer has moved to her brain. However the necessary MRI isn't covered by the insurance company because they say it has nothing to do with her breast cancer. I also have my own stories of diseases and surgeries as well as my own kids. And through it all I have come to the conclusion that the business of insurance and the medical field (also a business) is chock full of scams.I am not on the Jenny McCarthy bandwagon and her looney crusade against vaccinations. But if you think the goal of the medicine business is strictly to make you - and keep you - healthy then I have a bridge to sell you. Just my own personal experiences, that have been far to many, with the medical business.

 

[DiStefano]

To an extent, I am not against this pink thingy. But there are many other cancers and diseases which are just as worthy, and I don't see the NFL rushing out to support them by changing their uniforms. And the last thing we need is a new uniform every week, as the NFL tries to show how caring it is.

 

[growlers]

Congrats to your dad and everything you and your family have been through. My mother is also a 4-time survivor; leukemia and 3 bouts of breast cancer that includes a double mastectomy. We're waiting right now to see if the cancer has moved to her brain. However the necessary MRI isn't covered by the insurance company because they say it has nothing to do with her breast cancer. I also have my own stories of diseases and surgeries as well as my own kids. And through it all I have come to the conclusion that the business of insurance and the medical field (also a business) is chock full of scams.I am not on the Jenny McCarthy bandwagon and her looney crusade against vaccinations. But if you think the goal of the medicine business is strictly to make you - and keep you - healthy then I have a bridge to sell you. Just my own personal experiences, that have been far to many, with the medical business.

My sincere condolences about your mother. My point was that if you look at the websites he linked to, she shouldn't have had a mastectomy or any treatment for her cancer, and the only reason she got a mastectomy in the first place was to generate bills when it all could have been cured with nutrition or some magic potion that is being suppressed by the medical "industry".Also, the fact that the insurance company is denying the MRI is the fault of insurance companies, not the fault of doctors - the CEO of that insurance company makes >$100 million a year I'll bet.Health care is a mess, but throwing a bench researcher doing cancer DNA marker research or a worker trying in africa risking his life studying ebola under the bus for it is ridiculous.Don't tell me I'm in medicine for the money - I make countless personal sacrifices and spent 4 years in med school and 4 years in residency working my ### off to make less than the firefighter who lives next door to me and all my friends who majored in business working 8-4 jobs. But that's for an FFA thread so I'll shut up now.

 

[Das Boot]

At what point does it invade too far into the actual viewing of the game? What if coaches wore pink bunny suits? I know that's ridiculous but how far can the pink expand before it goes too far?

It's already there IMO.

 

[duaneok66]

no one stops watching because of the pink - it's sort of like people complaining about analysts - no one stops watching because they don't like him . . .

people just like to complain - at least it's for a good cause!! is it really worth it to whine about it??

 

[belljr]

As long as it doesn't benefit the susan g komen foundation, I'm ok with it

 

[meanjoegreen]

no one stops watching because of the pink - it's sort of like people complaining about analysts - no one stops watching because they don't like him . . .people just like to complain - at least it's for a good cause!! is it really worth it to whine about it??

Some people will find anything to whine about. The people who are bothered by the pink or the support of breast cancer awareness have some deep seeded issues.

 

[hip80]

Since I started this thread, I've had to watch a close family member go through breast cancer treatment. As hard as it was for me to watch her suffer, I can't imagine what it was like for her. Per her request, we stuck to the standard Cowboys gear for her vs. the pink stuff. For her, all the pink stuff was just a reminder that she was sick. In that time, I also lost a friend to pancreatic cancer, and had another close family member who had a scare with cervical cancer. I have another friend who is recovering from surgery for ovarian cancer.

I stand by my original post, even though I definitely recognize the need for awareness. I guess my intent was to express my confusion with how misguided and corporate the whole thing feels.

 

[hip80]

Case in point: it was too long to quote, but the above post (#52) listing all the items being manufactured and what all the teams are doing reads mostly like one big commercial for NFL, Gatorade, EA Sports, etc. etc. Like the original plan of doing something good for sick people and/or helping people avoid getting sick gets lost in all the "who's giving how much money to who" and pink overload. At what point does the raising money for awareness via millions of pounds of pink merchandise overtake the raising money for treatment or a cure? Yes, I understand that a portion of sales goes to the cause. It still seems counterproductive.

I'll still watch football this month, I'll still remember my friends lost to the disease, I'll still be very happy for the ones who survived, and I'll still make my yearly donation to the American Cancer Society this year. But I'll be doing it without the pink mouthpiece, towel, t-shirt, hat, wristband, and shoes.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

My wife will go to her very 1st pro game with me this Sunday at Dolphin Stadium. I'm excited to see Tannehill again and she is excited because she can wear pink and lots of it. I agreed to wear some pink as well.

 

[The Jerk]

no one stops watching because of the pink - it's sort of like people complaining about analysts - no one stops watching because they don't like him . . .people just like to complain - at least it's for a good cause!! is it really worth it to whine about it??

Some people will find anything to whine about. The people who are bothered by the pink or the support of breast cancer awareness have some deep seeded issues.

You're whining about other people whining. I'm not sure you should be as proud of yourself as you seem to suggest.In any case...on some level, what I perceive as pink overkill could be compared to telemarketing (among many other examples), which can also contributes to fundraising (and even awareness) of an assortment of excellent causes. However, for nearly everyone, there is a collective breaking point and/or a specific instance (say when a child is sick among many possibilities) at which time one finally has had enough of the distractions posed by the marketing calls. There are far worse things than telemarketing, after all, and can't you just move on and not let it be a bother to you?I think very few people are arguing that the pink onslaught is one of the gravest threats currently faced by civilization. However, I don't believe that an issue needs to be a looming catastrophe for it to be critically examined. I think most people like me who are "whining" are pointing out that the pink presence has reached its saturation point and could possibly be at a point of diminishing returns, in particular if it continues to creep deeper into the visual tapestry of the NFL. Some things truly are more effective in small doses. In addition, I/we believe that there is an element of hypocrisy and/or unfairness in the elevation of the specific breast cancer issue far above all other similarly worthy causes.Sorry if it ruins your day to find out that others think differently from you...

 

[Borat]

Are there still people out there who are not aware of breast cancer?

 

[Pots]

I'm sick and tired of all the Pink in the NFL.

 

[Bruno2]

My wife will go to her very 1st pro game with me this Sunday at Dolphin Stadium. I'm excited to see Tannehill again and she is excited because she can wear pink and lots of it. I agreed to wear some pink as well.

This.By going pink merchandise sales must be going through the roof. I see women everywhere now wearing pink NFL caps and jerseys. More and more women (and men buying as gifts for women) are buying NFL merchandise just because it's pink. Whether they're purchasing the items for the cause or not.

 

[belljr]

My wife will go to her very 1st pro game with me this Sunday at Dolphin Stadium. I'm excited to see Tannehill again and she is excited because she can wear pink and lots of it. I agreed to wear some pink as well.

Last year when we went to a Steelers game in October, my wife wanted to get some "gear".Her: " I don't want to get any of that dumb pink stuff, I want the real colors"

 

[kOOk]

My wife will go to her very 1st pro game with me this Sunday at Dolphin Stadium. I'm excited to see Tannehill again and she is excited because she can wear pink and lots of it. I agreed to wear some pink as well.

This.

By going pink merchandise sales must be going through the roof. I see women everywhere now wearing pink NFL caps and jerseys. More and more women (and men buying as gifts for women) are buying NFL merchandise just because it's pink. Whether they're purchasing the items for the cause or not.

no. this.

 

[comfortably numb]

consider the $$ spent to manufacture all of the pink items... cleats, hats, goal post guard, wristbands....

am i stupid to think that maybe they could have given the money spent on the pink stuff to the cancer research instead?

of course i support the cause, and i think it's great the NFL does too. but it must have cost a small fortune to get Nike/Reebok/whoever to make the pink shoes, hats, etc.

i just think it's counter-productive to spend the money on the pink stuff...

The Military Industrial Complex has a blank check to enslave the public by creating wars.The Cancer Industrial Complex is the same thing. More people are employed in cancer research than who actually have the disease. More people die by cancer treatment than by the actual disease.

My link

They don't want a cure, they do want propoganda to make people 'feel' like they are doing something to find a cure when that is the very last thing that the people running the circus want.

The medical industry hasn't cured a disease since polio. They do research to find expensive treatments and when a cure is found they attack the person who found the cure and call them quacks.

The fact that you are getting a lil-tired of the symbol of this farse, the 'pink' propoganda crap is a good early sign. Once you wise up and blow-by the LAME-stream media and do your OWN research you'll discover the truth.

My link

I get what you are saying, and I get how these cure seeking campaigns can often come off as more of a corporate feeling then charitable one, and I can even get on board saying it's more profitable to not have a cure.But the bolded above just seems like misguided feelings.

Would you rather have contracted HIV in 1985 or 2005

How about colon cancer? How about learning about your son being diagnosed with austism...which in 1985 they would have just thrown him on a short yellow school bus and sent him off to school with the kid that eats his own poop.

The long term goal is a cure for any disease really.

The pink is to raise awareness and to go get checked EARLY.

Early detection is the best cure.

and i know...who isn't aware of breast cancer or HIV or whatever right?

you know who isn't, the stubborn guy who doesn't want to get fingered in the ######.

maybe, just maybe this awareness campaign for breast cancer finally gets him to go get screened for a prostate exam after seeing blood in his toilet for the last 5 months but he has been too lazy or scared in the past.

And it's comical for middle aged men to ask who isn't aware in this day and age.

You are aware cause it's become a fabric of your life, because of awareness campaigns.

We stop raising awareness and kids growing up don't have this instilled in their daily lives which would be a bad thing. We can stop raising awareness when we no longer need to worry about it, like polio for example. Til then, we still have work to do.

 

[Annyong]

How Much Is The NFL Profiting From All This Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Merchandise?

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and anyone who has watched an NFL game this month and seen players sporting pinks shoes and other accessories can tell you. But for all the talk about raising awareness of the deadly disease, is the NFL just looking at pink and seeing green?

Business Insider’s Cork Gaines recently looked at this issue to see just how much the NFL is making off the pink-themed merchandise it sells.

It’s important to distinguish here between the pink gear worn by the players on the field, which is auctioned off, with the money going to the American Cancer Society, and the pink merch that is being sold in the NFL Shop.

Gaines points out that the latter are marketed as a way to “support the fight against breast cancer with pink NFL breast cancer awareness gear,” which may lead some to believe that by purchasing these items, they are making a donation to cancer research. In fact, only 5% of the sales of these items is going to the ACS.

Writes Gaines:

And then consider that only 70.8% of money the ACS receives goes towards research and cancer programs. So, for every $100 in sales of pink gear, only $3.54 is going towards research while the NFL is keeping approximately $45 (based on 100% mark-up).

Obviously, the NFL has a right to make a profit on the merchandise it sells, but we couldn’t find any clear mention of the 5% on either www.nfl.com/pink or the pink store in the NFL Shop online. Gaines had to get confirmation on that number by contacting the NFL directly.

If the merchandise is solely about raising awareness, which could be argued is a sufficiently honorable goal in itself, then shouldn’t the NFL make it clearer to customers that only 5% of the sale price is going to the ACS? Because while some people might be happy that $1 of the $20 they pay for a pink knit cap is going to the researchers, others might just want to give that $20 straight to the ACS.

 

[omally]

I'm sick and tired of all the Pink in the NFL.

People are sick and tired of getting cancer, and seeing loved ones die of it. It's strange to me how a small dose of pink gear during a month bothers some people. NFL players enjoy supporting the cause. DeAngelo Williams is the one who came up with the idea of wearing pink cleats, along with the gloves, wrist bands, and arm sleeves the NFL introduced the same year. His mother is a breast cancer survivor, and four of his aunts died of breast cancer. "Whether you're directly or indirectly affected by it, you know what it means when you put on the pink," Williams said. "When I put it on, I wear it because of my aunts and my mom and for everyone that has been diagnosed and those that have beat it."I feel that those battling cancer are the real warriors and soldiers. They're the ones we really wear pink for.""Pink is not just a color," Williams told the Charlotte Observer last year. "It's a lifesaver. It's awareness. So when people see pink they want to ask questions and they want to follow up. I had a lady stop me and said just because of what I saw during the game, meaning the color, (she) was going to get examined. I asked her does it run in your family. She said no but just because I support that cause I'm going to go out and make sure I'm OK. I walked off like, whew, if we reach one, we reach millions. If we reach millions we're doing our job."

 

[kOOk]

consider the $$ spent to manufacture all of the pink items... cleats, hats, goal post guard, wristbands....

am i stupid to think that maybe they could have given the money spent on the pink stuff to the cancer research instead?

of course i support the cause, and i think it's great the NFL does too. but it must have cost a small fortune to get Nike/Reebok/whoever to make the pink shoes, hats, etc.

i just think it's counter-productive to spend the money on the pink stuff...

The Military Industrial Complex has a blank check to enslave the public by creating wars.The Cancer Industrial Complex is the same thing. More people are employed in cancer research than who actually have the disease. More people die by cancer treatment than by the actual disease.

My link

They don't want a cure, they do want propoganda to make people 'feel' like they are doing something to find a cure when that is the very last thing that the people running the circus want.

The medical industry hasn't cured a disease since polio. They do research to find expensive treatments and when a cure is found they attack the person who found the cure and call them quacks.

The fact that you are getting a lil-tired of the symbol of this farse, the 'pink' propoganda crap is a good early sign. Once you wise up and blow-by the LAME-stream media and do your OWN research you'll discover the truth.

My link

I get what you are saying, and I get how these cure seeking campaigns can often come off as more of a corporate feeling then charitable one, and I can even get on board saying it's more profitable to not have a cure.But the bolded above just seems like misguided feelings.

Would you rather have contracted HIV in 1985 or 2005

How about colon cancer? How about learning about your son being diagnosed with austism...which in 1985 they would have just thrown him on a short yellow school bus and sent him off to school with the kid that eats his own poop.

The long term goal is a cure for any disease really.

The pink is to raise awareness and to go get checked EARLY.

Early detection is the best cure.

and i know...who isn't aware of breast cancer or HIV or whatever right?

you know who isn't, the stubborn guy who doesn't want to get fingered in the ######.

maybe, just maybe this awareness campaign for breast cancer finally gets him to go get screened for a prostate exam after seeing blood in his toilet for the last 5 months but he has been too lazy or scared in the past.

And it's comical for middle aged men to ask who isn't aware in this day and age.

You are aware cause it's become a fabric of your life, because of awareness campaigns.

We stop raising awareness and kids growing up don't have this instilled in their daily lives which would be a bad thing. We can stop raising awareness when we no longer need to worry about it, like polio for example. Til then, we still have work to do.

And what's even better is the amount of money the nfl makes off your type of sentiment. it's almost too easy for them, tugging at such strings. 3.5% of that gold mine ends up at research? what the hell, MORE PINK green!

October??? might as well do it for the year with those kind of margins.

 

[habsfan]

I'm sick and tired of all the Pink in the NFL.

People are sick and tired of getting cancer, and seeing loved ones die of it. It's strange to me how a small dose of pink gear during a month bothers some people. NFL players enjoy supporting the cause. DeAngelo Williams is the one who came up with the idea of wearing pink cleats, along with the gloves, wrist bands, and arm sleeves the NFL introduced the same year. His mother is a breast cancer survivor, and four of his aunts died of breast cancer. "Whether you're directly or indirectly affected by it, you know what it means when you put on the pink," Williams said. "When I put it on, I wear it because of my aunts and my mom and for everyone that has been diagnosed and those that have beat it."I feel that those battling cancer are the real warriors and soldiers. They're the ones we really wear pink for.""Pink is not just a color," Williams told the Charlotte Observer last year. "It's a lifesaver. It's awareness. So when people see pink they want to ask questions and they want to follow up. I had a lady stop me and said just because of what I saw during the game, meaning the color, (she) was going to get examined. I asked her does it run in your family. She said no but just because I support that cause I'm going to go out and make sure I'm OK. I walked off like, whew, if we reach one, we reach millions. If we reach millions we're doing our job."

A bit of pink for a month certainly doesn't bother me but in a general sense, I do start to question where the delta is in terms of things like "awareness". On the ground floor of any cause or initiative, you can certainly accomplish a great deal by raising awareness but at some point you hit that saturation level. Once you do, you effectively have a lot of people wearing pink and a whole lot of awareness - to the point where "raising awareness" becomes a bit of a platitude. Some in this thread are suggesting we might have reached this point with breast cancer.

 

[JNox3]

My wife will go to her very 1st pro game with me this Sunday at Dolphin Stadium. I'm excited to see Tannehill again and she is excited because she can wear pink and lots of it. I agreed to wear some pink as well.

Probably wasn't difficult to get you to "agree to wear some pink". I imagine that's all the you have in your wardrobe but this gives you a good excuse. Joking!!

 

[comfortably numb]

consider the $$ spent to manufacture all of the pink items... cleats, hats, goal post guard, wristbands....

am i stupid to think that maybe they could have given the money spent on the pink stuff to the cancer research instead?

of course i support the cause, and i think it's great the NFL does too. but it must have cost a small fortune to get Nike/Reebok/whoever to make the pink shoes, hats, etc.

i just think it's counter-productive to spend the money on the pink stuff...

The Military Industrial Complex has a blank check to enslave the public by creating wars.The Cancer Industrial Complex is the same thing. More people are employed in cancer research than who actually have the disease. More people die by cancer treatment than by the actual disease.

My link

They don't want a cure, they do want propoganda to make people 'feel' like they are doing something to find a cure when that is the very last thing that the people running the circus want.

The medical industry hasn't cured a disease since polio. They do research to find expensive treatments and when a cure is found they attack the person who found the cure and call them quacks.

The fact that you are getting a lil-tired of the symbol of this farse, the 'pink' propoganda crap is a good early sign. Once you wise up and blow-by the LAME-stream media and do your OWN research you'll discover the truth.

My link

I get what you are saying, and I get how these cure seeking campaigns can often come off as more of a corporate feeling then charitable one, and I can even get on board saying it's more profitable to not have a cure.But the bolded above just seems like misguided feelings.

Would you rather have contracted HIV in 1985 or 2005

How about colon cancer? How about learning about your son being diagnosed with austism...which in 1985 they would have just thrown him on a short yellow school bus and sent him off to school with the kid that eats his own poop.

The long term goal is a cure for any disease really.

The pink is to raise awareness and to go get checked EARLY.

Early detection is the best cure.

and i know...who isn't aware of breast cancer or HIV or whatever right?

you know who isn't, the stubborn guy who doesn't want to get fingered in the ######.

maybe, just maybe this awareness campaign for breast cancer finally gets him to go get screened for a prostate exam after seeing blood in his toilet for the last 5 months but he has been too lazy or scared in the past.

And it's comical for middle aged men to ask who isn't aware in this day and age.

You are aware cause it's become a fabric of your life, because of awareness campaigns.

We stop raising awareness and kids growing up don't have this instilled in their daily lives which would be a bad thing. We can stop raising awareness when we no longer need to worry about it, like polio for example. Til then, we still have work to do.

And what's even better is the amount of money the nfl makes off your type of sentiment. it's almost too easy for them, tugging at such strings. 3.5% of that gold mine ends up at research? what the hell, MORE PINK green!

October??? might as well do it for the year with those kind of margins.

no fishingand the 3.5% is sad, but it is still 3.5% in millions more than nothing, and as mentioned...it's more about the awareness.

 

[kOOk]

consider the $$ spent to manufacture all of the pink items... cleats, hats, goal post guard, wristbands....

am i stupid to think that maybe they could have given the money spent on the pink stuff to the cancer research instead?

of course i support the cause, and i think it's great the NFL does too. but it must have cost a small fortune to get Nike/Reebok/whoever to make the pink shoes, hats, etc.

i just think it's counter-productive to spend the money on the pink stuff...

The Military Industrial Complex has a blank check to enslave the public by creating wars.The Cancer Industrial Complex is the same thing. More people are employed in cancer research than who actually have the disease. More people die by cancer treatment than by the actual disease.

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They don't want a cure, they do want propoganda to make people 'feel' like they are doing something to find a cure when that is the very last thing that the people running the circus want.

The medical industry hasn't cured a disease since polio. They do research to find expensive treatments and when a cure is found they attack the person who found the cure and call them quacks.

The fact that you are getting a lil-tired of the symbol of this farse, the 'pink' propoganda crap is a good early sign. Once you wise up and blow-by the LAME-stream media and do your OWN research you'll discover the truth.

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I get what you are saying, and I get how these cure seeking campaigns can often come off as more of a corporate feeling then charitable one, and I can even get on board saying it's more profitable to not have a cure.But the bolded above just seems like misguided feelings.

Would you rather have contracted HIV in 1985 or 2005

How about colon cancer? How about learning about your son being diagnosed with austism...which in 1985 they would have just thrown him on a short yellow school bus and sent him off to school with the kid that eats his own poop.

The long term goal is a cure for any disease really.

The pink is to raise awareness and to go get checked EARLY.

Early detection is the best cure.

and i know...who isn't aware of breast cancer or HIV or whatever right?

you know who isn't, the stubborn guy who doesn't want to get fingered in the ######.

maybe, just maybe this awareness campaign for breast cancer finally gets him to go get screened for a prostate exam after seeing blood in his toilet for the last 5 months but he has been too lazy or scared in the past.

And it's comical for middle aged men to ask who isn't aware in this day and age.

You are aware cause it's become a fabric of your life, because of awareness campaigns.

We stop raising awareness and kids growing up don't have this instilled in their daily lives which would be a bad thing. We can stop raising awareness when we no longer need to worry about it, like polio for example. Til then, we still have work to do.

And what's even better is the amount of money the nfl makes off your type of sentiment. it's almost too easy for them, tugging at such strings. 3.5% of that gold mine ends up at research? what the hell, MORE PINK green!

October??? might as well do it for the year with those kind of margins.

no fishingand the 3.5% is sad, but it is still 3.5% in millions more than nothing, and as mentioned...it's more about the awareness.

Yes fishing. NFL ---> <---you HTH

 

[eoMMan]

They should do blue for prostate cancer, the second deadliest cancer for guys.

 

[Jewell]

Foul play! Just five per cent of takings from NFL's pink kit for breast cancer campaign goes to charities

The NFL's involvement in Breast Cancer Awareness month has come under fire after claims the league is profiting from the cause. Players have been wearing pink caps, shirts, elbow pads, and boots and flashes of the color have adorned towels and parts of the field throughout October across the U.S. Fans can buy pink items from the National Football League shop, or bid in auctions for products seen during games. The proceeds ostensibly go to help support the fight against breast cancer, but critics now allege that most of the cash ends up in the pockets of NFL owners.

The website tells fans they can 'support the fight against breast cancer with pink NFL breast cancer awareness gear.' However, Business Week discovered that only 5 per cent of the sales are being donated to the American Cancer Society. If the products have a typical 100 per cent mark-up at retail point, that means the NFL is keeping 90 per cent of the profit from the sale of the items.

Of the money the ACS receives, only 70.8 per cent goes towards research and cancer programmes and a significant portion has to be spent on administration. This would mean that for every $100 in sales of pink products, $3.54 goes towards research while the NFL keeps approximately $45.

Although the proliferation of pink merchandise clearly helps awareness, these figures may raise some eyebrows when you consider that NFL had $9.5billion in revenue in 2011.

An NFL spokesperson said that while they did not dispute the numbers above, the NFL does not profit from the sale of pink merchandise. Any money that is not donated to ACS is used to cover the costs of its breast cancer awareness programme, A Crucial Catch. The spokesperson said the NFL has donated 'more than $3million' or approximately $1million per year as a result of the programme that began in 2009.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2216671/Questions-NFLs-breast-cancer-pink-equipment-campaign-alleged-charities-cent-profits.html

 

[Wooderson]

I heard that 28 teams participate in breast cancer awareness month. Anyone know what teams declined? Surprised the NFL didn't make it mandatory.

 

[Wooderson]

Berman just thinks it is Breast Awarness. I think we are all aware of breasts Boom.

Sorry if Honda

 

[BaBastage]

Thanks for the link Jewell. I just read more on this.

Another link: http://consumerist.com/2012/10/11/how-much-is-the-nfl-profiting-from-all-this-pink-breast-cancer-awareness-merchandise/

And then consider that only 70.8% of money the ACS receives goes towards research and cancer programs. So, for every $100 in sales of pink gear, only $3.54 is going towards research while the NFL is keeping approximately $45 (based on 100% mark-up).

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Berman just thinks it is Breast Awarness. I think we are all aware of breasts Boom.

http://youtu.be/JWmB-SJElqM

Sorry if Honda

I have breast awareness 24/7/365

 

[karmarooster]

I can appreciate the point of this thread. While everyone can be in favor of breast cancer "awareness" (I would prefer fundraising for research for a cure... because who hasn't heard of breast cancer or had someone affected by it?), there are moneyed interests that are behind most of this. The whole pink thing raises lots of profits, not just for the corporations that produce the pink gloves, hats, and crap for the players, but also the hats and shirts that are sold retail. There are also moneyed CEOs of breast cancer charities (I forget the woman who is behind the Pink thing, but some in the cancer/charity community do not support her). I'd wager she makes a fat salary.

Also, not all products are the same. Some advertise "a portion of 'proceeds' go to breast cancer research - meaning that the make profits, and 10% or profits or whatever goes to research. They still keep 90% of profits. Others, however, specify that ALL profits go to charity/research, at least up to a certain amount.

In general, the whole pink thing is a HUGE marketing scheme, that overall does good. But you are a fool to think that there are not people behind this making tons of bank (besides the charities).

 

[Bri]

Two years ago? The CDC finished an extensive study on breast cancer. The amount of time, effort and attention to detail they put into it caught "everyone's" eye.

1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer at some point. The stat was shocking and frightening.

Articles were put in just about every paper, TV news ran some stuff on the CDC report, radio probably mentioned it. A few months later, very few Americans that were polled (by Quinnipiac IIRC) knew the 1 in 8 stat.

Breast Cancer awareness month became quite important to educate the public on the 1 in 8 stat and get the women in to get a mammography scan.

Breast cancer detected early enough is not a death sentence like other cancers. Many women can live a long life after it's detected. It is possible they have to have a breast removed, but the alternative (dying) isn't really an option.

If you've had a loved one die from any type of cancer, then you can probably relate to the notion of surviving this cancer making it something the public can "get behind" too and support.

Medical advances are obvious- most hospitals in the US can now offer a mammography scan when in the past they couldn't.

The biggest advancement I know of is a technological one that is simple to explain. You've had an xray, right? That's two dimensional, of course. Well, mammo scans are now 3-D in many hospitals. Imagine you're a doc or radiologist looking at an image-flat 2D or 3D that you can rotate around like the Google Earth program or a well done video game? The difference is super obvious right away-that better viewpoint is so much better and will surely help detect what they possibly couldn't before. Ya gotta recognize that as being a considerable advancement.

A scanned image is a huge file on the computer called a DICOM image. You don't just attach it and send it to someone. No mail service would support such an enormous file. Sending these images to the radiologist was also a decent advancement as well. Before this, breaking up a file as torrents and reassembling it on the receiving computer was the best technology to send large files fast. It is possible this technology exists NOW outside of the radiology field. I don't know. It started for this purpose and was developed by Oracle (java).

So there's some things maybe you can support and help you understand. If you know 8 women, think about the 1 in 8 stat. Now, again, think about how this cancer-if found early enough- can be removed, treated, etc and the person can live a long time.

I don't expect 10 years from now or 5 years from now, we still have this pink month stuff. I expect the public will be well educated on the topic by then. For now, I do completely understand why we need to get the word out and we all need to urge the women we love to go get a mammography scan.

 

[Bri]

The campaign 2? years ago simply called "I love b-o-o-b-i-e-s" (sorry for circumventing filter, figure it's OK) was one of the most successful such campaigns ever.

Money brought in, awareness, public support...

Maybe the way men feel about em made them ask Qs to trigger a discussion. Maybe a woman seeing another woman with such a t-shirt or wrist band made her raise an eye-brow and wonder what the deal was. Whatever the case, it was a major success.

How the world reacts when much of the general public spends their money on something is a general topic we discuss here in the FFA all sorts of different ways. Yes there are jerk businessmen out to make money and don't really care about cancer research or awareness or any of that. No one in America will ever forget that our society is one that spent millions on pet rocks. The business side of this breast cancer awareness discussion is not a fun one nor an easy one to understand entirely. It's best to just stick to the 1 in 8 stat and remind those you love to get checked out.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

First off the CDC is the acronymn for the Center for Disease CONTROL.

CONTROL not the center for disease PREVENTION and certainly not the center for disease CURE.

Many top ranking officials from the CDC go back-and-forth between those jobs and high ranking positions with the top pharma companies and the top GMO companies. Hmnnn I bet that is a coincidence. I'm sure their isn't any connection and the studies are sure to bring out people who are victims or related to vicitims of disease who will gladly prop up a cross and then proceed to nail themselves to it and dare anyone to question their victimhood and thereby make us feel soo bad to question the true motives of the POS' raking in big bucks.

CONTROLLING a disease is diametrically opposite of CURING or PREVENTING a disease because their ain't no money to be made if you PREVENT or CURE a disease but their is a ton of loot to be made from CONTROLLING a disease and the top thing when you CONTROL anything is to CONTROL the message.

You take CONTROL of the media, you take CONTROL of the CDC, and you CONTROL scientific studies and prop up victims and use the shield of victims as your protectors as you spew out more CONTROLED scientific studies that no-one dare question or else they are hurting the victims.

How about putting money into finding cures or putting money into prventing diseases rather than in CONTROLLING them? How about making laws PREENTING top ranking officials in the CDC to ever get top paying jobs in the pharma industry after they leave or for a decade prior to landing any top CDC job? How about instead of giving big bucks to the biggest pharma companies that we make finding cures and finding preventive techiques the ones who get funding? Nawwwwwww lets wear pink.

 

[karmarooster]

I think you're going overboard a little bit with the semantics of the CDC, but I was under the impression that the CDC was more concerned with infectious disease, rather than cancer.

 

[Bri]

First off the CDC is the acronymn for the Center for Disease CONTROL.CONTROL not the center for disease PREVENTION and certainly not the center for disease CURE.Many top ranking officials from the CDC go back-and-forth between those jobs and high ranking positions with the top pharma companies and the top GMO companies. Hmnnn I bet that is a coincidence. I'm sure their isn't any connection and the studies are sure to bring out people who are victims or related to vicitims of disease who will gladly prop up a cross and then proceed to nail themselves to it and dare anyone to question their victimhood and thereby make us feel soo bad to question the true motives of the POS' raking in big bucks.CONTROLLING a disease is diametrically opposite of CURING or PREVENTING a disease because their ain't no money to be made if you PREVENT or CURE a disease but their is a ton of loot to be made from CONTROLLING a disease and the top thing when you CONTROL anything is to CONTROL the message.You take CONTROL of the media, you take CONTROL of the CDC, and you CONTROL scientific studies and prop up victims and use the shield of victims as your protectors as you spew out more CONTROLED scientific studies that no-one dare question or else they are hurting the victims. How about putting money into finding cures or putting money into prventing diseases rather than in CONTROLLING them? How about making laws PREENTING top ranking officials in the CDC to ever get top paying jobs in the pharma industry after they leave or for a decade prior to landing any top CDC job? How about instead of giving big bucks to the biggest pharma companies that we make finding cures and finding preventive techiques the ones who get funding? Nawwwwwww lets wear pink.

You've posted quite a few posts like this.It's not helpful and the point in raising breast cancer awareness is to be helpful. Even if you disagree, even if you have 10,000 different views on how 10,000 different things should be handled differently, ...even your negative viewpoint would be best served by the public being made aware.After "everyone" knows would surely lead to a better discussion than before.Your post quoted above doesn't address now, but just the future and thank God the CDC exists and not limited viewpoints like yours. You want a cure and I get that, everyone understands that. You're not discussing addressing the problem now though. You are solely stuck discussing the future and that doesn't do the currently sick women any good.You need to understand that people die from all sorts of cancers every year and we (as a world wide society) have spent billions in all sorts of ways. Breast cancer is the first that we can address and offer the sick person a long life. THAT is considerable. That breeds hope for lung cancer, liver cancer, testicular cancer, and whatever other cancers. One we can finally address and deal with. That is nothing to shake a stick at. I am extremely confident that the general public supports a simple notion I have that we'd like a means to survive all cancers. Starting with one, is a start.You're entitled to your negative viewpoint, but even you won't have the supporters you want until the public is better educated and awareness is raised.

 

[netnalp]

RGIII's pink glove and sleeve combo remind me of a Madonna video.

He's a Material Girl.