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Agreed. But the pink penalty flags (mixing with the pink hand towels) is a bad idea.
I agree 100%. This is over-the-top pink, as if we are so dumb we cannot figure out pink awareness/breast cancer awareness with all the pink that the players are wearing?
There was a meeting in Detroit with some Big 3 ad people..it was called "The Business of Pink" it has nothing to do with breast cancer..but how to use pink to help market your business. I do work for all the Big 3 and Johnson Controls so I attended. Not once was the word "cancer or cancer cure" mentioned. Only how to use pink and the cause to market to women and gain market share.
That's exactly what this is about. This is marketed as "awareness". This isn't raising $ to fund breast cancer research or finding a cure.
No, the NFL does not take a cut of the donations, however, they do make a ton of money off of all the pink jerseys and memorabilia they sell, as well as future ticket and merchandise they get from converting women into becoming NFL fans with their pink marketing campaign.
I don't remember this much pink in years past. People think it's ridiculous to complain, but it really is aesthetically grating.
Of course. The league benefits indirectly by increasing their market share among their most sought after demographic - women. More viewers, more advertising dollars, and more money. However the league also benefits directly - from merchandise sales of all those pink products you see on TV, which of course are available on NFL.com. Not all of the profit from that merchandise goes to "awareness" -- which itself is a somewhat dubious goal when it comes to combatting cancer.
Aside from the fact that the NFL and the Pink foundation (actually called the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer foundation) are getting rich(er) off of the pink campaign, the whole goal of "awareness" is questionable, for two reasons:
Agreed about # of weeks -- it shouldn't be more than two in the pink. Balanced, of course, by one in the stink.
The flags and the onscreen first down line are new this season, but the rest is as prevalent as it has been at least the last 3 or 4 seasons. I think the whole month being pink started 5 years ago. In a once-in-a-billion-years color catastrophe, the Moron Jr led Seahawks played the Bears during pink month in their godawful, worst uniforms ever, lime green jerseys. That game is burned into my mind for a few reasons, but the color clash I remember and I'm pretty sure that was the first year of a whole month.
It's even worse than that -- many of the Pink products actually contain cancer-causing carcinogens themselves:
This is the one annoying me. I get the awareness and there's plenty of pink everywhere but the penalty flags need to be yellow. You can't tell if it's just a towel falling or a flag flying.
Apparently, it was a valid complaint, as the pink flags are being taken away, which is a shame, because now so many more women are going to die from breast cancer.
Prostate cancer isn't anywhere close to being as deadly as breast cancer. Most men who die naturally of old age also have prostate cancer, which tends to be slow in metastasizing or spreading to other parts of the body. Most men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer do not die from it. See your doctor once a year and get a PSA test regularly and you'll likely be OK, genetics aside. Meanwhile breast cancer is the #3 killer of women behind only heart disease and stroke. Aesthetically I dislike the pink towels and pink shoes and I question the NFL's motivation but facts are facts. Prostate cancer isn't comparable to breast cancer. I say we shut up and think of our wives and mothers and put up with the pink crap for a month. It's for a good cause.
Terrible comment. By the way, the guy who campaigned for the players to be able to wear pink in October just lost his mother to breast cancer. DeAngelo Williams fought to have the players be able to wear pink during breast cancer awareness month. His four aunts all died of breast cancer, and his mother just became the 5th, and last, sister to die of breast cancer. She died last Friday. She was the only sister to live past 50.Apparently, it was a valid complaint, as the pink flags are being taken away, which is a shame, because now so many more women are going to die from breast cancer.
