Pro Football Players Wearing Pink

know1 wrote:

First of all, I think it's wonderful to show support for breast cancer awareness.

Here's my problem with all of this, though. I'm watching the Monday night football game and seeing all of those pink shoes, sweat bands, visors, towels, cheerleader outfits, goal post pads etc., etc., etc., and I'm thinking that it must have all cost a fortune.

Wouldn't it have done more for breast cancer to donate all of the money and time that it took to produce all of those things directly to breast cancer research?

i hear what you are saying, but it really is all about trying to making people more aware and hitting home the importance of being more vigilant. announcing at the beginning of the game, that ex amount of dollars are being donated to breast cancer research, does not have the same effect as the extended visual image of pink = awareness/breast cancer/dangers/support/research.

tvismyfriend wrote:

If it's anything like what baseball does with the pink bats, then a bunch of that stuff will be auctioned off and the money will be donated anyways.

Yeah, the NFL is doing this too.

from: http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d ... nfirm=true
Game-worn pink merchandise and K-balls will be autographed post-game and auctioned off at http://www.NFLAuction.NFL.com, with proceeds benefitting the American Cancer Society and team charities. Special pink merchandise will be available at NFLShop.com and in stadium retail stores, with a portion of proceeds going to breast cancer charities.


So the expense of producing this stuff as a double result... it raises awareness, and the auctioned off stuff will raise more than the items cost to make.

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tvismyfriend wrote:

If it's anything like what baseball does with the pink bats, then a bunch of that stuff will be auctioned off and the money will be donated anyways.

That's good to know.

my problem with all of this is that none of these companies really want to find a cure it's just a marketing ploy. if they found a cure then what would happen to all the pink stuff?

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RW81233 wrote:

my problem with all of this is that none of these companies really want to find a cure it's just a marketing ploy. if they found a cure then what would happen to all the pink stuff?

You think that if a cancer cure was found, they'd have a shortage of other diseases and conditions that the could sell crap for? I'm sure they'd move on to AIDS, autism, or any of the other countless illnesses/causes out there.


Now drug companies on the other hand, they stand to lose billions if cancer is cured.

no, but for some companies things like this is just a marketing move. i forget the yogurt that has those pink tops they say they will donate money towards breast cancer if you mail them in....read the fine print, their maximum donation is pretty small

i've never seen the NFL do something like that. i thought it was sweet! i too assumed the pink stuff would be auctioned off to raise money for breast cancer.
has the NFL done anything like that before? ...wearing things for the game? how'd they pitch the idea i wonder.

blondieblue227 wrote:

i've never seen the NFL do something like that. i thought it was sweet! i too assumed the pink stuff would be auctioned off to raise money for breast cancer.
has the NFL done anything like that before? ...wearing things for the game? how'd they pitch the idea i wonder.

The NFL did this before in the early 2000's when Ray Lewis, Jamal Lewis, and Rae Carruth were all in legal trouble in order to turn the league's image around. Samantha King wrote a good book on the topic of Breast Cancer Awareness in general and focuses on the NFL in at least one chapter.

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gabers wrote:

Not to be insensitive, but why isn't there a colon cancer awareness week? What color would they wear for that - camoflauge?

I was mentioning something similar last night. How much more awareness does breast cancer need? Those pink ribbons are everywhere and it seems like there's an event for it everywhere you turn around. It's probably the most publicized disease we have.

When do we start prostate cancer awareness campaigns? Maybe women athletes could wear apparel that promotes that?

totally agree...not to downplay breast cancer but it gets way to much attention compared to all other types of cancer

soulsinging wrote:

probably because women like their breasts (isn't 90% of female clothing devoted to trying to draw attention to them?) and men are on board to support anything that allows them to talk openly about breasts. but prostate cancer... nobody wants to think about how you discover that one

hahahaha!

The only problem I see in all of this... is that someone has a problem with all of this.
I mean, the bottom line is that the results are a POSITIVE. There are so many NEGATIVE things going on in this world, this nation... that someone raises an issue of awareness against a disease... well, i guess I'm of a different mindset. I happen to like breasts... they are soft and round and a nice place to rest my head. That's why I'm all for saving them.
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And in case you don't recall... it wasn't all that long ago when Breast Cancer was basically a death sentence. But, because of the awareness campaign and education... early detection of the disease has saved many lives... and many breasts. How someone has an issue with cancer survival... beyond my comprehension.

Opening Band For The Sun wrote:

i guess its great. i dont really get raising awareness for something everyone already knows about anyway.

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Thing is... just because you may know... doesn't mean everyone else does. You can never assume that everyone already knows what you know... or that you already know everything.