BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND HOW IT SCREWS UP THE NFL

just_Jennie1

I am so f*cking sorry your precious boys in tight uniforms are a little messed up while women die.

Calm down. People die every day regardless of what color the tight uniforms are. He didn't say the Komen Foundation should be out of business. Good grief.

And, for the record, I like the pink in the uniforms.

No but it's kind of a rude and insensitive comment especially when there are people on the board who are survivors or have friends and or relatives who either have breast cancer or have died from it.

ETA: And SGK Foundation isn't as altruistic as you would like to think. They refused a charitable donation from some women in Las Vegas because they were topless dancers. Thankfully another organization didn't care what their profession was and took their donation.

There are lots of rude and insensitive comments in this world. Hell, some of the rude and insensitive comments are actually pretty funny in my opinion (though not the OP). Regardless, we can't go around getting pissed off at ALL of them. How would we have time to work out???

As for the donation from the dancers.....pics?

I'm just saying that sometimes people need to be a little bit more tactful with what they say. It's just a color and it's just one month so get over it.

As for the dancers, they were the Crazy Girls Cabaret.

Chieflrg

Pretty sure the players who's mothers, fathers, aunts, sisters, wives, grandparents who have suffered and some have died from breast cancer will argue against your statement.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1105383-some1-that-has-had-cancer-would-like-share-a-run-with-me-2

So if I don't wear pink to work everyday then I don't care? I have to wear pink to care?

You don't have to wear pink to work or anywhere for that matter.

But saying that players, coaches, announcers who do choose to wear pink because the NFL allows them to pisses you off is a pretty narrow minded statement.

And you assuming that the NFL wearing pink increases awareness or fundraising is pretty narrow minded as well. For the vast majority of households, chartiable giving is driven by the female of the household. And what are the majority of the females doing on Sunday afternoon? Yep, not watching football!

Where did I assume wearing pink raises awareness or fundraising? Don't put words into my mouth.

1PatientBear

What a completely tactless way to complain about something so trivial.

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At least I have the balls to say what the majority of people watching football on Sundays feel.

Sorry brother, but you're on your own there. I watch football all the time with friends and it doesn't bother any of us. I think you may actually be in the minority here.

WeepingAngel81

What a completely tactless way to complain about something so trivial.

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At least I have the balls to say what the majority of people watching football on Sundays feel.

I thought people watching football on Sunday were watching the game....not the uniform. How sweet of you to notice what is being worn though! Very metro of you :glasses:

just_Jennie1

Pretty sure the players who's mothers, fathers, aunts, sisters, wives, grandparents who have suffered and some have died from breast cancer will argue against your statement.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1105383-some1-that-has-had-cancer-would-like-share-a-run-with-me-2

So if I don't wear pink to work everyday then I don't care? I have to wear pink to care?

You don't have to wear pink to work or anywhere for that matter.

But saying that players, coaches, announcers who do choose to wear pink because the NFL allows them to pisses you off is a pretty narrow minded statement.

And you assuming that the NFL wearing pink increases awareness or fundraising is pretty narrow minded as well. For the vast majority of households, chartiable giving is driven by the female of the household. And what are the majority of the females doing on Sunday afternoon? Yep, not watching football!

Not all men like football or sports either. I happen to know a lot of them that don't, my husband being one of them. I also happen to know a lot of females who are die-hard sports fans too.

Just sayin'

pastryari

What a completely tactless way to complain about something so trivial.

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At least I have the balls to say what the majority of people watching football on Sundays feel.

I watch football on Sundays. It doesn't bother me and it doesn't bother any of the other people I know that watch, either. Pretty sure your feelings are the minority, not the majority. Quit worrying about the uniforms and focus on the game.

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kikittens

Gross troll is gross.

_noob_

What a completely tactless way to complain about something so trivial.

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At least I have the balls to say what the majority of people watching football on Sundays feel.

I watch football on Sundays. It doesn't bother me and it doesn't bother any of the other people I know that watch, either. Pretty sure your feelings are the minority, not the majority. Quit worrying about the uniforms and focus on the game.

You call that crap Harbaugh's putting out this year football?

1PatientBear

What a completely tactless way to complain about something so trivial.

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At least I have the balls to say what the majority of people watching football on Sundays feel.

I watch football on Sundays. It doesn't bother me and it doesn't bother any of the other people I know that watch, either. Pretty sure your feelings are the minority, not the majority. Quit worrying about the uniforms and focus on the game.

Uh, no. The majority, in fact, vast majority of men don't want pink on the uniforms.

Says who?? I disagree. I've yet to meet a single guy who objects. Most don't have an opinion one way or the other.

Some_Watery_Tart

I'm so confused. :sad: Should I wear pink or not? Because the cure for breast cancer rides on this decision....

Oh wait...it doesn't. So let's not be overly-sensitive because one guy says doesn't want to see it. Big deal. Want tact? Then you should definitely stay off the internet.

firstsip

Omg, this means Panera has Pink Ribbon bagels again!

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Lesa_Sass

I LOVE IT, but then again, I am a girly girl who loves pink. I just wish more people thought like you do so I could afford the stuff when it is auctioned off at the end of October.

GO PANTHERS!

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pastryari

What a completely tactless way to complain about something so trivial.

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At least I have the balls to say what the majority of people watching football on Sundays feel.

I watch football on Sundays. It doesn't bother me and it doesn't bother any of the other people I know that watch, either. Pretty sure your feelings are the minority, not the majority. Quit worrying about the uniforms and focus on the game.

You call that crap Harbaugh's putting out this year football?

CAREFUL, NOOB. I WILL DELETE YOU.

1PatientBear

@1patientbear

You need to start asking. Based on what you said earlier, its not an issue for you so I doubt it comes up in conversation.

This Sunday, go hang out with your buds and ask this simple quesiton: "Hey, guys, throw out being polticially correct and all that bs. What do you think of pink on the uniforms for the entire month of October?"

Good idea.

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NeverCatchYourBreath

I am so f*cking sorry your precious boys in tight uniforms are a little messed up while women die.

Newsflash. Women were dying before they put pink on the uniforms. Fundraising has not increased because of pink being on uniforms.

Can you prove that statement?

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pastryari

Edit: Nvm. If you want to focus on uniforms instead of the game for one month and make assumptions about the opinions of an entire gender, be my guest.


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IPAkiller

Scoot over and share!

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stumblinthrulife

First up, I lost my mother to breast cancer last year. So you can be assured that I wanted, and still want, a cure.

But this awareness business is out of hand. It's become a way to companies (and yes, that includes the NFL) to exhibit their support for charity in the most visible way possible - and make more money as a result. When a charity is so over-the-top recognizable, it's going to vacuum up support from everything else. Does anyone really think so many businesses support breast cancer because it's truly an important issue to them, or is it because ischemic heart disease, lung cancer, stroke and lower respiratory diseases don't have such a recognizable logo and don't shift as much product?

Breast cancer is a topic that triggers an emotional response. Sufferers are someone's mother, someone's grandmother. But heart disease kills more people than all cancers combined*. Lung cancer kills nearly five times as many people, and 50% more women than breast cancer**. Yet funding is $13,000+ per death by breast cancer, compared to $1,600 per death by lung cancer***.

The focus on one highly emotional, highly visible disease is ridiculous, and of detriment to society as a whole.


*CDC leading cause of death final 2010 data
**2013 Cancer Facts & Figures - American Cancer Society
***NCI funding figures, 2006

suv_hater

I don't care about the pink but Breast Cancer Awareness is a joke. If they wanted to aware people they should fly a blimp over the stadium with "NO CASEIN" or "GO PLANT BASED" plastered on it. That would be a great start but for some rea$on you don't hear the labcoats/suits talking about it.

All these neanderthals wearing pink and walking half marathons aren't doing jack **** but patting themselves on the back. It's not good enough today and it wasn't good enough eight years ago. Take control of your movement and stop getting pimped for your money every year.

LET'S GO BUFFALO! (AND JOSH GORDON TOO... GOT HIM ON MY FANTASY TEAM)

NeverCatchYourBreath

I am so f*cking sorry your precious boys in tight uniforms are a little messed up while women die.

Newsflash. Women were dying before they put pink on the uniforms. Fundraising has not increased because of pink being on uniforms.

Can you prove that statement?

That women died of breast cancer before the NFL started the pink thing? Uh,,, yeah, I'll get that research to you right away.

:huh:

I really overestimated your level of common sense, my bad. Let me try that again.

Can you prove the statement, "Fundraising has not increased because of pink being on uniforms."

ryry_

Mr. Desimus Meridius, I don't know you. But to my recollection I generally find your posts amusing. This seems like an odd stance to take. Its has absolutely no effect on your life or the quality of the NFL.