What is your team's position on the color pink?

[theguru]

Lots of pink in the NFL already (and certainly for a great great great cause) but I think the NFL is goes overboard and what happens in the NFL always has a trickle down effect. The white hat in the Thursday night game (Browns/Bills) looked like he lost a game of paintball against the Pawtucket Powder Puffs.

 

So again my question is what is your team's position on the color pink? Does your team embrace it and encourage the players to wear as much pink as possible or does your team discourage it and/or not allow it so that the team looks uniform?

 

Everyone?

[Jim Schue]

One part of me thinks it's great for the kids to get a sense of the bigger picture that this brings. The other part of me asks, "Why is the fight against breast cancer more important than the fight against other forms of cancer that it gets its own month?"

[uk#1fan]

Pink it out!

[MSU-70]

Personally I think that most high school football players look at the NFL and mimic what they do. I don't think they really get the point of it...too many times do I see players try to find ways to be flashy and they use the excuse of breast cancer awareness to be flashy. I know that is not a very popular thought but what I am stating is what a lot of others think...which is the same reason some coaches don't particularly like it. Now some teams and players do get it...but I'm not sure as a whole all teams and players do. Just my thoughts from what I have observed over the last 4 or 5 years this has been going on.

[Bengal Maniac]

Personally I think that most high school football players look at the NFL and mimic what they do. I don't think they really get the point of it...too many times do I see players try to find ways to be flashy and they use the excuse of breast cancer awareness to be flashy. I know that is not a very popular thought but what I am stating is what a lot of others think...which is the same reason some coaches don't particularly like it. Now some teams and players do get it...but I'm not sure as a whole all teams and players do. Just my thoughts from what I have observed over the last 4 or 5 years this has been going on.

 

 

:idunno: huh?

[Jumper_Dad]

Somerset has had a Pink game for the last several years, a elementary student passed away due to Cancer and one of this years Seniors lost his mom to Cancer when he was in middle school, his aunt has organized a "Pink Game" ever since. Jerseys are auctioned off after the game with proceeds going to Relay for Life.

[MSU-70]

I was commenting on players wearing pink. Maybe I should have stated that in my message but I thought would be understood since I was discussing about the topic of wearing pink.

[frankdracman23]

I was commenting on players wearing pink. Maybe I should have stated that in my message but I thought would be understood since I was discussing about the topic of wearing pink.

 

I think most teams (and players) "get it" since odds are that out of the 50 players on the team a few will have lost a family member to breast cancer.

[Cynical]

I feel like it would be a little more effective if some company like Nike or Russell came out with a "Pink Football Apparel" line that donated 100% of the profits to Breast Cancer charities. That to me would make it a little more easy for me to support. I agree with Slinging Sammy that it has become more of a "look at us wearing pink" event rather than focused on the actual cause. Further, a lot of companies are making a lot of money off the cause, rather than pushing all of those profits towards the cause. In the end, it is a good thing for a great cause, but I just feel like it could be done better and with a good deal more emphasis on having the representation of awareness reflect actual awareness and financial assistance.

[frankdracman23]

A lot of schools sell pink clothing that benefits the Breast Cancer foundations. If you need some ideas for football check out what a lot of the volleyball teams do for their "pink" nights. They sell t-shirts that then cover the admission cost when worn and have various raffles and give-aways that raise money between games.

[JokersWild24]

Knox Central had a few players with pink towels, accessories, etc. last night. Didn't seem to be a big deal.

 

I support the cause of breast cancer research (as I do any cancer research), but think that it's become too much of a marketing fad. Donating your body to science or your funds directly to a team of scientists probably does more than giving it to a corporation hawking sporting apparel and sending a portion of their revenues to a foundation.

 

I saw an article awhile back that it took some ungodly number of "soup can labels" to buy 1 regulation sized football for a school. Something like it came down to 1/10th of a cent donated for each label or something silly like that.

[All Tell]

At the risk of sounding heartless why is it just breast cancer? Why not lavender for prostrate cancer, chartreuse for lung cancer etc.

 

I salute efforts to raise money and awareness for cancer research, in fact I've participate in St. Baldrick's before. I raised $1000 without really trying but the cynic in me wonders if some of these high profile people aren't just raising awareness of themselves. I know many, if not most are genuine.

 

That said if/when Trinity pinks out this year I'll most likely follow suit.

[uk#1fan]

Why? Most women who have breast cancer are mothers. Most football players number 1 fan is their mother!

[Jumper_Dad]

Didn't Corbin Coach Jewell sit, suspend or punish a player for wearing Pink last season.

[ennam_iv]

Lots of pink in the NFL already (and certainly for a great great great cause) but I think the NFL is goes overboard and what happens in the NFL always has a trickle down effect. The white hat in the Thursday night game (Browns/Bills) looked like he lost a game of paintball against the Pawtucket Powder Puffs.

 

So again my question is what is your team's position on the color pink? Does your team embrace it and encourage the players to wear as much pink as possible or does your team discourage it and/or not allow it so that the team looks uniform?

 

Everyone?

 

Your question is all over the place. Are you questioning players and teams supporting the fight against breast cancer? Are you insinuating that wearing pink makes football feminine? Or, are you concerned with how well teams' uniforms match... which would include all colors?