Side note: Everyone should consider where their donations go. The Komen group is not great at using the money for research.

 

Better than nothing but...

 

snopes.com: Komen Research and CEO Salary

 

While it may be true (or have recently been true) that breast cancer research comprises only a 21% share of Komen's program expenses, citing that figure as a criticism of the organization reflects a common misbelief that groups dedicated to addressing particular diseases (e.g., the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the ALS Association) exist solely or primarily to fund and direct research into curing and/or preventing those diseases. This perception is inaccurate: Komen and other groups like it have goals that include delivering a wide array of services to the communities they support beyond the funding of research, such as funding educational awareness and outreach programs, providing screening and diagnostic procedures, and arranging medical treatment and home care for persons currently living with those diseases.

 

A more relevant metric for assessing a charity's overall financial effectiveness is the percentage of the organization's budget that is actually spent on all the programs and services the charity delivers, and in this area the Charity Navigator charity evaluation site gives Komen an 80.3 rating (as well as a 96.0 rating for Accountability & Transparency). Charity Navigator does rank many other breast cancer charities higher than Susan G. Komen for the Cure, however.

 

 

 

Just sayin'

My whole premise is they act like they care about a certain cause, but in reality they don't give a crap about breast cancer, just money.

 

As for the other thread, the major difference is they broke the rule and people don't feel they should've been punished. If Williams were to ignore the NFLs policy, he'd deserve the fine he'd get and I'd side with them on enforcing it.

 

Haha you got to admit it's pretty close I couldn't pass it up.

And this is not confined to the NFL. Breast Cancer "awareness" has become a big business.

 

I agree, figured Id get bashed for saying it but 90% of it is just money grab.