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Referees to throw pink flags in Miami Dolphins-N.Y. Jets game
NFL ^ | October 24, 2012

Posted on 10/24/2012 12:55:35 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Gloves and shoelaces won't be the only pink items on the gridiron this week as the NFL continues its recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Referees working Sunday's game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets at MetLife Stadium will call penalties by throwing pink flags. The move to ditch yellow and go pink was the brainchild of a fifth-grader, who suggested the idea in a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cancer; football; nfl; referees
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1 posted on 10/24/2012 12:55:37 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Ah, the annual “Skinning of the Pink Panther” in the NFL....

RLTW


2 posted on 10/24/2012 12:57:58 PM PDT by military cop (I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Are the players going to wear pink bloomers, too?


3 posted on 10/24/2012 12:58:36 PM PDT by madison10
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To: ConservativeStatement

Yes, let’s just do everything the kids suggest. Jeeze.


4 posted on 10/24/2012 12:58:52 PM PDT by RPTMS
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To: ConservativeStatement

Save second base


5 posted on 10/24/2012 12:58:56 PM PDT by al baby (“If Barack Obama has a Harvard law degree, he didn’t earn that. Somebody else made that happen.”)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Just out of curiosity, does any of this actually help fight breast cancer?


6 posted on 10/24/2012 12:59:33 PM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: ConservativeStatement
New uniforms coming as well (see below)

7 posted on 10/24/2012 1:00:00 PM PDT by libdestroyer
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This garbage is silly and out of control. You tune in to the NFL and they want to remind you to think only about women’s breasts. Sorta sick in a way.


8 posted on 10/24/2012 1:00:09 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (“Big Bird, Binders, Horses and Bayonets!” Sorry that’s all we’ve got! - the DNC)
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To: RPTMS

So, one quarter of the NFL season is played in pink, is that right. I can’t decide which is more idiotic, the wearing of pink in the NFL, or having every swinging d!@# wear the number 42 on Jackie Robinson day in the big leagues.


9 posted on 10/24/2012 1:01:43 PM PDT by RPTMS
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To: ConservativeStatement

I think they should try topless cheerleaders...that would get attention.


11 posted on 10/24/2012 1:02:34 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: RPTMS

All this crap makes it a lot easier to ignore sports...


12 posted on 10/24/2012 1:03:25 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: ops33

Exactly! Instead of buying pink cleats, jerseys, etc. they could just do a few PSAs and spend the money on actual research.


13 posted on 10/24/2012 1:03:51 PM PDT by RPTMS
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and they want to remind you to think only about women’s breasts.

They don't have to remind me - I ususally don't forget to think about women's breasts.

14 posted on 10/24/2012 1:05:02 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: ConservativeStatement

Unnecessary gayness?


15 posted on 10/24/2012 1:05:18 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=om93destr)
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To: libdestroyer

I prefer the Dallas Cowboys’ cheerleaders uniforms. :-)


16 posted on 10/24/2012 1:05:20 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: ConservativeStatement

Don’t forget, anybody . . . soccer is gay.


17 posted on 10/24/2012 1:05:35 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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maybe they can release Pink Pigeons too..


18 posted on 10/24/2012 1:05:44 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: Conserev1

The goofs over at NASCAR are so into politcal correctness these days that they’ve start painting stock cars pink. I can’t even concentrate on the race anymore. All I do is think about women’s breasts every time a pink car goes by.


19 posted on 10/24/2012 1:05:47 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (“Big Bird, Binders, Horses and Bayonets!” Sorry that’s all we’ve got! - the DNC)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
"You tune in to the NFL and they want to remind you to think only about women’s breasts. Sorta sick in a way."



O'rly?
20 posted on 10/24/2012 1:06:14 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (I will never vote for Romney. Ever.)
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