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Referees to throw pink flags in Miami Dolphins-N.Y. Jets game
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| 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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To: libdestroyer
"That calls for two snaps, and your backfield in motion."
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:06:16 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(World Series bound and picking up steam, GO GET 'EM,TIGERS!)
To: ops33
Just out of curiosity, does any of this actually help fight breast cancer?
It advances the noble cause of lip service.
Sometime I'd like to see someone calculate the cost of all the pink crap, then have the NFL donate twice that to researchers and not bother getting the pink stuff.
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:06:16 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(Some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
If you are the kind of person who tunes into NFL, do you NEED to be reminded to think about women's breasts? :)
Seriously, you're right. I suppose this kind of things is ok as a one off stunt, but it is just getting a bit silly. There is a time and a place for everything, and although breast cancer is a very serious issue, I don't want to think about it ALL the time.
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:06:48 PM PDT
by
Vanders9
To: ops33
To: FlingWingFlyer
“All I do is think about womens breasts every time a pink car goes by.”
Yeah, it’s terrible to think about women’s breasts.
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:07:49 PM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(I will never vote for Romney. Ever.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
LOLOL.. I reckun HOPE CHANGES some folks attitudes. It sure affected yurs.. I hope its a penalty free game.
To: ConservativeStatement
I am going to vomit.
I am sick of pink, I am sick of pink, I am sick of pink.
Just got back from the market, and everyone was dressed in pink, there were pink balloons, pink decorations, I am sick of pink.
I am sick of pink.
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:08:57 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Roger Goodell is a poosy. Pete Rozelle never would have put up with this.
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:09:20 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
To: FlingWingFlyer
“You tune in to the NFL and they want to remind you to think only about womens breasts. Sorta sick in a way.”
Yeah, as if us guys really NEED the NFL to remind us to think about boobs. ;)
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:09:25 PM PDT
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Vote Romney to stop Obama. Vote conservative Congresspeople to stop Romney.)
To: ConservativeStatement
I hate to think what will happen on colon cancer awareness day.
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:12:47 PM PDT
by
fungoking
(Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
To: clintonh8r
Didn’t he hug players on stage at the NFL Draft once there were chosen?
To: ConservativeStatement
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.
Y’know, because THAT’ll make all the difference and get every female to do a breast self-exam, find the definitive cure, and, most important - wait for it - make us all feel GOOD about ourselves.
It’s a serious disease(s). Enough with the “awareness” already!
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:14:08 PM PDT
by
jagusafr
To: ConservativeStatement
they not there (my error)
To: ConservativeStatement
When do you cross the line from being concerned about breast cancer to trying to profit from it?
I could see some ad executive saying "Cut the red dye by 2/3, slap a pink ribbon on this run of the label and the chicks will go wild buying it because 'we care'. Put the dye savings into our department's gin budget."
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:15:56 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Big Bird is a brood parasite: laid in our nest 43 years ago and we are still feeding him.)
To: ops33
Just out of curiosity, does any of this actually help fight breast cancer?
I believe it falls under the catchall category of "Raising awareness".
But it could also be "Making a difference", "Having an impact", or "Focusing attention" - it's so hard to tell these days.
A more accurate description would be "wasting resources on self-congratulatory nonsense".
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:19:45 PM PDT
by
chrisser
(Starve the Monkeys!)
To: ConservativeStatement
You're thinking of Sandusky
:>)
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:22:22 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
To: ops33
Of course not. Why would you even ask such a question?
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:23:48 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(G Orwell was an optimist it seems.)
To: fungoking
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:24:33 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(G Orwell was an optimist it seems.)
To: ConservativeStatement
I’m sick of the pink crap...
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:26:39 PM PDT
by
tje
To: ConservativeStatement
Geez, with all this shark jumping the NFL is gonna look like a circus. I’m all for breast cancer awareness, but, seriously, we are aware already. Really NFL. Really. Enough already.
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