Get ready to see PINK

[OregonDucks]

It's Pink month in the NFL!

NFL uses this as a marketing scheme to obtain more women fans. Someone posted somewhere a few years ago that not many of the profit from purchasing pink NFL gear goes to breast cancer. The foundation would profit more if we just decided to not buy that $29.99 pink NFL t-shirt and just donated the $29.99 to the foundation directly.

Instead of plastering pink all over the place for marketing purposes, why not create a neutral color that donates THE FULL AMOUNT to ALL cancers.

Cancer of all shapes and forms takes the lives of millions of innocent people. Fathers, Wives, Grandparents, sons, daughters, friends, young and old. No matter the age, everyone is too young to fall to the hands of cancer.

more money and more research for a cure needs to be done for ALL cancers. Not just breast cancer, which again is NFL's marketing ploy for more fans of the women group.

An entire month teams images are changed for pink everything to support a cause that in the end creates more profit for the NFL.

Why not create a neutral color promotion that creates awareness for ALL cancers, that is beneficial to ALL patients who are battling this disease, and actually donate the money to research to find a cure.

 

[OregonDucks]

It's a great concept. Just needs to be refocused and more proactive.

 

[OregonDucks]

A Shockingly Small Amount Of Money From Pink NFL Merchandise Sales Goes To Breast Cancer Research


Report: Less than 10 percent of NFL pink merchandise sales go toward cancer research


NFL Pink Campaign Gives Just 5% To Charity


The conflicting truth about the NFL's Pink campaign

 

[OregonDucks]

the NFL should be ashamed.

A multi BILLION dollar business, and they continue to be greedy and only caring about making a profit, while trying to look like they care.

Hey Goodell, how about donating your billions to CANCER RESEARCH.

The dude is an absolute fraud. Classic do as I say, not as I do person.

 

[NEPatsfan]

I wouldn't donate to the breast cancer fund at this point in time if you gave me the money for doing so.

They have hit the point that the money they have on handn is perpetual and doesn't need reinforcement. It's hit the point that it is no longer about curing breast cancer but about being a business.

I prefer to find other needy causes that are lesser known and supported.

 

[OregonDucks]

I wouldn't donate to the breast cancer fund at this point in time if you gave me the money for doing so.

They have hit the point that the money they have on handn is perpetual and doesn't need reinforcement. It's hit the point that it is no longer about curing breast cancer but about being a business.

I prefer to find other needy causes that are lesser known and supported.

or how about any cancer out there as they are all taking the lives of too many people.

 

[NEhomer]

Spot on OD.

...and may I add yet another angle? Having gone through a ton of cancer and losing family members, I recall the best times were the escapes from it all for a little while. All the fucking chemo and appointments. Every now and then it 's therapeutic to just spend a few normal minutes engaged in something that totally takes you away from having a serious disease. Some times watching games with my pops whom I lost in '92, causes me to make this observation. I don't think I'd like to have been constantly reminded of his illness all game long.

Lots of people who watch the NFL battle with cancer.

 

[scoutyjones2]

I wouldn't donate to the breast cancer fund at this point in time if you gave me the money for doing so.

They have hit the point that the money they have on handn is perpetual and doesn't need reinforcement. It's hit the point that it is no longer about curing breast cancer but about being a business.

I prefer to find other needy causes that are lesser known and supported.

This is so spot on...

 

[SonnyCID]

The NFL is not going to do anything that they're not going to profit from, get used to it...

Personally, ouside of a couple old hoodies, I don't have any NFL merchandise. And like the op said, I can pay directly to a fund if I'm feeling charitable.

But as far as the NFL and their angle... Who cares? If a guy wants to get his wife or daughter a pink jersey for their team, who gives a shit? Unlike other items, at least some of the money is going to something good. I guess the NFL could just do nothing at all if that's a better alternative.