Thunderhawk
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Yes, I'm an a-hole. I get that the pink accents on NFL uniforms is meant to "raise awareness" of breast cancer and to help raise funds to fight it. That's fine, although a manly sport like football focusing on breast cancer seems like a marketing ploy to get more females watching. Why not prostate or testicular cancer to "raise awareness" among your dominant demographic?
But whatever the NFL's true intent, I find the pink ugly and distracting and out of place in football. I dread this month every year. Do we really need Richard Simmons satin shorts hanging off of shoulder pads to remind us that we need to test for breast cancer? Aren't there several other ways that we can effectively communicate this message via PSAs before, during, and after games without emasculating tough guys like Brandon Browner?
Furthermore why is this particular cause celebre more important than Brandon Marshall's stance against mental illness? The NFL fines Marshall for altering his uniform to "raise awareness" for that malady yet demands all NFL players alter their uniforms to support its favored cause. Hypocrisy.
I hope this goes away soon, but it's probably politically entrenched now...
But whatever the NFL's true intent, I find the pink ugly and distracting and out of place in football. I dread this month every year. Do we really need Richard Simmons satin shorts hanging off of shoulder pads to remind us that we need to test for breast cancer? Aren't there several other ways that we can effectively communicate this message via PSAs before, during, and after games without emasculating tough guys like Brandon Browner?
Furthermore why is this particular cause celebre more important than Brandon Marshall's stance against mental illness? The NFL fines Marshall for altering his uniform to "raise awareness" for that malady yet demands all NFL players alter their uniforms to support its favored cause. Hypocrisy.
I hope this goes away soon, but it's probably politically entrenched now...