Pinktober
First off: I have nothing against Breast Cancer Awareness or research/charity/etc.
I just hate the pink crap. It’s too much.
Pink Gloves. Pink Shoes. Pink Socks. Pink Towels. Pink highlights everywhere. It’s a touch overdoing it, don’t you think? There are pink highlights everywhere you look. They even gave the Refs pink flags (but the NFL just discontinued it because of the confusion between flags and towels, which kind of proves the point that it’s too much pink stuff). The pink clashes with every uniform, generates confusion, and looks terrible. Pink Scoreboards, Pink TV graphics, Pink logos, Pink hats, Pink Merchandise, Pink probably doing a halftime show somewhere. PINK PINK PINK PINK PINK PINK PINK
What’s wrong with turning it down a bit? Why not give the coaches a pink ribbon, stick a pink ribbon graphic on the field, maybe a few ads on the sideline walls, and a pink ribbon patch on the players uniforms? Why do we need Pink Socks and Pink Towels?
The Pink stuff, for all the presented “support” and such, is really just more marketing crap. Something like $1.36 for every $100 dollars spent on pink merchandise actually goes to research. The rest goes in greedy people pockets. So we have a month of very annoying color schemes for what amounts to surprisingly little in the way of actually helping. When you realize how much the NFL could actually be helping if they took a slightly smaller cut, it all starts to ring hollow as well as ugly.
Good luck to all the survivors out there, get checked, and tell the NFL to put more actual support into helping you than giving our players pink socks.
Edit: If you’d like to actually help, the NFL is now partnered with the American Cancer Socitey instead of Susan G. Komen, which is nice because Komen is the worst. Here’s a link to donate: https://donate.cancer.org/index
Did you notice that when you highlight a word with the mouse in this site.. it marks it PINK???
I agree, all the pink is a bit embarrassing. How must the players feel wearing all that pink? It’s insane! As well as a self-centered marketing strategy. By all means, sell the breast cancer ribbon team caps and put the ribbon on the uniforms and on the field because that is all that’s needed. Pink doesn’t need to be everywhere. It’s a STUPID money grabbing selfish tactic by Roger Goodell and the owners.
In Madden 25’s Career mode, during October, Jim Nantz points this out at the start of literally every drive, and sometimes in the middle of it, and it’s enough to drive me into an asylum
They dd it in Madden 13 too. The most annoying thing, when he says it. At least it isn’t Joe Buck or Jon Gruden.
$1.36 per $100? Haha oh my naïve David, it is far, far less than that; it’s less than half what you think.
Fuck the NFL. At least they dropped Komen, but their “charity” donations amount to a grand total of Fuck All over the years — though it’s funny[?} to note that it’s still more than they’ve ever donated to brain trauma research.
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THIS is the problem I have with octoberNFL. If the money went to breast cancer research, or even if the money went to actual awareness/discovery (like funding 35 and under mammograms – since insurance doesn’t), I wouldn’t have a problem.
Breast cancer is quite manageable too, as it is. There are very few deaths from breast cancer anymore. Lets start making October cancer awareness month, and feature a difference cancer for each game/conference/weekend. Few people know about ovarian/pancreatic/stomach, even prostate and colon cancer take back seat to breast cancer. Maybe only lung/mouth cancer has the awareness of breast cancer, and thats mainly because of DARE in school.
Pink certainly isn’t helping the Falcons win, that’s for damn sure.
This comic is exactly how I feel about October. Excellent observations!
I have the exact same feeling every October as well.
The most ridiculous, pretentious thing the NFL has ever done. Instead of having the fines paid by NFL players who break rules get paid towards cancer research, they buy these little pink towels to make it look like they’re doing all this great shit. “We’re raising awareness” EVERYONE IS FUCKING AWARE, NOW DO SOMETHING. IT’S NOT LIKE YOU DON’T HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS LAYING AROUND.
fun fact: the NFL is a not-for-profit organization.
the economy benefits diddle piss from the billions they make.
“diddle piss” has just become my new favorite word
You rock, Febreeze.
I like October, I like the pink everywhere, I like the awareness. I know more women that have had breast cancer than I can count on one hand, All have survived it, thank god. I’m not trying to argue with anybody here, I just wanted to be at least one voice of support for it. I have 2 young daughters that watch the games with me and hopefully neither of them will get breast cancer. Lets not forget that the sum of donations made from the crucial catch campaign may not be a large percentage of their revenue from it, its still more than what would be donated had the NFL not started the campaign…GOOD FOR THE NFL
Its all about opening the fan base to include more women, thats all its about, but good things can still come of it.
I honestly think that the goal of opening the fan base to include more women would probably be better accomplished with establishing a fund to give pants to cheerleaders – seriously, some of these stadiums look really cold – rather than getting contaminated with any Komen.
As someone who has lost family members from breast cancer, I have to say that I hate the pink as well. In my opinion, breast cancer awareness is kind of a joke. Everybody knows about breast cancer. We don’t need to be more aware. We need money donated to help find a cure.
It’s really just a marketing ploy to get women to buy NFL products. It’s sad, but the fact of the matter is that 9 times out of 10, that’s all “breast cancer awareness” is anymore.
october’s bad…but at least it’s not offseason