Leaders and Breasts: Michigan players & coaches to don pink gear Saturday
From the Michigan twitter account.
I remember that article that exposed the NFL's pink gear sales.
October 18th, 2013 at 2:02 PM ^
Where no attempt at light-hearted jokes about typically taboo topics goes unpunished.
October 18th, 2013 at 12:32 PM ^
You guys saw that picture and thought "He is pushing his religion on me!" ??
He is obviously showing off his UofM Pink wristband. Relax people. The damn religious wristband isn't even in focus.
October 18th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
October 18th, 2013 at 1:03 PM ^
a bubble screen?
October 18th, 2013 at 1:13 PM ^
“That’s your solution? A bubble screen?”
October 18th, 2013 at 2:18 PM ^
October 18th, 2013 at 12:00 PM ^
Unban Beavis
October 18th, 2013 at 12:09 PM ^
October 18th, 2013 at 12:12 PM ^
The criticism is based on public information. See the link I posted to a Business Insider article above.
October 18th, 2013 at 1:24 PM ^
you enter the disgusting POS zone. Don't enter the disgusting POS zone.
October 18th, 2013 at 9:01 PM ^
It's even lower than the dreaded "friend" zone.
October 19th, 2013 at 7:45 AM ^
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October 19th, 2013 at 2:41 PM ^
October 18th, 2013 at 12:31 PM ^
But we can all agree that boobs are awesome, right?
October 18th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
October 18th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ^
How about Michigan does something novel and raises awareness for all cancers and not just breast cancer? We could even wear our traditional uniforms in support of this broad approach to raising awareness of cancer!
Here's some awareness - lung and colon cancer both kill more people each year than breast cancer. My family has unfortunately been affected by breast and other cancers, and while the general sentiment of the pink shit comes from a good place (at least among the fans), the saturation feels like a bit of an insult to those who suffer from the many other cancers.
If Michigan wants to jump into this pool, why not do something similar to the Mott campaigns? Mott treats children, not just children with a certain disease. We're Michigan; let's do better than following the pink road to nowhere.
October 18th, 2013 at 2:24 PM ^
sucks in all forms, so I am not trying to minimize any form of it, but it does puzzle me why so much attention is paid to one form of cancer while others are kind of just treated as one big pool. I don't have any problem with it, of course it is a good cause, but it does seem somewhat disproportionate and kind of curious.
October 18th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
It is a great cause.
The University of Michigan, students and alums should be very proud of events like these:
http://maizeandbluegopink.com/
Steve and Landyn Hutchinson will be there.
Wish I could go.
October 18th, 2013 at 1:18 PM ^
Not sure if this is a common sentiment, but two breast cancers sufferers I know (one no longer with us) both told me repeatedly that October was their least favorite month because they were constantly being reminded of their disease.
October 18th, 2013 at 1:35 PM ^
I get all the breast cancer awareness month overkill sentiment, but a friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer right before summer. Early detection, a quick and non-disfiguring surgery and then 6 weeks of radiation that was a walk in the park compared to a lot of other cancer treatments. She is now cancer-free. I'm not sure if that would have happened without all the pink stuff. So, more awareness for other cancers, but appreciation for breast cancer awareness.
October 18th, 2013 at 1:45 PM ^
...and I'm glad your friend is okay.
The NFL should none-the-less give a heck of a lot more money to the American Cancer Society.
October 18th, 2013 at 2:34 PM ^
The fear is that at some point the 'awareness' efforts start to crowd out and cannibalize the actual medically helpful funding efforts. When people think they are "doing their part" by wearing pink and buying pink merchandise believing that the money will primarily go to research, they are less likely to donate to other efforts that might be more fruitful.
October 18th, 2013 at 1:47 PM ^
October 18th, 2013 at 2:06 PM ^
October 18th, 2013 at 2:17 PM ^
...if you don't agree with the "cause" then STFU and watch the football game.
Would you suggest that Michigan bring negative attention on itself by not participating in this nationwide "event." I say event so I don't offend anyone who is for or against the "event."
Some of you need to relax and stop acting like your opinion is the only one in the world that matters. If you don't care for this, that's fine...just move on and watch the game. It's the exact same players. It's not like we're putting survivors on the team or stopping the game every (x) seconds to honor a survivor.
Everything is literally the exact same except for some wristbands and patches. That's it.
October 18th, 2013 at 2:37 PM ^
people start to get annoyed, get resentful, and that's not a good thing.
we as a society have a hard time finding a balance, and tend to overdo anything that leads to an extra buck.
you can do too much of a good thing, and i'd say breast cancer awareness has surpassed that limit
October 18th, 2013 at 4:26 PM ^
October 18th, 2013 at 2:41 PM ^
Say what?
Would you suggest that Michigan bring negative attention on itself by not participating in this nationwide "event.
Negative attention? When a team doesn't wear pink whatnot's, is there a single person who thinks, "Those bastards! They don't support the fight against breast cancer!"
Let's see if the team all grows mustaches in November. I know you can't sell a mustache, but Movember is about awareness too. Mr. Yost, no need to get shitty with folks ("STFU"). It's just that some have tired of a "fundraising" campaign gone awry.
October 18th, 2013 at 7:33 PM ^
Guarantee no one would notice.
Hell, how many NFL teams skipped the Pinktober promotion after the first week, without anybody noticing?
October 18th, 2013 at 2:21 PM ^
Moar mammograms and drugs. Moar!!
October 18th, 2013 at 2:30 PM ^
October 18th, 2013 at 2:56 PM ^
FWIW, I know someone who's found lumps a number of times, and none were cancerous.
October 18th, 2013 at 11:35 PM ^
October 18th, 2013 at 4:03 PM ^
There's a lot of criticism of Susan G. Komen here and elsewhere - probably rightly so, as only approximately 6% of funds Komen raises goes to actual research/cure efforts. The rest goes to PR, marketing, and corporate salaries/expenses. If you're inclined to give, a much better recipient of your money is the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (www.bcrfcure.org) 88% of funds raised goes to research.
October 18th, 2013 at 7:27 PM ^
October 18th, 2013 at 7:27 PM ^
October 18th, 2013 at 9:02 PM ^
Two sources I found are below. The second one is critical of them but not about where the money goes it confirms that most of the money goes towards "good causes".
Just thought I'd share.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4509…
http://pinkribbonblues.org/2011/03/komen-by-the-numbers-2010-and-still-…
October 18th, 2013 at 11:10 PM ^