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Pink Flags to be used on Sunday

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Pandarilla, Oct 25, 2012.

  1. Pandarilla

    Pandarilla Purist Emeritus

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  2. Ohio Fanatic

    Ohio Fanatic Twuaddle or bust Club Member

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    because canary yellow flags are so manly?
     
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  3. dont fumble

    dont fumble Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    How about pink goal posts, maybe Carpenter can see them better from 46+ yards down the field!?
    I just can't stand Goodell. This guy is such a hypopcrite.
     
  4. Stitches

    Stitches ThePhin's Biggest Killjoy Luxury Box

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    What about this is hypocritical?
     
  5. FinNasty

    FinNasty Alabama don’t want this... Staff Member Club Member

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    Why? B/c he's having the league support breast cancer awareness? This movement of theirs has saved at least 1 life already, and I'm sure countless more. But even just saving one life is worth it...
     
  6. Da 'Fins

    Da 'Fins Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member

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    Not a fan of all the contrasting pink on the uniforms, etc. But, on the other hand, I am a fan of the NFL giving the entire month of October to breast cancer awareness. I think that is great.

    And I see nothing hypocritical in that at all. One may disagree with Goodell's conclusions on player discipline; and even think he is too hard-line on those matters. But, it doesn't mean he's a hypocrite.
     
  7. dont fumble

    dont fumble Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I think a lot of people had a lot of great and simple ideas in the past:
    -Don't burn the videotapes!
    -Get the officials back to protect the players, it's not that the billionaires can't afford it or that the refs are overpaid given the money the NFL makes.
    -Mr. Goodell, studies show we have a concussion problem, we should do something about it... (several years back)
    -No, Regular Thursday Night games are not a solution to this problem.
    -Yes, an extra bye week would!


    Somehow he never applauded there.
    I understand he has to say this and it's great for the kid, but this guy to me is an hypocrite and i think he shows it everytime he opens his mouth. I like all this breast cancer awareness stuff (not for four weeks though), but unfortunately I just can't take it serious when this guy is involved in any way.
     
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  8. krypto

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    I've always wondered why the NFL doesn't support awareness for heart disease because THAT is actually the number one cause of death for women.
     
  9. Conuficus

    Conuficus Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Well away from here
    Because this way the NFL gets to focus on Boobs without any negative press. If there were *** canacer you know there'd be a month for that too, and its definitely a program I'd get behind. :shifty:

    Football involves violence, alcohol and a side of **** and *** a.k.a. cheerleaders.
     
  10. Ohio Fanatic

    Ohio Fanatic Twuaddle or bust Club Member

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    nothing in that post made a lick of sense.
     
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  11. dont fumble

    dont fumble Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Let me put it this way:

    Don't tell me you(Goodell) really care about breast cancer awareness, good ideas and fans when you proofed multiple times that you care about the owners and money (which is basically the same) while you obviously don't care about fans and serious health issues of your players.
     
  12. krypto

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    You have been liked. Lol
     
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  13. Desides

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    At the same time, it's curious to me because the NFL's audience is predominantly male. Logically, shouldn't this be a testicular cancer awareness month?
     
  14. Ducken

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    But who allows all these men to watch football on Sunday? ................The wives... Ever hear if momma ain't happy nobody is. Well other then being a very very worth while cause (I have lost 2 class mates to it, and my wife had a scare) it supports momma so she is happy in turn let's husband watch instead of doing chores. Think about it.
     
  15. MikeHoncho

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    Can't they just triple the amount of money they donate to breast cancer research (or cancer in general for that matter) and save us the empty gestures?!
     
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  16. Stitches

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    They do this (partially) to try and help grow an audience they don't have a large hold over already.
     
  17. Frumundah Finnatic

    Frumundah Finnatic U Mad Miami?

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    Testicular Cancer Month is in April.
     
  18. MikeHoncho

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    I wasn't aware of this.
     
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  19. krypto

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    You need your wife's permission to watch football? She needs MY permission to talk to me during the game. I wear the pants, she wears the dress. LOL
     
  20. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    I don't see why women would watch something just because they spend 4 weeks wearing pink.
     
  21. CaribPhin

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    You do know Goodell is hired by the owners right? In labor and other disputes, he essentially acts on behalf of the owners.
     
  22. Ohio Fanatic

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    absurd with absolutely nothing grounded in logic.

    - yes, he cares about making money. his bosses made him commissioner to put the best product on the field to make them the most money. it's what he gets paid to do.
    - you must not have any experience working in a big corporation. support of initiatives like breast cancer awareness is a big PR boost for corporations like NFL. makes the shareholders feel good when they are spending all their money.
    - the safety issues are completely - 100% separated from that. He has clearly shown multiple initiatives to protect players, specifically the ones on offense - QB and WR.
    - the issues with the holdout of the refs was blown way out of proportion with respect to player safety. show me one example of a player getting hurt that would not have happened with the normal refs
    - and finally, the commish doesn't answer to the fans, because the NFL is by far the most popular sport in the country. look at us. we continue to be connected heart-and-soul to our NFL team even though they've stunk for most of the last 2 decades. the NFL has all the leverage because they've put a great product on the field that we can't get enough of.
     
  23. FinNasty

    FinNasty Alabama don’t want this... Staff Member Club Member

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    It's not an empty gesture when it has already saved a woman's life...
     
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  24. Stringer Bell

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    Testicular cancer kills like ~1000 people per year. Prostate cancer would be much more appropriate.

    I'm no expert, but from what I gather the importance of breast cancer awareness is that there is a 95% survival rate for early detection. Basically getting people to get mammograms would save a lot of lives. I don't think thats necessarily the case for most other forms of cancer.
     
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  25. BlameItOnTheHenne

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    You're reaching.
     
  26. MikeHoncho

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    Would u rather look at boobies or balls?
     
  27. Ohio Fanatic

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    maybe if they painted the footballs to look like boobies.
     
  28. MikeHoncho

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    Agreed. And no drops.
     
  29. aesop

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    Why does it have to be for breast cancer and not just cancer in general?
     
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  30. Paul 13

    Paul 13 Chaotic Neutral & Unstable Genius Staff Member

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    is this a trick question?
     
  31. Paul 13

    Paul 13 Chaotic Neutral & Unstable Genius Staff Member

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    BTW, Sanchez will feel right at home with all the pink towelettes being waved.
     
  32. Ohio Fanatic

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    Because it's one of the most treatable cancers when it is caught in time. Awareness means everything.
    You get pancreatic cancer, you're screwed regardless
     
  33. smahtaz

    smahtaz Pimpin Ain't Easy

    Wow. Complaints about the color of the penalty flag. Where's Bill Engvall when you need him?
     
  34. WhiteIbanez

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    The only pink the Jets get on Sunday will involve a flag :up:
     
  35. Pandarilla

    Pandarilla Purist Emeritus

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    Be as defensive as you want, I foresee a day next year where a Woody Allen-esque halftime production starring a giant boob slowly curmudgeoning its way across the field...

    [​IMG]

    it's just ironic is all...feckin' bizzaro league. This was my bastion of masculinity. Nothing like having a color that represents a vagina to invade my sanctuary.
     
  36. slickj101

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    Dangerous question to ask... so I've heard.
     
  37. aesop

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    Every cancer if caught earlier gives you a better chance at surviving, even if for only a few years longer. Pancreatic cancer is the extreme example.
     
  38. MrClean

    MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member

    If feeling right at home with pink towelettes includes getting to bone Eva Longoria, then count me in.
     
  39. MrClean

    MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member

    Would you rather have them use a color that represents penises?
     
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  40. RevRick

    RevRick Long Haired Leaping Gnome Club Member

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    Gentlemen..
    I really don't give a flying rip what color they use for a penalty flag if by some means any one woman gets a chance (maybe by some nitwit more interested in football than his wife's health suddenly gets the idea to make sure she has had a mammogram) to avoid breast cancer. In my congregation we have seven survivors of breast cancer (including my wife!) in a membership of 190, and two current cases for which we are praying and supporting the family - one of which has children at home.

    Some perspective please.

    Now, Pandarilla...

    you do remember that even Woody knew that those things usually travel in pairs...

    Remember the Ta-Ta's
     
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