Black eye for the CFL

[Addicted2Sportz]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl...breast_cancer/

Absolutely ridiculous.

[boydo]

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Can't get the link to work...what'd we do now?

[Section N]

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Still not working...

[Addicted2Sportz]

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Fixed. For wearing pink gloves during breast cancer month.

[boydo]

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Brutal. They can have sponsor patches on their retro jerseys....but heaven forbid a player wears a pink undershirt or gloves or something.

[SandManFan]

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well, for the NFL it is an official league wide thing, and good for them. That was a poorly written article, IMO to suggest that the CFL MUST support breast cancer awareness. Not every pro sports league has the pink October so its not the end of the world for the CFL to be not the same as the NFL. If you don't like it, contact the league and ask them to observe breast cancer awareness month, league-wide.

[Addicted2Sportz]

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But to claim uniformity and fine a player for something as simple as gloves or an undershirt is absolutely silly. There is no need for that.

[boydo]

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Now...don't get me wrong...I think that the Pink October thing is great for raising money money and awareness for breast cancer and all. (I've lost my fair share of friends and family to different types of cancers) But where does a league draw the line? I mean, if they do breast cancer this month, what's next month, and then the next month...how do you decide which more than worthy charity gets the attention? It sucks that everyone needs to raise money and awareness for each and every cause...but wow...there are a lot out there.
As an example, in the office there's been...
Girl Guides
Boy Scouts
MS Relay
Terry Fox Run
Run For The Cure
and on and on and on...

[TurfToe]

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Now...don't get me wrong...I think that the Pink October thing is great for raising money money and awareness for breast cancer and all. (I've lost my fair share of friends and family to different types of cancers) But where does a league draw the line? I mean, if they do breast cancer this month, what's next month, and then the next month...how do you decide which more than worthy charity gets the attention? It sucks that everyone needs to raise money and awareness for each and every cause...but wow...there are a lot out there.
As an example, in the office there's been...
Girl Guides
Boy Scouts
MS Relay
Terry Fox Run
Run For The Cure
and on and on and on...

As brutal as that sounds, you're bang on.
And without even going that far from what the 'pink' is supposed to support, what about support for Prostate Cancer? (A greater proportion of men will be affected than that than women by breast cancers) Lung or Pancreatic Cancer? (both are almost always fatal) Heart and Stroke? (More people die from heart and stroke problems than any cancer) Etc.

don't get me wrong, I'm all for showing any and all support, but like boydo says, if you say yes to one, how do you justify saying no to others?

[nafnikufesin]

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Hey, any player can support Movember (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movember ) and it wouldn't even be a uniform violation.

[Inquiring Mind]

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I agree with boydo, there are any number of great causes out there

That said, if I was the players who got shot down, I'd just go out there and wear it regardless and basically dare them to fine me... cause if the league did, the scorn that would be coming their way would be monumental.

[budha]

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I agree with boydo, there are any number of great causes out there

That said, if I was the players who got shot down, I'd just go out there and wear it regardless and basically dare them to fine me... cause if the league did, the scorn that would be coming their way would be monumental.

They ran a story about Chunky Adams here in Saskatchewan, who last year wore pink shoe laces to show support for his mother who is a survivor. He was told that he would be sent off the field, the team would get a 15 yard penalty, and he could not return until his laces were changed. This would obvisously hurt thr team, they would lose 15 yards and a player until the uniform is fixed.

Does the league need to draw the line, yes. When a player has a connection to something, and it is not that obvious (really who the hell looks at a players shoe laces), Then I see no reason why not. How different is this then the Esks wearing the number 83 under their jersey?

[UPP]

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Yep, players can nearly end another players career with an after the play dirty hit and get a slap on the wrist, yet if you wear pink shoe laces, you get fined, penalized and barred from the playing field. Our league rules and their enforcement are a joke.

[Steve Vale]

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Hey, any player can support Movember (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movember ) and it wouldn't even be a uniform violation.

I'm partial to the Peter Potamus Home for Hot Unwed Mothers - (thanks Harvey Birdman!)

[cmbuk]

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Pink ribbon decal on the back of the lids is all that is needed.. Classy and shows your commitment..

NFL is currently on pink overkill...
Spats, cleats, bands even chinstrap

Kinda going beyond the call IMHO