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NFL lies about Breast Cancer Awareness month
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:26 pm
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:26 pm
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Between this and Brandon Marshall being fined for wearing green, I lost the little respect for the league I did have. What a terrible league.
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The NFL created special pink merchandise that was worn in its October games. The color was splashed on its jerseys and other clothing items, in a stated effort of raising money for breast cancer research.
The special NFL accessories and equipment were seen on athletes, coaches and cheerleaders alike, and the special merchandise was available to fans through the league’s online store, individual team websites and at the many NFL stadiums.
Fans were happy to hand over their money to not only wear the number of their favorite athlete, but to also send funding to the American Cancer Society. After all, the NFL claimed that 90 percent of the royalties from its sales went to the ACL.
But not all was as it seemed.
According to Business Insider, The Washington Times and Sports Illustrated, the NFL was actually pocketing most of the proceeds from the pink merchandise. When all was said and done – the manufacturer was paid, the retailer kept half and the ACS administration took its cut – only 8.01 percent of the proceeds even made it to cancer research.
Darren Rovell of ESPN reported that approximately 50 percent of the raised money went to the retailer (i.e. the NFL and its individual teams), right off the bat. The rest was divvied up, until the ACS got a small portion of the overall pot.
Between this and Brandon Marshall being fined for wearing green, I lost the little respect for the league I did have. What a terrible league.
This post was edited on 11/20/13 at 7:27 pm
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Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:27 pm to Corporal Beavis
Color me shocked
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:29 pm to Corporal Beavis
Old news
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:29 pm to Corporal Beavis
Was your awareness not raised?
NFL talked about this last month and there were articles admitting it.
It's not "Breast Cancer research month" - it's "Breast Cancer awareness month"
Cheap goodwill publicity for the NFL for basically not doing much except going out in pink.
They said their goal is to simply have women get a check up - not donate to find a cure.
NFL talked about this last month and there were articles admitting it.
It's not "Breast Cancer research month" - it's "Breast Cancer awareness month"
Cheap goodwill publicity for the NFL for basically not doing much except going out in pink.
They said their goal is to simply have women get a check up - not donate to find a cure.
This post was edited on 11/20/13 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:32 pm to Zamoro10
That's 8% more than they would have gotten.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:34 pm to guttata
Which is great. But they said 90 percent which is far more than 8
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:46 pm to Corporal Beavis
That's not true. This is where the distributions went
90% of the earnings that the NFL took in did go to breast cancer. The retailer and manufacturer are not running a charity and are going to take their cut
90% of the earnings that the NFL took in did go to breast cancer. The retailer and manufacturer are not running a charity and are going to take their cut
This post was edited on 11/20/13 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:47 pm to Corporal Beavis
That article is stupid
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:50 pm to Corporal Beavis
So they're like Susan G Komen?
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:50 pm to Supernova
Um you do realize the NFL is the retailer right?
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:54 pm to Corporal Beavis
he hit him in the neck
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:55 pm to Corporal Beavis
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Um you do realize the NFL is the retailer right?
You do realize that I don't give a shite what ESPN reports. The NFL is not the only retailer that sells those jerseys or towles
This post was edited on 11/20/13 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:57 pm to Corporal Beavis
one more reason to dislike professional sports.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:58 pm to Supernova
Ok so where the frick do you think the merchandise is sold? At your local Target?
Posted on 11/20/13 at 8:15 pm to Corporal Beavis
If you want to donate to a cause by buying something from one of the major leagues, you're better off donating directly to the cause.
All pink/camo/you name it gear exists to make the league money first.
All pink/camo/you name it gear exists to make the league money first.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 8:17 pm to Corporal Beavis
The meltdown from people who didn't see this scam for what it is just tickles me pink.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 8:26 pm to Corporal Beavis
So if Budwiser came out with pink beer for breast cancer awareness, with a retail of $10/12 pack, do you think they would donate $9 to cancer, or $1?
Nobody is going to take a loss when selling X product where Y percent goes to charity.
Nobody is going to take a loss when selling X product where Y percent goes to charity.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 8:28 pm to Corporal Beavis
Exactly.
Pink in October for NFL is a fricking scam.
Pink in October for NFL is a fricking scam.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 8:37 pm to Corporal Beavis
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Ok so where the frick do you think the merchandise is sold? At your local Target?
Nike Store, Sports Authority, Dicks Sporting all sell licensed merchandise. Those NFLShop.com sites you buy from are operated and retailed by Fanatics Inc. Not the NFL
Posted on 11/20/13 at 8:38 pm to Sentrius
holy shite people these days love to be mad at shite
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