Pink Out vs Arkansas

[KingtUT]

I would rather see some bags over our heads than a pink out. Does that make me not a "real" Vols fan?

I'd say it makes you a miserable Vol fan like the rest of us that don't have our heads up Butches butt.

 

[JPCVOL]

Awesome. Hate Al Davis, but quite appropriate.

 

[LostVol55]

Wide Receiver U, Brick by Brick, (Insert color) outs and Checker Neyland need to go away until we beat Florida, Alabama or Georgia.

End of Transmission

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

Not seeing the developing hostage situation where you're being forced to. There's a high success rate of treating breast cancer if there's early detection...so this isn't even about CURING it with a shirt...it's making people AWARE...with a shirt.

Everybody is well aware of breast cancer. The color shirt you wear isn't going to change anybody's awareness level.

 

[DeerPark12]

I've seen it on Facebook and 247 also. While I think we should lay off the gimmicky stuff with the crowd for awhile, I think this could be very cool. Breast cancer awareness and research can save lives. To the fans who are laying down the fan card, buh-bye, you were never a real fan anyway. Lets right this ship and beat the Arkansas Bill Clintons.

This is something fans are doing, not anything Tennessee is organizing or promoting.

 

[jarnol32]

No. There is a time and place for this kind of thing, and it's not a Saturday at Neyland stadium. People come to watch the game, and cheer on the vols. Not participate in something that has nothing to do with the game.

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

This is something fans are doing, not anything Tennessee is organizing or promoting.

I'm all for it if the fans want to do it.

 

[BaldBiker]

No. There is a time and place for this kind of thing, and it's not a Saturday at Neyland stadium. People come to watch the game, and cheer on the vols. Not participate in something that has nothing to do with the game.

Absolutely. Because wearing a pink shirt makes you blind right?

 

[butchna]

Everybody is well aware of breast cancer. The color shirt you wear isn't going to change anybody's awareness level.

Absolute statement you got going there "everybody" "well aware" gotcha. How about you sit silent and let them be knowledgeable resplendent in pink?...won't hurt you.

 

[OrangeIsLife]

Hell to the NO!!!

 

[butchna]

Absolutely. Because wearing a pink shirt makes you blind right?

When they're at the gay bars trying to "get material" for gay bashing jokes? :wink2: Them fellers are wearing pink! Can't be thinking about "research" at dadgum Neyland! :aggressive:

 

[movinonup]

NO ! I wore white to Florida game last year and that did not turn out so well - if I wear anything but orange to this game it will be black because of my mood. But I will be there for the kids who have given their all this year.

 

[butchna]

NO ! I wore white to Florida game last year and that did not turn out so well - if I wear anything but orange to this game it will be black because of my mood. But I will be there for the kids who have given their all this year.

Ok?

 

[BaldBiker]

When they're at the gay bars trying to "get material" for gay bashing jokes? :wink2: Them fellers are wearing pink! Can't be thinking about "research" at dadgum Neyland! :aggressive:

We are both in the same horrible club my friend (my wife's was brain cancer). People who aren't in it just don't understand.

It's a club I hope they never have to join.

Unfortunately, my guess is that someone on here saying "No" today, will one day be wearing pink (or gray, or some other color) and wishing more could have been done. Anything. Even a shirt. At a football game.

:hi:

 

[whobethis16]

Who isn't aware of breast cancer in America today? If a woman isn't aware it is her fault. If a man isn't aware of prostate cancer it is his fault.

This is coming from someone who has been personally affected by both. It has no place in sports. People need to be responsible for being "aware" for their own health. We all should be able to go to sporting events without agendas being shoved down our throats. The breast cancer "awareness" movement is not about breast cancer. Do research before jumping on the latest bandwagon.

In the end, after everybody has taken their cut, only 8.01% of money spent on pink NFL merchandise actually goes towards cancer research. Its a scam. If you want to do something for cancer research give money directly to research instead of buying a pink shirt.

Small Amount Of Money From Pink NFL Merchandise Goes To Breast Cancer Research - Business Insider

There's a lot of things that don't belong in sports that if someone tried to do away with it they'd be castrated. Just because something "doesn't belong" doesn't mean it automatically needs to be dismissed.

 

[AlumniChase]

CBJ is the king of cliches and excuses. Until he starts winning consistently he can shut up. Be football good football coach first then we will listen.

When he said "Best Staff in America", we seriously should have reconsidered the hire.
It's been nothing but coach speak since day one...

Recruits obviously believed him too.

He has had more in-game coaching mistakes in a few short years than any one coach I can remember.

 

[butchna]

We are both in the same horrible club my friend (my wife's was brain cancer). People who aren't in it just don't understand.

It's a club I hope they never have to join.

Unfortunately, my guess is that someone on here saying "No" today, will one day be wearing pink (or gray, or some other color) and wishing more could have been done. Anything. Even a shirt. At a football game.

:hi:

I don't even wish it on them...hoping they gain humane consciousness without it. I understand the sentiment of not wanting a cause shoved down your throat, but this is beyond a cause. Trying to divide up the issue by suggesting that breast cancer is a bully makes one look idiotic. My father died from brain cancer so maybe I inherited it and that's why I post too much. Point on...horrible club...glad you have a new love and additional babies BB. :hi:

 

[butchna]

No. There is a time and place for this kind of thing, and it's not a Saturday at Neyland stadium. People come to watch the game, and cheer on the vols. Not participate in something that has nothing to do with the game.

Life? Kinda essential to the game. :hmm:

 

[SobeVol]

Didn't we already do this in the forth quarters of the OU and the Florida game?

 

[yoyoyoyo]

Life? Kinda essential to the game. :hmm:

Sorry to hear your father had brain cancer. I also have immediate family affected by brain, breast and prostate cancer.

With that being said, the argument of "Life? Kinda essential to the game" doesn't exactly make sense. It could be argued many things should be promoted at games to ensure there is life i.e. colon cancer awareness for people to remember to get colonoscopies to promote a long healthy life, melanoma awareness to remind people to get checked for skin cancer to ensure life, proper prenatal care awareness so we are aware of all the services available to unborn/newborn so they have a healthy start in life, food backpack awareness to ensure all underprivileged children and their parents are aware there are programs to help them get the food they need to become healthy adults. The list could be endless to whatever cause is important to that person. What makes one cause more important than another?

So the question becomes are sporting events the proper venue to promote these causes. The answer is no. Sporting events are supposed to be an escape for people from the daily pressures of life. Fans should be able to go to a game, wear the colors of the team they support and enjoy the game as originally intended.

 

[jarhead]

He won't wear the ribbon?

WHO does not want to wear the ribbon...?

 

[azVolFan]

Here's an idea: Have a private pink-out at your house while watching Oprah, girlfriend.

You forgot the rainbow snap...

 

[butchna]

Sorry to hear your father had brain cancer. I also have immediate family affected by brain, breast and prostate cancer.

With that being said, the argument of "Life? Kinda essential to the game" doesn't exactly make sense. It could be argued many things should be promoted at games to ensure there is life i.e. colon cancer awareness for people to remember to get colonoscopies to promote a long healthy life, melanoma awareness to remind people to get checked for skin cancer to ensure life, proper prenatal care awareness so we are aware of all the services available to unborn/newborn so they have a healthy start in life, food backpack awareness to ensure all underprivileged children and their parents are aware there are programs to help them get the food they need to become healthy adults. The list could be endless to whatever cause is important to that person. What makes one cause more important than another?

So the question becomes are sporting events the proper venue to promote these causes. The answer is no. Sporting events are supposed to be an escape for people from the daily pressures of life. Fans should be able to go to a game, wear the colors of the team they support and enjoy the game as originally intended.

I disagree with you of course. You can go to a game and enjoy it AND realize that there are more important things going on out there. Were you an advocate of shutting off references to 9-11 during games in 2001? That didn't have anything to do with football. You need to quit underestimating our capability of perspective. We can watch our football games even though somebody's wearing a color we don't like. It's not church...it's a game.

 

[BigSteve09]

Let's all wear headsets and visors to help bring awareness to coaching. Lord knows there's a serious lack of awareness there!

This reply has kept me laughing for 2 days

 

[Vfl2407]

I would much rather see people or government grants give the money for research to eradicate these terrible diseases than have people wear different shirts at sporting events.