Thanks to a letter from 11-year-old football fan Dante Cano, the National Football League will be using pink penalty flags for their Miami Dolphins – New York Jets game this Sunday night.
Cano wrote a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goddell suggesting the league use pink flags as part of their breast cancer awareness month going on presently.
“My name is Dante Cano. I am 11 years old and I am from Marlboro, New Jersey. I wanted to know if you could use my idea of pink penalty flags in October for breast cancer awareness.”
Dante and his family will be at the game in East Rutherford this weekend to present the flags to the game officials pior to kickoff.
You can see Dante’s letter over at the NFL Communications website here.
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pautna
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 17:29Uh, cute story and all, but this whole pink stuff in sports has gotten out of control in my humble opinion. Instead of making me "aware" of something I've been "aware" of for many years, why don't they spend the money it took to buy all of the pink stuff and actually donate it to the cause itself? Just a thought.
dwalk512
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 21:51They auction off majority of the pink items that were used in games. Win win.
thomas
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 14:06need more light blue everywhere insted .....men are dying too
JR Francis
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 17:09Can we at least say the art of decent colors and design is dead... at least in October. Blech.
Frank Fleming
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 17:24I will be at the game
SportsLogos.Net
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 17:25Wear your pink shirt
Frank Fleming
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 17:26surprisingly I dont have a pink shirt but I will wear Orange Dolphins
Graham Clayton
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 19:53In the Australian National Rugby League competition, the Penrith Panthers have worn a pink uniform during a selected round for the past few seasons as their way of supporting breast cancer awareness: http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2009/06/16/1225736/438171-penrith-panthers.jpg
Graham Clayton
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 19:53In the Australian National Rugby League competition, the Penrith Panthers have worn a pink uniform during a selected round for the past few seasons as their way of supporting breast cancer awareness: http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2009/06/16/1225736/438171-penrith-panthers.jpg
Daniel Pecoraro
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 14:26As much as I admire the kid's persistence, the "pinkwashing" of breast cancer awareness has kinda gotten out of control.