NFL: Confusion Leads League To Wave Off Pink Flags

[Purveyor]

Pink is no longer the new yellow in the NFL. The league won’t use its pink penalty flags beyond last night’s New York Jets-Atlanta Falcons game.

The pink flags were part of the NFL’s “A Crucial Catch” campaign in support of breast cancer awareness. Coupled with the players’ pink equipment, especially their gloves and towels, the pink flags caused confusion among broadcasters, fans, players and coaches on Sunday.

The league hadn’t specified whether the pink penalty flags would be used through Week 7 like the rest of the breast cancer initiative, “but the experience this weekend solidified that it would be for one week only,” NFL spokesman Michael Signora said.

“At times, I didn’t know if flags were thrown or not just because a lot of guys were wearing pink towels,” Denver Broncos safety David Bruton said. “So that makes a lot of sense to go back to yellow so we can know. … You could see the confusion with our pink towels and the pink flags.”

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[LittleBlue]

1. Good. It was getting bad

I was watching the Indy-Seattle game, and there was confusion on every drive. Pink towels on the ground looked like flags, so the networks and even some of the officials looked confused.