Oregon will be wearing these pink helmets on Saturday

[RockaFowler]

Seriously??

As someone else mentioned - why not just donate the money it took to make these awful looking helmets to Breast Cancer research?? Oh and Oregon's uniforms are awful as is . . .

[TZ]

1. I'm kinda sick of this pink

breast cancer awareness stuff. Too gimmicky. I hope some of this money is going to actual research. Football might be better served by supported the Leukemia and Lymphoma society whose symbol is a drop of blood..

[JonLP24]

7. Report: Less than 10 percent of NFL pink merchandise sales go toward cancer research

Approximately 8 percent of sales from pink NFL merchandise go toward cancer research, according to a report this week from Business Insider.

The league uses the color on its jerseys and other apparel in an effort to raise money for breast cancer research, but according to the report, the breakdown of how the money from sales of the apparel gets distributed is as follows: 50 percent to the retailer; 37.5 percent to the manufacturer; 8.1 percent to the American Cancer Society for research; 3.24 percent to the administration at the Society; and 1.25 percent to the NFL.

According to ESPN’s Darren Rovell, the league “takes a 25% royalty from the wholesale price (1/2 retail), donates 90% of royalty to American Cancer Society.” According to the Business Insider report, citing information from the NFL, any money the league makes that is not donated to the American Cancer Society goes directly toward covering the costs of the actual Breast Cancer Awareness program.

It should also be noted that the most common place for pink NFL merchandise to be sold is through the league’s online store, individual teams and at the stadiums. Therefore, the NFL or the individual teams act as the retailer in this case and therefore receive a portion of the 50 percent that goes toward the “retailer.”

http://tracking.si.com/2013/10/16/pink-nfl-merchandise-breast-cancer-research/

[El Supremo]

2. That's not pink. It's fuchsia.

Makes me ill.

[madinmaryland]

3. It's what. You are a fashionista now??

[TZ]

4. FYI

I bet its similar with donations with the NCAA--
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/17/how-much-money-from-nfls-pink-merchandise-actually-goes-to-cancer-research/

[JonLP24]

8. Opps

Guess you spotted the story before me.

[TZ]

13. yeah. LOL

Great minds and all that..

[Iggo]

5. Give to Planned Parenthood.

Fuck Susan G. Komen.

[joeybee12]

9. Avon does some walk-a-thon like Komen...

I'd have no problems if the money were for them, but if the NFL and NCAA are still supporting Komen, they need to stop.

[Iggo]

11. Nope, my dollars will never go to any pink charity ever again.

Done. Over. Broken. Can't be fixed.

Thank the Komen foundation for that.

[broiles]

6. Breast Cancer? I thought it was for Code Pink!

[Brother Buzz]

10. I'm fine with pink helmets

I draw the line at Zebras using pink penalty flags.

[Upton]

12. Oregon's uniforms are just fine..

and they're auctioning off the pink helmets and other gear, with the proceeds going to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund..

In support, Nike and the University of Oregon will auction a limited number of the Ducks’ pink helmets to raise funds in support of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund with all proceeds from the auction donated to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. At kick-off on Saturday, October 19, five helmets will be released each day for five consecutive days, including autographed versions by University of Oregon Head Coach Mark Helfrich and Oregon legends Dan Fouts, Joey Harrington, Ahmad Rashad and Phil Knight.

http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2013/10/oregon_ducks_to_wear_pink_helm.html

http://www.kayyow.com/ducks/

[TZ]

14. good.

Nice to know this isn't just a marketing scheme

[joeybee12]

15. Just saw that the proceeds will go to the Kay Yow Foundation...

Works for me.