Coach Jones accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

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roddo518 said:
My dad lost his life to ALS June 29, 2014. He fought the good fight but couldn't beat this disease. I now know that it takes ALS exactly 18 months to take out Superman. I hope they can find a cure to the worst disease in the world.
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So sorry to hear
 
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Notorious B.E.N said:
Wow what a dick.
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When I was stationed in the Far East, I saw an older guy (master sergeant) have a heart attack from having freezing water dumped on him unexpectedly. He was not a "dick", but he did not survive the heart attack. Ever since then, I've been opposed to these needless stunts.
 
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ajvol01 said:
Then no one would know about it - since there would be no challenge - and total donations would be much less.
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For those that really doesn't know, it's also called Lou Gehrig's Disease after the baseball player that died from it. The ice bucket challenge is to raise awareness much like the 5k walks and 10k runs that are done to raise awareness for different types of cancer.
You can certainly donate without doing the ice bucket dump and it will be appreciated.
 
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SDV said:
How many people donated last year? Check the numbers? It's a dramatic increase. It's clearly working
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That is sort of my point. I have no doubt that it is working and raising awareness, so by all means people should keep doing it. Yet isn't it a little sad that stunts like this have to take place for people to 'jump on the donation bandwagon' so to speak. The ice dumping isn't what is actually helping ALS patients, the money is. But whatever, I think it is kinda fun. :hi:
 
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It has been trending all over the country. It has raised a lot of awareness. Nothing wrong with having a little fun while helping a good cause. So for all the Eeyore's in the house, just resist the urge to be boring.
 
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white65 said:
He'll do it on the 50 yard line after the scrimmage tonight.


Tennessee Football ‏@Vol_Football 6m

Fans, after the #VolsOpenPractice, stick around, @UTCoachJones will accept the ALS #IceBucketChallenge on the 50 yard line!
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My family and I got The Challenge today!
We will do it tomorrow. Will not have the audience that CBJ does :salute:

All of VolNation should do it! Very worthy cause. I f you have ever known someone with ALS, it is a horrendous disease with no treatment yet.
 
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you said:
Thanks. So if I understand this correctly, Butch chose to have the ice bucket instead of donating money? Is this an event to shame a person for not donating? Maybe he donated AND did the ic bucket for awareness?

Anyhow, looked like they enjoyed it.
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You do both
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
My family and I got The Challenge today!
We will do it tomorrow. Will not have the audience that CBJ does :salute:

All of VolNation should do it! Very worthy cause. I f you have ever known someone with ALS, it is a horrendous disease with no treatment yet.
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3 cheers for you and your family. Laugh and have fun.
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JDisThereThere said:
I think the point is that they could've just donated $9 million without dumping a cooler full of icy water on their heads. :whistling:
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It is a gimmick that raises awareness too
Like free marketing.

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So far ALS is incurable, fatal, nothing has been found to even slow the progression yet.
 
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ajvol01 said:
Then no one would know about it - since there would be no challenge - and total donations would be much less.
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I see that it raises awareness, but everyone knows that there are terrible, incurable/untreatable diseases afflicting people all over the world all the time. Or at least they should... Just kinda sad to me that we have to do these types of things for people to give money. Although it is a little sad that money is ever even an issue at all when it comes to these things.
 
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JDisThereThere said:
I see that it raises awareness, but everyone knows that there are terrible, incurable/untreatable diseases afflicting people all over the world all the time. Or at least they should... Just kinda sad to me that we have to do these types of things for people to give money. Although it is a little sad that money is ever even an issue at all when it comes to these things.
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Most people do not give a darn about diseases or their awareness until it effects them or so family member. Thus, the reason to find clever ways to raise awareness.
 
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Special Ed said:
When I was stationed in the Far East, I saw an older guy (master sergeant) have a heart attack from having freezing water dumped on him unexpectedly. He was not a "dick", but he did not survive the heart attack. Ever since then, I've been opposed to these needless stunts.
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Tragic example...but in this case?...Butch kinda knew what was coming.
 
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Special Ed said:
When I was stationed in the Far East, I saw an older guy (master sergeant) have a heart attack from having freezing water dumped on him unexpectedly. He was not a "dick", but he did not survive the heart attack. Ever since then, I've been opposed to these needless stunts.
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If we stopped doing everything that is fun just because someone died of a heart attack doing it we would all be celibate. Football wouldn't even exist because people die playing it and it is just a silly game where people chase a pointy ball around.

I am sorry the master sergeant lost his life. But if his heart was that weak a car horn could have killed him, or a near miss in traffic etc...

At some point you have to live life instead of fearing death.
 
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Not gonna lie,didn't really know much about als until this ice-bucket challenge.Really seems to be a devastating disease.I think it's great what there doing,definitely got my attention.
 
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JDisThereThere said:
That is sort of my point. I have no doubt that it is working and raising awareness, so by all means people should keep doing it. Yet isn't it a little sad that stunts like this have to take place for people to 'jump on the donation bandwagon' so to speak. The ice dumping isn't what is actually helping ALS patients, the money is. But whatever, I think it is kinda fun. :hi:
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Eh, doesn't really matter how they are generating the revenue for ALS research just as long as its being generated.
 
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Ashevillevol said:
It has been trending all over the country. It has raised a lot of awareness. Nothing wrong with having a little fun while helping a good cause. So for all the Eeyore's in the house, just resist the urge to be boring.
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Agreed, the same people seem to look for reasons to crap all over anything regardless what the topic is. I don't know if its they are just miserable and can't get attention via any other avenue. Or they are one of the ever growing group of people that think they have all of the answers even though they don't have the track record to back it up. Either way, it's a very annoying segment that should never miss a good opportunity to know when to just shut up.
 
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When I was a clinical professor at UTSW med center in Dallas, one of my clinics was the ALS clinic. It was so awful to see these patients walk in one their 1st visit, 3-6 months later be wheelchair bound, then another 3-6 months totally unable to care for themselves. All the different research trials totally failed to even slow the progression.

The worst part is that as the neuromuscular control of the muscular system fails, the brain stays normal. The person is trapped inside and totally aware the whole time.

So anything that brings attention and research money to find a cure for this horrible condition is great. Just my expert medical opinion (jmemo)
 
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One last thing: the Ice Bucket Challenge has brought a 1000% increase in donations for ALS research!

I would say that is a successful marketing/ad campaign :)
 
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Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for donating to worthy causes, especially stem-cell research and other scientific inquiry into curing and preventing the diseases and other maladies that will someday affect us all. I’ve given regularly, through my workplace, to the United Way for at least the past thirty years. A family friend of ours has been recently afflicted with ALS, so I’m fully aware of how devastating it can be. What I’m opposed to is potentially dangerous stunts that could eventually have a negative effect on donations or bring them to a complete halt should some act intended to draw attention to the cause go horribly wrong. Some “targets” have nervous systems that are more fragile and sensitive to shock than average. What’s next – waterboarding to fight diabetes?!
 
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Special Ed said:
Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for donating to worthy causes, especially stem-cell research and other scientific inquiry into curing and preventing the diseases and other maladies that will someday affect us all. I’ve given regularly, through my workplace, to the United Way for at least the past thirty years. A family friend of ours has been recently afflicted with ALS, so I’m fully aware of how devastating it can be. What I’m opposed to is potentially dangerous stunts that could eventually have a negative effect on donations or bring them to a complete halt should some act intended to draw attention to the cause go horribly wrong. Some “targets” have nervous systems that are more fragile and sensitive to shock than average. What’s next – waterboarding to fight diabetes?!
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Your exaggerated analogy makes no sense. What you should be concerned with is people who have no common sense and don't recognize their own health issues when performing this type of 'stunt'. And on another note, when did pouring a bucket of ice water on your head become a stunt? You're worrying about nothing.
 
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