Vols Set To Support Breast Cancer Awareness

[vollygirl]

Only on VN would posting that your not a fan of the team wearing pink uniforms/ towels/ gloves/ etc equal that you are a supporter of breast cancer.

If this is such a big help to breast cancer shouldn't TN wear pink accessories all season? I am just stating my opinion that the pink is not that helpful and there are much better ways for UT to support the fight against cancer.

What is it costing you if they acknowledge the disease? I'm probably not the only one here who has heard someone fighting breast cancer say that public support encourages them in their fight. My mom is fighting ovarian (four years now, still on chemo) and she is encouraged when she sees it.

 

[bigeasy]

Some real arrogance up in this thread.

Last year we were the only team in the SEC NOT to participate. Regardless of your personal opinions of the campaign when you are the only one not participating it makes you look like an insensitive jackass.

I think your statement just proves how empty the Breast Cancer Awareness initiative is when it comes to sports. It is all just a PR move, and the only reason these programs do it is so that they can look better. They do it just so they can pat each other on the back and tell themselves they are making a difference.

If they truly care about the cause then why do they need so much publicity on it? I still think they could do so much more raising money. I am all for awareness, but when they start making it a big publicity act it loses all sincerity

 

[UTFanForLife]

are the ladies ever going to wear blue for prostate cancer? or does anyone care about sons, brothers, husbands and fathers?

or do we only care about daughters, sisters, wives and mothers.

i hope they find a cure for any and every deadly disease. but, it really ticks me off that even diseases have become political.

Last month was prostate cancer awareness month. I'm sure there was some fundraising going on somewhere, you must have missed it.

Each month except August and December has a form of cancer awareness going on. I suggest people who want more awareness for a specific type of cancer look up which month is dedicated to that type and start some form of charitable awareness.

Why so many complain about breast cancer awareness is beyond me. Don't support it? Don't watch/donate.

 

[thebjd]

Some real arrogance up in this thread.

Last year we were the only team in the SEC NOT to participate. Regardless of your personal opinions of the campaign when you are the only one not participating it makes you look like an insensitive jackass.

This is dumb. Everyone shouldn't have to wear pink just because the NFL started this a few seasons back.

This thread is like the Seinfeld episode where Kramer refused to wear the aids ribbon.

[Kramer is cornered in an alley for not wearing the red ribbon at the AIDS walk]
Bob: So, what's it going to be? Are you going to wear the ribbon? Cosmo Kramer: No! Never! Bob: But I'm wearing wearing the ribbon.
[points to Cedric] Bob: He's wearing the ribbon. We are all wearing the ribbon! So why aren't *you* going to wear the ribbon?
Cosmo Kramer: [yelling] This is America! I don't have to wear anything I don't wanna wear!
Cedric: What are we going to do with him?
Cosmo Kramer: Huh?
Bob: I guess we will just have to teach him to wear the ribbon! [Kramer to escape up the fire escape, but is dragged down by the other AIDS walkers]

 

[vollygirl]

I say we get pink reminders and boobies gone from sports all together. Who needs to see 'em.

 

[UTProf]

Given. The point is, the man was refused, and there have been others as well, treatment BECAUSE they were men. The growths were actually visible because most men don't consider themselves as susceptive to breast cancer so never think of getting screened.

Now, the procedure you described above isn't the only means of detecting breast cancer. There's ultra sound, MRI, nipple discharges, and other means. So once again, the point is the men were denied service simply because they were men and not due to the difficulty of testing for the cancer. My concern is that the service should discriminate against men under any pretext because there's no reason for that. Many of us men donate regularly to these organizations.

How is breast cancer diagnosed?

Thing is Woodman in the original article you posted, the man was turned down by everyone until he reached out to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Komen is the biggest sponsor of the breast cancer awareness movement and when he called on them they helped him:

Mudd has finally found help from the Susan G. Komen of Southwest Florida organisation, which grants money to clinics to offer screenings for uninsured patients, regardless of gender.

He has an appointment tomorrow at Virginia B. Andes Volunteer Clinic in Port Charlotte, which gets grant money from Susan G. Komen.

Komen is the main beneficiary of all this pink and they help both women and men -- they pushed for it in the NFL and the NFL's pink auctions go to Komen. So I'm not sure why you'd argue against them.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

Thing is Woodman in the original article you posted, the man was turned down by everyone until he reached out to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Komen is the biggest sponsor of the breast cancer awareness movement and when he called on them they helped him:



Komen is the main beneficiary of all this pink and they help both women and men -- they pushed for it in the NFL and the NFL's pink auctions go to Komen. So I'm not sure why you'd argue against them.

I was folowing this on TV as it was going on. He got the help only after he went public. It was getting talked about too much and if I recall right, there was an anchor (KY) who stated if thismight discourage future donations by men. It was after such coverage he got the help.