Stafford fined by NFL

[zyxt9]

for wearing blue shoes in game vs seahawks.

If only fans could fine him for wearing a Lions uniform, eh?

 

[LKP]

He won the appeal.

 

[zyxt9]

He's lost the appeal of the fanbase. Win some, lose some I guess.

 

[tomdalton22]

He won the appeal.

First thing he has beaten all year! It must have been at home or a losing team on the road!

 

[kingofdetroit57]

The NFL is a joke. The BS they pull with fines for uniform violations is ridiculous. I was reading some of the crap about their whole breast cancer awareness campaign and how they are fining guys like Heyward and Williams for honoring relatives who died from cancer. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.

http://deadspin.com/nfl-fines-cameron-heyward-for-eye-black-honoring-his-da-1736510907

http://deadspin.com/the-nfl-will-exploit-your-dead-mom-but-not-let-you-cele-1736184457

 

[Mitchrapp]

The NFL is a joke. The BS they pull with fines for uniform violations is ridiculous. I was reading some of the crap about their whole breast cancer awareness campaign and how they are fining guys like Heyward and Williams for honoring relatives who died from cancer. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.

http://deadspin.com/nfl-fines-cameron-heyward-for-eye-black-honoring-his-da-1736510907

http://deadspin.com/the-nfl-will-exploit-your-dead-mom-but-not-let-you-cele-1736184457

They just don't want them wearing the pink outside the designated month. I forget which one, but his mother died recently from breast cancer. It was in her honor that he wanted to wear pink throughout.

Right or wrong I think their opinion is they don't want players just to choose which colors they want to wear for which benefit etc. Then where does it stop? That's the idea around their rules anyway..

 

[kingofdetroit57]

They just don't want them wearing the pink outside the designated month. I forget which one, but his mother died recently from breast cancer. It was in her honor that he wanted to wear pink throughout.

Right or wrong I think their opinion is they don't want players just to choose which colors they want to wear for which benefit etc. Then where does it stop? That's the idea around their rules anyway..

I get that, but there needs to be some consideration given to each case. When a guy has several aunts and his mom all die from breast cancer, which is one the league chooses to recognize with uniform changes, an exception to the rule might be appropriate. Same with Heyward. As long as he's not writing something obscene or universally offensive, I don't care what his eye black says. His was clearly a tribute to his dead dad, who was an NFL vet, and they fine him? C'mon.

 

[brewer229]

I don't see the issue with stopping guys from wearing pink outside of the designated month. Those guys can wear all the pink they want for 164 hours a week, there are 4 hours a week they can not.

If you allow this then you have a player wearing Gray for a relative that died from Brain Cancer, Purple for someone who suffers from Cystic Fibrosis, Green for someone that suffered an eye injury, Rainbow for someone who supports gay rights, and it goes on and on. The reporters trying to make a story out of this are worse than the NFL for not allowing it. Most jobs have a dress code, you deal with it or you work somewhere else.

 

[tomdalton22]

I don't see the issue with stopping guys from wearing pink outside of the designated month. Those guys can wear all the pink they want for 164 hours a week, there are 4 hours a week they can not.

If you allow this then you have a player wearing Gray for a relative that died from Brain Cancer, Purple for someone who suffers from Cystic Fibrosis, Green for someone that suffered an eye injury, Rainbow for someone who supports gay rights, and it goes on and on. The reporters trying to make a story out of this are worse than the NFL for not allowing it. Most jobs have a dress code, you deal with it or you work somewhere else.

exactly. If they want to do something donate some money or create a foundation. You are in a league that requires you to wear a uniform...wear what they tell you to wear and do your job.

 

[grandy]

The whole breast cancer awareness month in the NFL is bullshit to begin with

https://mobile.twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/388747414066450432

http://www.businessinsider.com/smal...andise-goes-to-breast-cancer-research-2013-10

"In the end, after everybody has taken their cut, only 8.01% of money spent on pink NFL merchandise is actually going towards cancer research"

Graph: http://static3.businessinsider.com/...9-538/nfl-breast-cancer-awareness-revenue.png

Sure every little bit helps and hopefully it promotes awareness, but the pink gear seems more like a marketing tactic for the NFL to make more money. As the article says, you're better off donating directly.

 

[tomdalton22]

The whole breast cancer awareness month in the NFL is bullshit to begin with

https://mobile.twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/388747414066450432

http://www.businessinsider.com/smal...andise-goes-to-breast-cancer-research-2013-10

"In the end, after everybody has taken their cut, only 8.01% of money spent on pink NFL merchandise is actually going towards cancer research"

Graph: http://static3.businessinsider.com/...9-538/nfl-breast-cancer-awareness-revenue.png

Sure every little bit helps and hopefully it promotes awareness, but the pink gear seems more like a marketing tactic for the NFL to make more money. As the article says, you're better off donating directly.

The retailer should be the ones under fire here...not the NFL

 

[grandy]

First thing he has beaten all year! It must have been at home or a losing team on the road!

The retailer should be the ones under fire here...not the NFL

The "retailer" is typically the NFL itself or the teams.

 

[brewer229]

The whole breast cancer awareness month in the NFL is bullshit to begin with

https://mobile.twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/388747414066450432

http://www.businessinsider.com/smal...andise-goes-to-breast-cancer-research-2013-10

"In the end, after everybody has taken their cut, only 8.01% of money spent on pink NFL merchandise is actually going towards cancer research"

Graph: http://static3.businessinsider.com/...9-538/nfl-breast-cancer-awareness-revenue.png

Sure every little bit helps and hopefully it promotes awareness, but the pink gear seems more like a marketing tactic for the NFL to make more money. As the article says, you're better off donating directly.

Looks like the NFL is getting the smallest part of the pie. Manufactures and retailers are making all the real money off of this...Well and a lot goes to the pockets of the higher ups at the foundation.

 

[brewer229]

The "retailer" is typically the NFL itself or the teams.

So majority of the pink gear is sold at the stadium or team shops?

 

[tomdalton22]

The "retailer" is typically the NFL itself or the teams.

probably....I don't know where people buy their NFL gear. I would imagine that most is purchased at box stores like Dick's but I am sure a lot of people buy on line.

I don't think I have ever purchased any NFL gear...definitely not a jersey!

 

[grandy]

So majority of the pink gear is sold at the stadium or team shops?

Sounds like it

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

"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.""