Slayer 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2005 Source FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas coach Houston Nutt has decided that his players who are caught loafing will no longer wear pink jerseys during practices in an effort to avoid offending breast cancer survivors. Nutt said Monday that he had received negative reaction from people when they saw the players in the pink jerseys. Breast cancer survivors and their supporters often wear pink ribbons and the nationwide Race for the Cure, which raises funds for breast cancer research, uses the color pink as well. "That's the last thing I want to do, is to offend a cancer victim, someone who I know how strong and brave they are," Nutt said. "That was the last thing on our mind, to discredit somebody who has shown a lot of toughness. I've had members of my family who had cancer." Nutt said the coaches are considering another color, possibly burnt orange, the color of Arkansas rival Texas. I don't know what's funnier: That yet another American subgroup found something to be offended about, or that a football team agreed to wear pink jerseys for any reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angel_Grace_Blue 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2005 Well, as it said, it wasn't an agreement, but a punishment for players. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2005 Sounds like a Married With Children episode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2005 Well, as it said, it wasn't an agreement, but a punishment for players. Well fuck... score one for skipping a few words here and there My other point remains though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson Platypus 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2005 What bullshit. It's not like the punishment was that the players had to pretend to have breast cancer or some shit. It's a fucking color. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2005 Burnt orange is a way better choice for punishment anyway. Pink's in these days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2005 Maybe they should just make them wear Texas jerseys period. I think a Texas jersey would be a punishment for any school in the country. They're like the most hated school in D-1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2005 I think a more fitting punishment for loafing football players would be to give them cancer... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2005 Why hasn't the Breast Cancer society sued the t-shirt companies who make the pink "Yes, they're real" shirts? This is stupid, they don't own the rights to the color pink. It's a weak version of the color red because they are the weak versions of the Tide. Too much Tide in a red jersey, you get pink. This is just silly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted April 7, 2005 Noone got sued, dumbass. Read the article. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
