Buckholts/Pink

[51eleven]

My players donated $10 a piece for the privilege to wear pink for the month of October. The money paid went to the funds that the cheerleaders were raising to go to the Susan G. Komen fund. No one is required to participate, but they are not allowed to wear pink in practice/game if they did not donate. We talk to our players about the significance of cancer & cancer awareness, ask players to share any personal stories. We make sure players are not wearing pink as some sort of fashion statement - that it means something to them whether directly affected by breast cancer or some other type of cancer.

Great job Coach. IMHO.

 

[51eleven]

It a little more than a few boys not getting to play because they had pink gear.
The superintendent told these boys that they were a disgrace and that they would be
escorted off the field by the police. Now that the media and school board are involved,
he Denys that statement, but it was heard by both Buckholts and Oglesby parents!
And the Buckholts booster club provided the players with pink socks, it was not jerseys

Hmm.

 

[Dogface]

I wonder if American schools
will ever figure out how to run themselves
as a successful business?

 

[Little Doc]

Not when humans are involved! When people start making decisions based on what is best for all the kids, rather than just what is best for their kids, maybe things will change.

 

[Johnny South]

Not when humans are involved! When people start making decisions based on what is best for all the kids, rather than just what is best for their kids, maybe things will change.

I think that you really mean that our schools should be run like the schools in The People's Republic of China. Take the kids with the high IQ's and send them to school. Take all the rest of the kids to the factory and put them to work making little plastic pieces of junk to sell to the enemy.

That is what you meant, wasn't it?

 

[51eleven]

I understand the concept of wearing pink, but the one who mentioned they donate $10 each to a cancer organization is doing it right in my opinion. Just wearing pink means nothing if you don't donate as well. Unfortunately most of the Susan G Koman donations go to pay the million dollar salary of their CEO. Less than 1% of the donations actually go to cancer research. I too coach, and I support cancer awareness as I have a mom diagnosed with it, two niece's diagnosed with it, my mother in law passed away from it, my dad is a cancer survivor, lost two cousins to it, several aunts and uncle's are fighting it or have passed from it, and my best friends mom is now battling her 3rd time with it. Now in saying all that, all this pink tape and all that is just that pink stuff, none of it means a dang thing if you're just wearing it, donate money to cancer research instead. the fact that all these kids and even grown athletes just want recognition by wearing pink is wrong. I have said before in regards to the nfl players that wear pink, if every player, coach, and owner, not to mention the other employees for the teams, would donate a minimum of $1,000 each to cancer research, that's 53 players per team, 32 teams, 32 owners, at least 10 coaches per team, and countless other employees, that would go a very long way in funding research. With high school teams, $10-$20 each would be a good addition to that.

My Mother used to donate to the American Cancer Society. I wondered about the use of the funds. Maybe it's better than what you say of Koman. Lost both parents, uncles, cousins, in-laws to it. The October Breast Cancer campaign is important . Pink is their attention getter. If it draws more awareness, it potentially draws more contributions. This is a subject that 40-50 years ago that was taboo to speak of in public because of the body part. Wearing pink anything then would have labeled you as a puxxy or quxxr among your team mates .

 

[Dogface]

Not when humans are involved! When people start making decisions based on what is best for all the kids, rather than just what is best for their kids, maybe things will change.

I think that you really mean that our schools should be run like the schools in The People's Republic of China. Take the kids with the high IQ's and send them to school. Take all the rest of the kids to the factory and put them to work making little plastic pieces of junk to sell to the enemy.

That is what you meant, wasn't it?

Actually,
that's nothing like what I meant.
I was thinking something like the difference between
the Toyota model of production
vs.
the GM model.
I was at an interview today where the VP
said they didn't use textbooks, ipads, chromebooks, or any specific reading program
and yet they want their reading scores to magically improve.
Hmmmm...
If Baby Can Read why can't all school children?
That's what I meant.
I've never been to China.
Johnny you so funny.