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mairving · 09-08-2014 03:23 PM

Panthers RB DeAngelo Williams debuts pink dreads to honor late mother

Good for him to honor his mom. I think I would have skipped the toenails though.

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~~Mick Light~~ · 09-08-2014 03:29 PM

He got some ugly toes.

~~SNF6~~ · 09-08-2014 03:36 PM

(09-08-2014 03:29 PM)Mick Light Wrote: He got some ugly toes.

Probably because he ran for so many yards for us……and the Panthers. Hard on some toes. 04-cheers

~~Mick Light~~ · 09-08-2014 03:53 PM

Haha, yep.

snowtiger · 09-08-2014 03:59 PM

Do I have to Google his toes?

~~Mick Light~~ · 09-08-2014 04:10 PM

There is a picture in the OP.

Bill83 · 09-15-2014 10:41 AM

I noticed in the box score DW didn't have any carries yesterday, is he injured?

UMTiger02 · 09-15-2014 10:44 AM

He was inactive yesterday . I think thigh injury

k2tigers · 09-15-2014 10:46 AM

(09-15-2014 10:41 AM)Bill83 Wrote: I noticed in the box score DW didn't have any carries yesterday, is he injured?

Yes. Sat out to heal a sore thigh. Panthers running game suffered.

**MTPiKapp** · 09-15-2014 11:21 AM

(09-08-2014 03:29 PM)Mick Light Wrote: He got some ugly toes.

A lot of yards on those toes.

As someone who lost my father to cancer very recently, lots of respect to Deangelo.

tigernole79 · 09-15-2014 02:12 PM

I blew up in an email to the commentators at NBC, they were talking about the hypocracy of the NFL if they wear pink in October, but don't take a stronger stance on domestic violence. First, the whole NFL going pink was started by DeAngelo. He started it to honor his mom. I can't believe the ignorance of some people!!! 03-banghead

sparkomemphis · 09-15-2014 02:43 PM

(09-15-2014 02:12 PM)tigernole79 Wrote: I blew up in an email to the commentators at NBC, they were talking about the hypocracy of the NFL if they wear pink in October, but don't take a stronger stance on domestic violence. First, the whole NFL going pink was started by DeAngelo. He started it to honor his mom. I can't believe the ignorance of some people!!!

Pink was started by the NFL before DeAngelo signed with Panthers ,
he help get the dress code changed that did not allow the players to wear pink shoes.

tigernole79 · 09-15-2014 05:13 PM

Maybe resigned with the Panthers, but even the NFL says that it has been doing it since 2009... Now they have had people sell ribbons since 1999, which I guess you can claim as the NFL connection, but DeAngelo was the one that got the NFL to allow him to have pink cleats, the NFL's pink campaign has grown from there.

Not sure how if that disagrees with my statement or yours, but it is what it is.

tigernole79 · 09-15-2014 05:18 PM

Pink cleats idea came from DeAngelo Williams

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on October 8, 2009, 7:15 AM EDT

Some of you might have wondered how the NFL decided to permit players to wear pink cleats and other accessories during the month of October.

According to Steve Reed of CarolinaGrowl.com, the idea for the promotion of breast cancer awareness came not from some tie-wearing exec on Park Avenue, but from a member of the rank and file.

Running back DeAngelo Williams, per Reed, petitioned the league during the offseason for permission to wear pink cleats to help the cause.

“It means something to a lot of people affected by it,” Williams said. “Families and
the people actually affected by it. Nothing is stronger than wearing
pink on the thing that keeps you going in the National Football League
and that’s your cleats. . . . Because if you don’t have a firm foot in
the ground you’re going to slip.”

The fact that the uniform-obsessed NFL made the gesture in the first place was significant on its own; the fact that the idea came from one of the league’s player makes it an even bigger deal, in our view.

sparkomemphis · 09-15-2014 06:27 PM

(09-15-2014 05:13 PM)tigernole79 Wrote: Maybe resigned with the Panthers, but even the NFL says that it has been doing it since 2009... Now they have had people sell ribbons since 1999, which I guess you can claim as the NFL connection, but DeAngelo was the one that got the NFL to allow him to have pink cleats, the NFL's pink campaign has grown from there.

Not sure how if that disagrees with my statement or yours, but it is what it is.

I was thinking the NFL started that before DeLo joined the league. I guess my memory is faulty. He did get the NFL to change rules so some players could wear pink with out all having to do so. NFL has rule all players but kickers must wear same color shoes. that rule is relaxed for Oct where pick shoes are allowed.

tigernole79 · 09-15-2014 06:33 PM

We BOTH might be right. Daniel Snyder's wife was responsible for starting to pass out pink ribbons at football games in 1999. By 2009 it had spread to multiple teams, but I think DeAngelo is as much if not more responsible for the NFL going pink in games (once they saw they could make money off of it, let's be honest).

I don't think either on their own could've started what we see in the NFL now.

fsquid · 09-15-2014 10:04 PM

I think it started off as just one week and then went to a full month.

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