As I have posted on another thread I am on the fence on this one.
Pros
It was moving to those who have had experienced a love one that either beat cancer or lost someone (most of us on here)
It raised awareness
Cons
I still believe that individuals or teams should not be above the sanctioning bodies
It was handled poorly before and after they were called out
There are more pros and cons I am sure but I listed 2 for each that were top of mind. Rules are rules. The pink bat thing is not the same thingas the uniforms.
In
baseball,
pink bats are limited-supply
baseball bats manufactured by
Louisville Slugger for use by select
Major League Baseball players on
Mother's Day, first introduced in
2006 in association with the
Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization. Each year on Mother's Day,
Major League Baseball authorizes the use of the specially dyed bats — temporarily suspending the regulation that restricts players to using black, brown, red, or white bats — as part of a weeklong program to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization.
The smart people at Team Radio Shack should have had the foresight to get the kit approved prior to the TDF ever happening. They were fined and the money goes to a good cause. In the future fines should keep increasing with disqualification becoming a permanent deterent. I am not upset with Team Radioshack. I think they could have handled it better after getting caught. We tried it, it was for a good cause, it is against the rules and we understand it, we feel it was for a good cause and we understand the tours position.....period.........Hopefully, when they sell the kits ALL of the money goes to cancer research......