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Cloxxki said:People who do get to survive wearing a bracelet will likely say it helped them so tremendously. So while it lets down victims, it gets credits off survivors.
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Reminds me of religion.
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Cloxxki said:People who do get to survive wearing a bracelet will likely say it helped them so tremendously. So while it lets down victims, it gets credits off survivors.
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Coca-Cola said:The real question is why did you ever buy one?
Why not just throw $5 to a cancer charity with a better rating http://www.cancerresearch.org/
FactChecker said:I wanted the yellow ones that were selling with "Cheat to Win" on them.
But I never found one![]()
Muriel said:I never had one but, co-incidentally, the last day of the tour was the day I decided to do some self education.
Previously, I'd not been what you'd call a fan of the Armstrong personality (from reading his books) but recognised his achievements. I'd read the criticism he attracted from others but always just considered it opinion. Then came that said day's PR stunt.
I just couldn't believe the disrespectful, self-centred actions. Armstrong owes a great deal to the Tour, yet in one premeditated action he shat on both the Tour and the riders. There is no doubt in my mind that had Radioshack asked that they would have been allowed to wear those jerseys. But that wasn't good enough for them/Armstrong. He had to flip the bird too. Only he knows why. So I decided to find out more about him. And I found the threads on this forum.
The rest is, and will be, history. I reckon he's going down.
BroDeal said:The Onion used to sell them.
I just went through a custom order process and could make ten of them for about $30 total including shipping. I could put DOPESTRONG on the back for a few cents extra per band.
I may make a bunch of them.
42x16ss said:I'll take 8!
WonderLance said:hahaha.
You guys should grow up. The man is a hero, show your support, where yellow with pride.
Ive got so many I've lost count they are so stylish and they match the rest of my USPS, DISCO, ASTANA, RADIOSHACK, LIVESTRONG, LIVESTRONG U23, RADIOSHACK 28 kits.
urban attacker said:After the last day of racing in the tour, Radio Shack broke out the black kits i did some soul searching about what message was being sent.
The 28 million cancer number
Livestrong, I did pull up there website that day
Then it came to me it was about Lance showboating
Lance =Livestrong=cancer; with a healthy lean of Lance
I will fight cancer but not promote Lance
I will ride my bike as hard and fast as i can and i will cheer on any body doing the same.Let us start over and have some fun bicycle racing .UCI.clean up your act as well
PEACE
ManInFull said:Nice. I am sure that the Astana kits go over well when you are attending a Lance LoveFest session.![]()
That'll do until the No BPC's jerseys get here.BroDeal said:The Onion used to sell them.
I just went through a custom order process and could make ten of them for about $30 total including shipping. I could put DOPESTRONG on the back for a few cents extra per band.
I may make a bunch of them.
pedaling squares said:That'll do until the No BPC's jerseys get here.
WonderLance said:hahaha.
You guys should grow up. The man is a hero, show your support, where yellow with pride.
Ive got so many I've lost count they are so stylish and they match the rest of my USPS, DISCO, ASTANA, RADIOSHACK, LIVESTRONG, LIVESTRONG U23, RADIOSHACK 28 kits.
Nike, money, ethics
This year, Nike has decided to donate the proceeds of yellow Livestrong wristband to the League against Cancer. Last year, earnings had benefited Livestrong, which is both the foundation "Charity", supported by Lance Armstrong and a company whose runner-businessman takes a personal profit.
For his part, whatever the recipient of the collection, Nike was the big winner of the transaction.Marie-Hélène Abbo, a marketing professor at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Pau, Le Figaro says that the donor "also helps the Nike brand to be ethical. The "partnership" between a private company and a worthy cause even has a name in English: "co-branding issue.
flicker said:He did not flip the bird Lance made a point. That he has been making a point since day 1 is why all the haters hate Lance(including LeMond). The guy has done a lot of good, and if he has doped he has followed the great tradition of our sport. Cycling is a sport of doping and cheating, like boxing and horseracing. I will wear the yellow band to uphold our tradition and support those with cancer. If you want to read wiki about doping in cycling and le tour be my guest. Man up cycling fans and HTFU. This is not tiddly winks pro cyclists play. It will never be the dream that Tyler Farrar and the people in this clinic envision.
henryg said:I love the way corporate sleaze balls use charities to promote their brand (it's a more effective form of advertising as people don't see it as marketing). It gives them the aura of being ethical good guys. Nike makes it's products in sweatshops around the world but can polish it's image and sell more swag by hawking some yellow bands.
Lance makes his name synonymous with the fight against cancer which has made his brand much more lucrative and is the perfect cover for a guy who built a personal myth that is one big fat lie. He's already playing the cancer card with this federal investigation.
Want to be a philanthropist? Do it in a way that you don't personally profit from. How many of these guys would be contributing if the cameras were not there? If there was no additional commercial benefit to them from all the publicity?