Pink Gear Set For Auction

Originally Posted by Sports Collectors Daily on October 5th, 2009.

It looked a little strange. Quarterbacks wearing pink shoes, big defensive linemen adjusting their pink wristbands and gloves and coaches wearing caps that sported pink bills.

But it was all for a good cause.

The NFL's month-long breast cancer awareness program brought hundreds of pink-themed items to the field, many of which will be sold on the NFL's auction site. The first items, most of which will be autographed, will show up the week of October 14th according to a Twitter post from NFL public relations executive Brian McCarthy. Curiously, the NFL blew a chance to clue fans in to the auction by keeping it fairly low key in the days beforehand and not offering much information regarding the planned auction. Collectors, charity-minded fans and others were curious in online posts throughout Sunday.