NFL will use pink flags in Sunday's Jets game after request by 11-year-old

In every recent October, NFL fields have been awash in pink as the league aims to raise awareness of breast cancer. Hats, cleats, gloves, towels and chin cups turn pink and the breast cancer awareness ribbon gets prominent placement around the stadium, including on the turf and footballs.

One New Jersey fifth-grader had an idea for another way the league could go pink. At Sunday's New York Jets game, his request will be fulfilled.

This is a copy of a recent letter from young Dante Cano to Roger Goodell:

Goodell tweeted his response today.

"An 11-year-old NJ boy wrote me suggesting officials use pink flags for breast cancer awareness," Goodell wrote on his Twitter account, @nflcommish. "Great idea Dante. We'll do it Sunday @ the Jets game & you can deliver them to the officials."

The Asher Holmes Elementary School student and his family have been invited to Met Life Stadium to present the flags to officials before the New York Jets play the Miami Dolphins.

This is undeniably cool. It may carry the faint whiff of public relations stunt, but who cares?

The NFL's embrace of Breast Cancer Awareness Month is undeniably great, yet you'd be amazed at the number of complaints on Facebook and Twitter about the league going pink for four games. Seeing Aaron Rodgers with a pink towel tucked into his waist is too much for some people, apparently.

Stop the complaints. The league can go overboard sometimes. When it's for a worthy cause like this, it can't go overboard enough.