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The NFL's Crucial Catch mission is to fight cancer through early detection and risk reduction. The league, its clubs, players, the NFL Player Association, and the American Cancer Society are committed to providing individuals with the tools they need to help them better understand early detection and ways to reduce their cancer risk. Each year, every NFL team raises awareness during their Crucial Catch game, which features on-field and in-stadium Crucial Catch elements. Crucial Catch games also present a special opportunity to honor cancer survivors and those currently battling cancer.

Screening Information

Crucial Catch: It takes all of us to fight cancer

NFL players and their families discuss why it takes all of us to fight cancer.

Early Detection Resources

Get personalized tips to reduce your risk of cancer. When it comes to cancer, the NFL and American Cancer Society know that offense is the best defense. The Defender is a free digital assessment tool that provides quick and informative personalized tips on how to reduce your risk of cancer.

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Some cancers can be found before they have had a chance to grow and spread. Visit American Cancer Society's "Find Cancer Early" resources page to learn more about screenings that can be used to detect cancer early and about American Cancer Society's guidelines for using them.

FIND CANCER EARLY

Early detection can make a big difference in survival rates. Five-year survival rates show what percentage of people are still alive 5 years after they were diagnosed - this information will help you understand how likely treatment is to be successful if caught early.

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Crucial Catch Impact

The NFL's investment in saving lives from cancer has reached hundreds of thousands of individuals and has supported over 370,000 cancer screenings.

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The NFL is committed to the fight against cancer. Since 2009, the NFL has raised more than $22 million for the American Cancer Society.

Supporting the American Cancer Society

Since its establishment in 2009, the NFL's Crucial Catch campaign has raised over $22 million for the American Cancer Society. Money raised supports the American Cancer Society's Community Health Advocates implementing Nationwide Grants for Empowerment and Equity (CHANGE) program. CHANGE promotes health equity and addresses early detection disparities through community-based prevention programs that increase access to cancer screenings. Today, healthcare centers in all 32 NFL club markets receive CHANGE grants to provide outreach and education, and increased access to cancer screenings and to potentially life-saving resources.

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BACKGROUND ON RETAIL AND LICENSED PRODUCTS

All NFL Crucial Catch product is produced by official NFL licensees. As NFL licensees, such companies pay a royalty (% of wholesale sales) to the NFL when selling officially licensed products to retailers worldwide. The NFL receives payment of that wholesale royalty once licensees sell their respective NFL licensed products to distributors and retailers (i.e., the royalty is not based on retailers' consumer-facing prices in-store or online). The NFL does not retain any profits generated by royalties received due to the sale of Crucial Catch products. All dollars are donated to the American Cancer Society.