( CNN ) -- If your screen looks a little girly on Sunday during the Miami Dolphins-New York Jets game , do not adjust your television . Referees will be using pink penalty flags at MetLife Stadium during the final weekend of Breast Cancer Awareness month . Dante Cano , the fifth-grader from Marlboro , New Jersey , came up with the idea -- and he went straight to the top . In a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell , Cano wrote , `` My name is Dante Cano . I am 11 years old and I am from Marlboro , New Jersey . I wanted to know if you could use my idea of pink penalty flags in October for breast cancer awareness . '' High school football player punished for pink . He signed it , `` Please write back . '' Goodell did better than write Dante back -- he implemented the 11-year old 's idea and invited Dante 's family to the game to present the pink penalty flags to the officials before the game . Goodell said he is looking forward to meeting Dante . `` Sometimes the simplest ideas can be the best , '' Goodell said in a statement . `` I applaud Dante for sending his recommendation . '' This is the fourth year the National Football League NFL has participated in a national breast cancer awareness campaign in association with the American Cancer Society . Games have featured pink game apparel , on-field ribbon stencils , special game balls and a pink coin . Breast cancer awareness : Not so pretty pink .
When one of the Dolphins or Jets messes up Sunday , pink penalty flags will fly . Referees will use them in Sunday of Breast Cancer Awareness month . fifth -grader Dante Cano passed the idea to NFL Commissioner Cano . Goodell ran with it and has invited the Dante Cano family to the game .