Summers
06-01-2005, 05:13 PM
Last night a friend of mine dropped by and we watched some of the Heat/Pistons game and chatted about different stuff. At one point, my friend said, "I think the NBA should do something about Europeans." So I got all defensive and said, "You don't like Europeans in the NBA?" And he said, "No, I said your appearance!" :lol
Anyway, he went on to say these are well-paid professionals and they should be required to shave, for example, before a game and to wear a suit to and from a game. He added that if he had a son looking up to these players, he'd want them to look clean and professional whenever they're in a public forum.
Just a few days ago when Stern was doing a press conference about whether or not there would be a meeting with the players union, some reporter asked him if he thought the NBA should institute a league-wide dress code. Stern said no, but added that some teams do have a dress code that requires players to wear suits. (That seemed like a weird, random question to me, by the way)
Anyway, it got me to thinking and I'm kind of leaning toward the who-cares-if-they-shave-and-what-they-wear side of this argument, but I was curious to see what y'all thought. Almost every job has a dress code. Do y'all feel like players should be required to adhere to a certain standard? (My friend said, "These guys have so much money, they could pay someone to shave them while they sleep!" :lol )
Edited to add this guy is a college basketball player, so he's not an outside observer, for whatever that's worth. He said if he made it to the NBA, he'd always dress nicely and look clean, etc. I didn't mention to him that I simply can't imagine Tim Duncan in a suit and that I think it would really throw off his game to have to wear a tie. :lol
Anyway, he went on to say these are well-paid professionals and they should be required to shave, for example, before a game and to wear a suit to and from a game. He added that if he had a son looking up to these players, he'd want them to look clean and professional whenever they're in a public forum.
Just a few days ago when Stern was doing a press conference about whether or not there would be a meeting with the players union, some reporter asked him if he thought the NBA should institute a league-wide dress code. Stern said no, but added that some teams do have a dress code that requires players to wear suits. (That seemed like a weird, random question to me, by the way)
Anyway, it got me to thinking and I'm kind of leaning toward the who-cares-if-they-shave-and-what-they-wear side of this argument, but I was curious to see what y'all thought. Almost every job has a dress code. Do y'all feel like players should be required to adhere to a certain standard? (My friend said, "These guys have so much money, they could pay someone to shave them while they sleep!" :lol )
Edited to add this guy is a college basketball player, so he's not an outside observer, for whatever that's worth. He said if he made it to the NBA, he'd always dress nicely and look clean, etc. I didn't mention to him that I simply can't imagine Tim Duncan in a suit and that I think it would really throw off his game to have to wear a tie. :lol