New NBA "dress code"

[angel_luv]

Indeed we do. = )

[Kori Ellis]

Timmy said about the dress code. " It would be really disappointing.. very disappointing."

Someone, Don I think, asked if Timmy had any idea what kind of shirts and ties he would buy.
Timmy: " I don't wear shirts and ties

Okay .. now everybody who was calling Iverson a punk better call Tim Duncan a punk too.

You all were appalled at Iverson protesting the dress code and said Timmy would shutup about it and happily oblige.

[ShoogarBear]

Timmy said about the dress code. " It would be really disappointing.. very disappointing."

Someone, Don I think, asked if Timmy had any idea what kind of shirts and ties he would buy.
Timmy: " I don't wear shirts and ties."

That ungrateful bas ! How dare he! All that money he's making and he refuses to bow to the wishes of the league! NBA players are such thugs! [/ST Clothing Nazis]

[Summers]

The only people I know that would be influenced in their viewpoint of the professionalism of the players is my grandparents. They're convinced all NBA players are 'hoodlums' after the brawl last year, nothing I said could convince them otherwise. And I don't think the NBA is going to be making any money off of them, or make new fans because of the dress code anyway.

This is exactly what I've been thinking. I don't necessarily have a problem with a dress code, but I don't understand Stern's reasoning. NBA fans aren't going to care how the players dress; and people who think of NBA players as "punks" aren't going to be swayed by nice suits, unless, as someone pointed out, Stern also wants to start making rules about corn rows and tattoos.

And just because you require a person to wear a suit doesn't mean he's going to look good. Think Shaq in his pimp suits.

[ObiwanGinobili]

And just because you require a person to wear a suit doesn't mean he's going to look good. Think Shaq in his pimp suits.

this isn't the strongest point to use in your argument..... Snaq doesn't look good in anything.

[SWC Bonfire]

I don't think it would hurt Tim Duncan to wear pants and a sport coat. Nobody said anything about ties, or even collared shirts, did they?

The only backlash is that we might get Miami-vice like outfits coming back into the stream of national consciousness.