I think Cuban requires the Mavs to wear just boxers . . .
"they wore during travel"
First I thought that the point was they would be con uous and identified as a apro-team moving through the airports, but do they walk through the terminals and through the public?
They take charter planes and charter buses, probably no public exposure when travelling.
The only reasonable explanation I can think of is that Stern is looking for consistency in the player's dress whenever they are on the NBA's clock and being seen by the public.
Personally, I dress for comfort when I travel and see no problem with NBA players doing the same.
Iverson has an image he wants to portray. He makes money off that image. Well Stern has an image he wants players to portray that I'm sure a ton of marketing research has determined is the monetary sweet spot for the NBA and its owners and players as a whole.
A ton of people have dress codes related to work that their bosses dictate. Hey if I'm a salesman why the can't I make sales calls in my retro Raiders jersey and baggie pants? Wahhh, wahhh, wahhh for these poor NBA players.
I am glad (not surprised) AI talked about it. It's BS to think you portray a better image by wearing coats or formal dressing.
If there is a lighter version of the dress code like "what's not decent while attending a post game press" that might do good. It's ridiculous to force them what they should while getting on/off the plane.
more reason for Tim not to get injured.
hilarious!!
P.S.
wish Stern also included that NBA players shld and must not wear girl's dresses such as wedding gowns like Rodman
i didn't expect this from Iverson..
hmmnnn.......Philadelphia superstar Allen Iverson has already said he will fight the NBA's strict off-the-court dress code. "I dress to make myself comfortable," he said. "I really do have a problem with it. ... It's just not right. It's something I'll fight for."
-- Philadelphia Daily News
PRO BASKETBALL: League dress code gets mixed reaction
Sekou Smith - Staff
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sp...5/05hawks.html
Anyone wondering just how serious the NBA is about cleaning up its act need only peek at the league's new dress code for players.
Problem is, none of the players have seen it yet --- the details are still being worked out before a written policy is disseminated to the masses. But they know it's coming. They've already been warned that a strict off-the-court dress code will be ins uted this season.
Most notably, players will be required to wear business casual attire --- a sport coat and slacks --- for all team-related functions.
That includes wearing a coat and slacks on team flights, to and from games and at public appearances and team-related functions throughout the year. It's a rule endorsed by coaches and management types throughout the league, one that will be backed up by stiff, league-levied fines.
"I really think they're taking this thing too far," Hawks forward Josh Childress said Tuesday after the team's first training camp practice. "I understand where they're coming from. We all need to be neat and professional. But to ask us to wear suits everywhere, even at a hotel at 2 a.m. I think that's a bit much."
Even if the league hadn't come up with a policy, the Hawks were going to be required to clean up this season. Hawks coach Mike Woodson let it be known late last season that anyone expecting to be a part of his team would be required to wear a jacket on flights and on the bench when not in uniform.
"I'm glad the commissioner [David Stern] and the league are doing something," Woodson said. "This [rule] just cleans up everything our league is supposed to be about. This is professional basketball, and everybody has to act like a professional in this environment. We don't need guys on the bench in do-rags and [throwback] jerseys. We've got to clean up our act. These guys make enough money, they ought to clean up a little bit."
Philadelphia superstar Allen Iverson has already said he will fight the rule.
"I dress to make myself comfortable," he told the Philadelphia Daily News. "I really do have a problem with it. ... It's just not right. It's something I'll fight for."
Hawks veteran Tony Delk agrees with Iverson that the specifics he's heard are a bit drastic.
"I heard they're trying to work it out where we can wear a coat with jeans, a stylish look that's both casual but professional in this day and age," Delk said. "So I'm going to wait and see what they get done before I get too worried about it.
"They were fighting in suits last year in Detroit, weren't they?"
Delk was referring to the now infamous brawl between Indiana players and Detroit fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills last November, the incident some believe prompted the league's rule.
The league made clear its desire to clean up its image. But the players had no idea that the league would become fashion police.
"Listen, if they wanted to do this thing gradually I could understand that," Childress said. "Say you want us to wear slacks and a shirt this year, and then next year add jackets and whatever. But to do it all at once is just more than I think is necessary, to just jump up and say wear suits or you get fined is nuts."
But to ask us to wear suits everywhere, even at a hotel at 2 a.m.???????
thanks for posting the whole article, Kori.
What, he can't afford to go shopping for all his clothes at once? Besides, if they have to tell you to wear a shirt, all hope is lost."Listen, if they wanted to do this thing gradually I could understand that," Childress said. "Say you want us to wear slacks and a shirt this year, and then next year add jackets and whatever. But to do it all at once is just more than I think is necessary, to just jump up and say wear suits or you get fined is nuts."
Doesn't sound like this was as collective a decision as it was once thought.
wearing suits is a clean image?
oopppps!"They were fighting in suits last year in Detroit, weren't they?"
total hypocrisy!
next thing I read is they will try to ban cornrows.
Yes. Looks like players were blindsided.
Corporate America might be bringing in the money but it's normal people who support the team and players - they don't care if players wear suits.
Just to improve the NBA image because of very few players with thuggish, street-cred at ude, you can't wrap all players with the so called "good image because of dressing" (which is fake anyway)
Meaning charity events too, trips to hospitals, etc.?
Have the people writing these rules ever been to Texas in June? I understand the desire for them to look professional, but in my opinion a jacket is taking it too far. Especially if they're talking about enforcing it in all of these cir stances, not just at games.
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.
Carie
That is gonna be plain weird seeing Tim in a suit. I think it would be hilarious if the "Boring" Spurs showed up at the first after game press conference in suits and shirts that met Sterns requirements...
Retro pimp costumes...
Last edited by CosmicCowboy; 10-06-2005 at 05:49 PM.
Hey, if I had the kind of "jack & cheese" these players get, I wouldn't care if the league asked me to wear a coat of armor as professional attire.
I'm not surprised at the backlash. It's customary for young guys to "thumb their nose" at authority or the establishment.
Look, we've all got certain rules and regulations that we must conform to while we're at work. If you don't like it, start your own league.
Timmy about to speak out on dress code on WOAI News at 10.
According to Don Harris.
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."
i tuned in at 10:26 - they were just talkign about timmy's school, church and pool....
did you see what he said???
^^^^^^^^^^^^
One step ahead of you
i guess from now on they'll be hitting thier player representatives up about every issue o nthe table and not just raise %'s and contract limits.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
One step ahead of you
yer quick!
Way to go Timmy - We all love you.
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