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By his own choice.The most popular and most marketable player in the history of the game (Jordan) wore suits and ties often...
Try thinking beyond the fact he makes a lot of money.
By his own choice.The most popular and most marketable player in the history of the game (Jordan) wore suits and ties often...
I'd say the league's still considerably popular.
..is gone. That's the reason that the game has perhaps taken a hit from the mid-90s.The most popular and most marketable player in the history of the game
(Jordan) wore suits and ties often...
He also gambled and cheated on his wife.
NBA wants a better image with dress code? this is what i dont get so help me out, How in the world a player who dressed nicely in a basketball uni jump on the stand and fight,or two players on the court fiting with each other, or let say a player who comes to the game all dressed up and when a fight brokes out start beating the crap out of each other. dress has nothing to do with this, this is stupid stern crap, who he think he is? saddam?
Speaking of Saddam... He looks like he's really cleaned up his act. Good for him. I'm glad to see he's turned his life around and has become a better, more professional, person.
He's got bling on his wrist. That's a no-no according to Stern
And chains too. You're right, he's still a thug.
great picture!
In my opinion, the powers that be in the NBA should get a knot in their stomach reading that. He's only their best player and one of their best citizens. I hope he wears what he always wears and dares the league to do something about it.
Great pics both. That Saddam pic just illustrates perfectly why I think this is stupid.
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One of the stupidest posts I have seen. No one is trying to control young Blacks. Its a dress code so that the NBA can appear more professional. That's it. The key word is appear. There are other players in the league who aren't Black. Get over it.
They still make more in one night than what most people make in a year. They still get to go out and buy whatever they want. Live in house(S) they want to live in. Travel wherever they want to travel to. Drive practically any car they want to drive. They can go and do as they please. They aren't under control by any means.
The terms of achieving this so-called "professionalism" are prejudiced in nature.No one is trying to control young Blacks. Its a dress code so that the NBA can appear more professional.
The players in the league are 90%+ African-American and young. The dress code was put into effect to deal with a style of dress which is sported predominantly by....young African-Americans. You're naive and ignorant for thinking that the league isn't trying to cater to the tastes of middle-age, middle-class white folks.
So 90%+ of people who watch basketball on TV, buy the shoes they wear, buy the jerseys they wear, buy all the gear associated with the NBA (shirts, caps, wrist bands, head bands, socks, shorts, and etc), go to the games, and so on are White and middle-aged?
Wrong. I live in a neighborhood here in town that has about 40% White residents. I would say 30% Hispanic, 25% African American and the rest Asian. When I go to the community park to play ball, all I see is the African American wearing the Jordans, Lebrons, and so on. I hardly see any White/middle-aged people wearing that stuff.
Angel you can't delete your post .. now mine doesn't make any sense
Just saw this.
I'm sorry for deciding to not be disagreeable!
Here is the thing about professionalism though - what is professional in business and in basketball are two different things. What is professional in business and in my job are two different things. Professionalism in basketball should be about playing the game with integrity - meaning: Lose the chest thumping, hollering, screaming at the refs, pushing on the court, rude or childish behavior at calls that don't go your way; stop blaming teammates and/or refs in the media for losses, blowing off prearranged fan events, being rude to fans, being rude to media, ignoring team obligations, excessive cursing; no more drug arrests/convictions, criminal activity, DUI arrests/convictions, rape/abuse/domestic violence/murder charges, multiple paternity suits, bankruptcy issues, illegal possession of guns/steriods/drugs.
These things mark professionalism in basketball, not a ing sports coat.
Just like I can wear jeans to work, and be fully professional in dealing with prospective students or parents, but wear a suit and be unprofessional by complaining in vulgar language about how other departments on campus suck in front of these people. Trust me when I say that what I wear is not remembered in these instances.
A s bag makes a better presentation in a suit, which is why defendants in criminal trials don't wear do-rags and throwback jerseys. There's billions of dollars at stake, and the players will make their own decisions how to deal with it. It's time for everybody to get the over it.
I agree with you about the chust bumping and all the other crap we see. However, the thing is that its a dress code that is being enforced by the NBA. The players employer. Its that simple. Every employer has their own rules. If you want to work for that employer then follow the rules. Don't take it personal and call it this and that. Its a rule.
If you don't like it, leave. Not only that the Players Association agreed to this. The players are represented by this Association. They should take the problem they have with the dress code to that Association.
Sounds like "If you don't support the President, get out of the country" to me.
NBA Players are not like you and me. If we decide we don't like a rule at work, we can be VERY easily replaced.
If Allen Iverson leaves, the Sixers are ed, and the NBA will feel it too.
That's the nature of a large professional sports league. It ain't a ing law firm.
It's a labor union. They do what the union agrees to or they go see if the post office is hiring.
This is very much about race. They are trying to appeal to a demographic that view the way young African Americans dress and that style.
A lot of factors - and race is a large one - go into marketing.
Hey, if the union feels that strongly about it, they can always strike or refuse to live up to the rules. I have a feeling they're not going to do that however, because the request isn't unreasonable.
And the labor union typically listens to the players with the most clout.
We're not talking about Mike Wilks and Mark Madsen complaining here.
You're going to compare the NBA to the US? OK. We're talking about a sport that is a BUSINESS that generates so much money it ain't funny. Not a country. Spare me.
If A.I leaves millions of dollars on the table because he doesn't want to wear a suit a few days out of the week for a few hours then that's his problem. If I work for a company doing what I love, get paid millions of dollars for it, work for only 8-9 months out of the year, travel all over the country for free, stay in the classiest hotels for free, fly in private jets when I travel, and am taken care of for life, I would not complain about dressing up.
When it comes to a player and his contract (FA status, re-signing, etc.) they always say, "its a BUSINESS, I have to do what's best for me and my family" they are all professional about it. Right? However, now that there is a dress code (that's it) in place they don't want to DRESS professional. How convenient.
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