NBA Fans: What do YOU think about the new Dress Code?

[WeRQ4U]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2197012

Some say it's racist. Some say it's extreme. I just think some of the players are pissed off because they have to grow up a bit. I don't feel bad for them. If I tried to come to work looking like they do, and try to tell my boss that I'm "expressing myself", they'd tell me to "express myself" someplace else.

[underpants]

1. I have no opinion on this matter

:hi:

[WeRQ4U]

2. Sure, just leave your head in the sand....

while this supremely important issue blows up all around you....or something.

;-)

[underpants]

3. |

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[WeRQ4U]

5. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I see

I guess I need to up my DU time considerabley. I'm not seeing everything.

[DS1]

4. All professional sports organizations are overly self-important blowhards

Look at the NFL - fining players for wearing tiny stickers in tribute to Pat Tillman.

It's not about the NBA, or the players, it's about sponsors and nothing more.

Fuck them all.

[tjwash]

6. I know, they are using the Chargers to influence the election here in...

...in San Diego. We are having a special mayoral election in a little while here, and Alex Spanos, who owns the Chargers has been dumping a ton of money in Sanders campaign. Sanders is extremely land developer friendly.

The big slant here on the radio, is that Sanders opponent, Donna Frye wants to drive the Chargers out of town. In reality, Spanos wants to be given billions of dollars in land, and build a stadium on it, and Frye has been trying to drive a harder bargain than just handing them over the land.

The problem is, there are going to be a bunch of single issue voters in the election just because of the Chargers and Stadium issue, and NOTHING else.

[rustydog]

7. Ya ain't got the schwing if you ain't got the bling

No opinion either way. they are high paid entertainers. who cares.
Now if there was a strong stand on drug use, I might applaud.

[taterguy]

8. dumb rule

Is the NBA's popularity based on how the players dress? Perhaps people don't watch as much because the players no longer devote time and attention to things like shooting, passing and rebounding. There's one guy who does those things better than the others: Tim Duncan. He claims he doesn't own a suit. Maybe the players should spend more time in the gym and less time shopping for clothes.

[Rising Phoenix]

9. I'm torn

one one hand...It's a JOB...dress like it and quit your bitchin...
one the other...the reason they got a job like that is because they probably aren't the dressing up 9-5 kinda guys...

[Shell Beau]

15. I agree with you!

I am torn. Like you said it's a job. And I don't think there is too much room to bitch when you make ridiculous amounts of money. But on the other hand, I don't see why it even matters. :shrug:

[Rising Phoenix]

16. Shell Beau

:yourock:

[Chovexani]

10. I'm against dress codes on principle

Even though I HATE hip-hop fashion I would be a hypocrite if I supported this, so I don't. As much money as they pull into the league, they should be allowed to wear full on Dennis Rodman drag if they want to.

The thing is, I can understand where the NBA is coming from. The dress is only a symptom of a larger problem and I don't think this rule will do anything to change it. I used to be a big basketball fan growing up, but I haven't really watched it in years...some of it is just being a long-suffering Knicks fan who got tired of watching the freefall, but a lot of it is just because it's not fun anymore. There's no respect for the game anymore, you've got a bunch of spoiled millionaires showboating so they can get on highlight reels, promoting their rap albums, etc. It's about everything except love of the game. I think the real problem is the influx of players coming out of the league from high school, and that's a rule that needs to be changed IMO. These guys don't know the fundimentals anymore because they don't go to college, they learned on the playground and that's how they play when they get in the NBA. It's horseshit, I can go up the street and watch playground ball for free.

What is really bugging me about this conversation though is the implicit assumption that this is racist because hip-hop fashion is "dressing black". Newsflash, there is no such thing as "dressing" a certain race, hip hop fashion and culture transcends race. People all over the world dress like that, it's not just black people and please for fuck's sake not all black people dress like that. I don't and neither do most people I know. Most of the hip-hop kids I went to school with were Asians.

[alarcojon]

19. Can't stress your last point enough

The phrase "dressing black" is code for "dressing hip-hop." We at DU should be more aware of this.

Much as I hate Condi, she dresses as black as 50-cent.

[dolo amber]

11. One word?

u·ni·form

adj.

1. Always the same, as in character or degree; unvarying.
2. Conforming to one principle, standard, or rule; consistent.
3. Being the same as or consonant with another or others.
4. Unvaried in texture, color, or design.




edit: Got called away, didn't finish making my point. :silly:

So yeah...a *uniform* doesn't just mean the jersey and shorts. On the court, off the court, same thing. It's your job and as long as you're on their time they can make you wear a cupcake costume if they want. Them's the facts, jack... :shrug:

[friesianrider]

12. I'm against dress codes for the most part...but...

AI (though I love him) says that he thinks the league should buy his clothes if they want to have a dress code. :eyes: Come on now. I know they work very hard, but so do a lot of people who get paid a LOT less than these players do...and they don't bitch about a dress code.

Suck it up! For $5 million a year, I'd comply with a clown-suit dress code.

[liberalitch]

13. A brilliant idea...

..and I'll leave it at that.

[LSK]

14. i have seen Charles Barkley criticizing how some players dress

He thinks some of the older players wearing ball caps and jerseys look silly and they should dress like adults.

[WeRQ4U]

17. And I agree with him...........

Is it so much to ask to have the people working in your system to dress like adults and not adolescents? If I went into work wearing a do-rag on my head, a hat on backwards, baggy jeans and Mr.T-style gold chains around my neck, they'd show my disrespectful ass the door.

And if I told them that they should pay for my dress clothes, they laugh in my face.

It's like Latrell Spreewell saying that he needs 13 million dollars a year, instead of 7 million because he "needs to feed his family". Give me a frickin' break.

[alarcojon]

18. I think it goes too far

From the comments I saw, nobody has a problem with outlawing do-rags, for example. But chains and medallions? That's overwhelmingly targeted at young black men.

Plus, if it's about image, why not just have a dress code for players attending games? Why on the plane, or on the bus?

[jakefrep]

20. It's an answer to a question that was never asked.

This just isn't necessary.

I've heard lots of people give me their litany of complaints about the NBA, and "how the third-string scrubeenies at the end of the bench are dressed" isn't one of them. Who, if anybody, pays attention to how these guys are dressed? And if the policy had been instituted, but not announced publicly, would anyone have noticed?

The rules of our workplaces don't apply to theirs. Get over it.