NBA Dress Code

[Drew Beringer]

= gay.

WTF, Stern?

[aminorthreat55]

In principle it's a ridiculous idea but the requirements are so relaxed none of them should care. He said himself jeans or slacks and a collared shirt are all you need. That's nothing.

[Drew Beringer]

In principle it's a ridiculous idea but the requirements are so relaxed none of them should care. He said himself jeans or slacks and a collared shirt are all you need. That's nothing.

But that's what white people wear. lol.

I can't picture Iverson doing that. Stern also banned players from wearing chains on the outside of their clothes.

[Emopunkthrice]

David Stern and Bud Selig deserve dynamite sticks up their asses...but still the players should not be bitching that much about the dress code, unless they're true thugs.

[radiofriendly]

don't see a problem with instituting a dress code for your league. it's a sport, but it's a business first. just as i can't wear sweats, bling, and hoodies to the bank i teller at, i don't find anything wrong with some sense of restraint. you can question the motives, but i think it's fine. Mark Cuban was on a talk show yesterday and was really taking it well, and talked about how he and the team were going to work at making this a great benefit for the team. It can't be a bad thing, especially as relaxed as it is. and it's not just for the black thugs, like everybody's trying to make it out to be. steve nash dresses like a slob, and i certainly think it's the NBA's intention to remedy that as well.

[mat1419]

I'm going on a business trip to Illinois in November...they said on the plane and to the hotel room we have to wear collars and slacks. The NBA is a business too. Just because they shoot a ball doesn't make them any less subject to the rules of their organization...and if the organization thinks you look like trash and are giving the organization a bad name, they're going to do something like this.

and stephen jackson needs to be shot in the face.

[radiofriendly]

I'm going on a business trip to Illinois in November...they said on the plane and to the hotel room we have to wear collars and slacks. The NBA is a business too. Just because they shoot a ball doesn't make them any less subject to the rules of their organization...and if the organization thinks you look like trash and are giving the organization a bad name, they're going to do something like this.

and stephen jackson needs to be shot in the face.
yeah, i agree with you. Phil Jackson was the king of casual swag back in his day, and he had good things to say about this. he said it was time to get rid of the Prison garb

[Alex Djaferis]

I'm going on a business trip to Illinois in November...they said on the plane and to the hotel room we have to wear collars and slacks. The NBA is a business too. Just because they shoot a ball doesn't make them any less subject to the rules of their organization...and if the organization thinks you look like trash and are giving the organization a bad name, they're going to do something like this.

and stephen jackson needs to be shot in the face.
stephen jacksons comments were so unecessary.

[radiofriendly]

stephen jacksons comments were so unecessary.
which quotes were his? was he the "you can put a murderer in a suit..." or was that A.I. too.

[mat1419]

which quotes were his? was he the "you can put a murderer in a suit..." or was that A.I. too.

no...read here:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2197001

[CallMeChief]

i personally dont understand the fact that no one really ever pushed the limit and wore anything offensive to initiate something like this, so im not sure where it's coming from. This has to be bad for business, though, what better marketing for jerseys is there than the players wearing them courtside when they're injured or suspended or something. i just dont really see where it's coming from....

[radiofriendly]

it's probably coming off the hinges of the NBA having the worst image in professional sports. this is the very least they could have done. i'll be there's a whole new genre of clothing sponsors that are excited about this transition. i understand what your saying. i wonder what the sponsors have to say about this.

[mat1419]

i personally dont understand the fact that no one really ever pushed the limit and wore anything offensive to initiate something like this, so im not sure where it's coming from. This has to be bad for business, though, what better marketing for jerseys is there than the players wearing them courtside when they're injured or suspended or something. i just dont really see where it's coming from....
it's all about the image the nba wants for itself. right now they have the image of kids from the street who've come into money, fight in the stands, get busted for pot, choke coaches, murder their limo drivers, then turn 22. how is the nba supposed to market that and still look in the mirror? are clothes going to fix the problems? not a chance...just like private schools that have uniforms, it doesn't change what's under it. but it's the first step the nba is taking to make players realize that they are employeed by the nba and what they do reflects on the nba. i think they're totally within their right to make a dress code (and a very lax and resonable one at that).

Michael Jordan wore suits after games, so does Jason Kidd...neither one of them is without they're bad side, but when you see both, everyone thinks of them as the good guys of the NBA. that's the plan with the rest of them.

[radiofriendly]

right now they have the image of kids from the street who've come into money, fight in the stands, get busted for pot, choke coaches, murder their limo drivers, then turn 22.
scary isn't it...

[Goober Snacks]

RETARTED

[radiofriendly]

kevin blackinstone hates it (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/kblackistone/stories/101995dnspoblackistone.1251992b.htm l). very interesting take on it.

[YouMadeTheScene]

Is a basketball player a job? Yes.
Do you work for the NBA? Yes.
Do the large majority of jobs implore a dress code? Yes.

So why shouldn't they be forced to a dress code? What makes them beyond it? See we as a culture have glorified these people far to much and now we think that they are above us. Wherever you work I'm sure there is some kind of a dress code.

[Drew Beringer]

Being a musician is a job. I don't see any labels making their artists follow a dress code. I just think it is dumb.

[YouMadeTheScene]

Being a musician is a job. I don't see any labels making their artists follow a dress code. I just think it is dumb.
Part of Music is style. Even back to Elvis it was a lot based on style. When is the last time you heard Bob Cousy changing the fashion world. The bottom line is the players union agreed to this it was collectively bargained so if the players want to complain take it up to the union.

[mat1419]

Being a musician is a job. I don't see any labels making their artists follow a dress code. I just think it is dumb.
ha...you think the bands on mtv dress themselves??

regardless...it's apples and oranges, poor images don't reflect badly on labels because rarely do rappers wear their label on their shirt when they perform. people also don't follow labels like they do teams. but to put it in perspective, if a label really did care about their image, say a Christian label for instance, and their artists were dressing in a way that went against that image...they'd have a problem with it just as the nba does.

[YouMadeTheScene]

also we forget to mention the whole sponsorship thing. I don't want to make this a race thing becuase Jason Williams dresses this way as well, but do you think that Budweiser or some other corporation is going to pick a person dressed in baggy clothes and sneakers and sideways cap or someone dressed in collared shirt and a decent pair of slacks to push their product. it's about money.

[Drew Beringer]

ha...you think the bands on mtv dress themselves??

regardless...it's apples and oranges, poor images don't reflect badly on labels because rarely do rappers wear their label on their shirt when they perform. people also don't follow labels like they do teams. but to put it in perspective, if a label really did care about their image, say a Christian label for instance, and their artists were dressing in a way that went against that image...they'd have a problem with it just as the nba does.

I know, I know. I'm just against most dress codes. Comparing NBA to an office job is apple and oranges too. I just think it's dumb.

[YouMadeTheScene]

I know, I know. I'm just against most dress codes. Comparing NBA to an office job is apple and oranges too. I just think it's dumb.
it's not an office job but it is a job and if your boss says he wants something from you it is your job to do it. If they don't like it then they should quit.

[still_life]

It's dumb, and it will not change the appearance of the NBA at all. Most people will still see it as a bunch of gangsta ass ******.

[Drew Beringer]

It's dumb, and it will not change the appearance of the NBA at all. Most people will still see it as a bunch of gangsta ass ******.

Agreed, just because Ron Artest wears a suit doesn't mean people will forget he beat up fans.

[mat1419]

Agreed, just because Ron Artest wears a suit doesn't mean people will forget he beat up fans.
i don't think stern is dumb enough to think this is the answer...but i do think he realized that he let the players run the league and these are not the kind of people you want to run the league...age limit, dress code...i hope he keeps going until there's a little class in the league again. i can't even stomach watching a game right now.

[Spicoli hey bud]

According to Steven Jackson
this is RACISM at it's finest

[Fullcollapse3k]

I wouldn't care at all if it were me. I'm wearing jeans and a collared shirt right now.

I'm also not Allen Iverson, though. That's not really the point, the point is that it takes away individuality. If I wanna show up wearing a throwback jersey, jewelry and a hat, what's wrong with it?

It's a useless rule, but nothing monumental.

[Vanity__Dearest]

i think either way, they should comply. you get paid millions. the least you can do is show up for a meeting for an hour wearing a suit you probably already have given to you for free.

why the fuck do you need to wear another teams throwback jersey, a colored hat, and a huge dangling chain? show some respect for your team while your around the arena.

[Fullcollapse3k]

i think either way, they should comply. you get paid millions. the least you can do is show up for a meeting for an hour wearing a suit you probably already have given to you for free.

why the fuck do you need to wear another teams throwback jersey, a colored hat, and a huge dangling chain? show some respect for your team while your around the arena.

Yeah, I would comply to it if it were forced on me, but it's still completely useless. It's not something that really needs to be forced.

I'd imagine it's not that they NEED to wear throwbacks, a matching hat and all that shit, It's that they want to. It's just who they are/how they choose to dress. Some people want to wear a suit, and others just wanna rock a throwback and stuff. I really don't see a problem with either one.

[NameTaken69]

its stuff like this that makes me love college basketball so much more than the NBA, but thats just my opinion

[weezer182]

they shouldnt complain. if i made that much money id wear anything they wanted me to wear. they just have to wear it before and after the game thats it.