It's a step in the right direction. Setting boundries leads to improved demeanor and better behavior. This isn't rocket science.

 

i for one think that dressing properly for games is a good idea.

 

newsflash, a persons personality is molded by their upbringing, not what kind of clothes they are forced to wear once they reach the NBA and begin making upwards of 100k PER GAME. The saying "you can take the man out the ghetto but you can't take the ghetto out the man" is 100% true. So as long as they keep drafting these young, hip hop generation ballers, nothing will change regardless of what they're wearing. Everything you read in a book doesn't apply to real world situations as black and white as you may believe.

same here, and I see nothing wrong with the shorts and jerseys they wear for said games

 

You're just not getting it. It's not about "better clothing = better attitudes". It's beyond that.

But I guess complex concepts aren't your forte so I'll just let you keep thinking it's just that simple.

 

i give up on this topic because VRGNCD5 is being a tool about other people's opinions.

 

there's nothing complex about the commissioner wanting to clean up the image of the league by enforcing a dress code that is very clearly aimed at eliminating the some of the "blackness" from it. If the image of the league were dictated only by how the players dress, then it would be a great idea, but that's not the case.

and other people are being tools about mine so we're even

 

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Shoot... if they paid me as much as most of those players get paid i wouldn't mind the dress code

 

If you're going to use that argument, the why should people dress up to go to work? Why does McD's require their workers to wear McD's clothing? Why do police officers, fire fighters, EMT, military personnel wear uniforms whenever they are out representing their organizations? Looking professional by and large translates to acting professional, and many companies and organizations realize that. I fail to see why basketball is any different. Sure, there may be several players that will still act like the asses they are, and this happens in all organizations as well, but the overall effect will sharpen the NBA's image.

 

The fundamental difference I see between NBA players and us regular folk, is that those guys have no privacy. If AI's friend's, cousins, uncles, sisters, brother get arrested for dope, it makes national headlines insenuating that AI is involved somehow, only to get to the last paragraph where in fine print it says "it is not known if AI was present at the time of the occurance." When was the last time you can recall the local Mickey D's worker getting his name dirtied like that? With the exception of the military, do either one of those professions you named dictate what employees in said professions can wear to and from their job? And in regards to the military, their dress code wasn't just dumped upon them one day, it's been like that forever. But anyways, when your personal life is put out for the world to see, and when the commentary and media coverage of the game is as personality based as it is in the NBA(unlike other sports), people are more informed(in most cases, TOO informed) about the players and have more information upon which to come to a conclusion about the kind of people these guys are, effecting the percieved image of these guys and the league. When you walk into a Police station and see everybody in uniform, that does present a very professional appearance, i'm not arguing that a bit. But that appearance is all you have to work with as far as the image they project because their personal business, good and bad, is not put out in front of the world for all to see and pick apart so their appearance plays a significantly more important role in their image than that of NBA players.

That being said, I can't see how the image of the league can or will be changed thanks to this dress code, because unless the coverage focuses more on the game itself instead of individuals, image will always be an issue because we all know that guys like MJ, Magic and Grant Hill are a rare breed.

 

i think the original post makes it seem like they are requiring them to dress this way at all times. tho i dont agree with the postgame stuff it should be required that they dress up for events and activities.