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Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
Isn't pretty much any organization a corporate structure in some form or fashion? Regardless as to the service that you offer, you do need to have a focus on the day-to-day business infrastructure of your organization, whether its an NBA team, GLO, or Junior League.
If memory serves me correctly, didn't professional sports dress more "corporately" (as some people put it) back in the day anyway? I'm sure it was unwritten rules of the times, but I'm just curious as to why now its suddenly so wrong.
Using Tony's example, if companies require its employees to dress a certain way (and yet no one says a thing about it) why should it be different for NBA players? This isn't in their personal lives, but when conducting "league business or a team member" (according to the dress code that CT4 posted).
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You can't prove that what a guy wears from the hotel to the bus to the arena has any impact on how he plays on the floor that night. After graduation, I interned in Detroit as a sports reporter and saw several pro athletes up close. Trust me, the number of fans in the arena early enough to see teams arrive, or who stayed long enough to see them leave an arena was negligble.
This new rule is an image, therefore a dollar, chase. Jordan suited up, but that was his choice, not the Bulls. Most guys, at least in Detroit, (and this was baseball, football and basketball) threw on sweats, or nice jeans and that was it. (unless they were clubbing afterward, I guess.)
Pro teams have standard "behavior clauses" in contracts but I've never heard it extend to attire. Some pro teams have on-the-road dress codes, tie/jacket, but it wasn't league mandated.
"This isn't in their personal lives, but when conducting "league business or a team member." --HK74
...so if a player uses his off day to visit the hospital and sign autographs for sick children is it his personal time, or is he on league business? what if he's visiting when his sport is off season? must he suit up then?