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Originally posted by SKEEphistAKAte
I don't see any problem with the dress code. I think that black folks are extremely creative when it comes to fashion so we will hip-hopnotize the new dress code if we need to. It reminds me of the episode where Fresh Prince went to the private school where he had to wear a uniform. So to customize it to his style, he turned the blazer inside out and wore the tie without a button-down shirt.
The NBA players, in essence, could do the same thing if they still feel the need to show their individual style. The code says nothing about what colors or fabrics they can wear. It says nothing about whether the dress shoes have to be Stacey Adams or Gators from Detroit Dave's Shoe House.
Kanye and Jay-Z made it fashionable to dress like you are headed to the Country Club anyway. And Kanye, especially is creative with his. I don't see any reason why the NBA players can't do the same.
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I see a problem with it...
Basketball is an entertainment type career. It's not your normal 9 to 5 corporate career, so let's not try to pretend like it is. Do music execs ask Mike Jones and TI to tuck in their chains and wear suits to business meetings relating to their professions?? No. Because even though they are attending business meetings, they are still entertainers and it would be ridiculous to ask them to play a part they were never intended to play in the first place. If basketball players want to get dressed up for conferences and such when they feel like it then so be it... but for Mr. Stern to impose such a policy on players when they have been able to dress as they please up until this point, that is ridiculous.... and BTW, I love to see AI with huge diamond studs on at press conferences after a game... its who he is and if thats what he wants to wear, then so be it.
