NBA Dress Code

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by RookieDude
So you think I would feel sorry for a bunch of spoiled millionaires if they were told they had to wear their hair a certain way?
I don't think so.

Why do you have to feel sorry in order to disagree with a policy? My point is it screams of hypocrisy to say "Corporate America" is the concern when that same "Corporate America" does everything to appeal to people that look like the players with their marketing strategy. Of course they can do whatever they like, that does not mean all of us have to agree with it. I also understand why some feel this is a racial issue, because you do not see the NFL or NHL doing this. The policy that the NBA is using might not be racist, but the perception that "Hip Hop" culture is run by Black people is not only wrong but directed. I live in a lily white suburb and I see the same cloths on kids out here as I do when I go to the heart of the inner city. The difference might be that the white kids are wearing Abercrombie & Fitch, and the inner city kids might wear FUBU and Enyrce. Everyone wears Timberland Boots (or similar style and company) which are now outlawed by the NBA.

Peace