Thursday, October 06, 2005

Got a new bitch now you're Jennifer Aniston

Flip Flops and black Nike socks...

David Stern is proposing a dress code for NBA players when they are on court, and traveling to and from arena's. I have always had respect for David Stern, but this is taking it just one drop step to far. He handled the Pacers-Pistons brawl better than I ever imagined. That was one of the saddest nights in the history of sports, and he made sure we all remembered that. Maybe that incident made him feel more like the image he was worked himself into: The High School Disciplinarian. First the age limit, and now this? The age limit doesn't bode well for me based one one simple fact. When you are 18 you are considered an adult. If you can vote and go to war then you certainly have to option of taking a chance at a lucrative life long dream that could benefit you and your family. Michelle Wie, who is a 15 year old golf prodigy has just turned pro and signed deals with Nike? Why her and not a high school basketball stud? It just doesn't make sense to me.
Now the guy is going to tell players how to dress? This reminds me of my high school (Prep School) days when I would get detention for not having my shirt tucked in. There was always the kid who forgot to bring his sport coat to class. There was always the kid who wore his Air Max's instead of his hush puppies. There was always the kid who had too much facial hair, and those guys were sent to the Dean's office to shave it off! Is David Stern the NBA version of a high school Dean of Students at a school with a dress code? He needs to relax, and revel in the fact that he got the age limit implemented. That alone is astonishing.
I can see a young Allen Iverson walking down the hall in my high school with his shirt untucked and rocking a pair of all black Jordan IV's. Then David Stern would come out of the office and hand him a JUG slip.

3 comments:

KC said...

I am lord of the crickets!
because thats all i can hear when I come to these comments.

Anonymous said...

david stern is a coporate buffoon, and somewhat of a clown. Like we're going to force class on these hoes. This isn't saturday school, Stern.

Anonymous said...

The more I think of it, and Stern is an ass clown...this move is pure genious. Like you need to be an "individual" when you go to work. This league is dependent on whitey showing up and whitey is getting progressively more pissed. As Stern realizes this and and tries to react he's getting shit from players for moves that will ultimately make their league/jobs more profitable. Grow up. Is a doctor pissed when he's wearing a scope and scrubs on the train. Who cares? These dudes are getting paid millions and they're bitchin about khakis? Rediculous. AI has all the boxer time he wants, and you know what, he gets paid for not wearing a damn belt in his ads, too. Besides, Jay-Z needed a huge new market avalible to him crafting dope street threads that will pass the Stern test.