Your company telling you that you must sign a year contract for a purchse is different than a simple dress code for millionaires. As I said in the thread, if they provided me with one, I wouldn't have a real problem with it. And I didn't pull the race card. And I cant get an endorsement deal for a free one.
the difference is those fellas aren't exactly in the public's eye. the people working the tellers wouldn't get that opportunity.
LMAO A cell phone is not exclusively used by people of your race is it? Chains and head gear, on the other hand are part of the hip culture. Nobody is arguing that Stern's rules are not meant for black players, because they are.
Culture is not having a lot of money. It's also not skin color. It has nothing to do with it. We have different ideas of making it. Mine is is not based on exotic cars and and stupid crap. That's weak. Allen Iverson has people? Where does he keep them? Shouldn't he let them out? Can they breathe? I hope they are ok.
My good friend works the door at Sambucas here in town. He didn't let Steve Nash in because he had a untucked Bob Marley t-shirt on. It's not a race thing.
Having an exotic car means that you are succesful and wealthy enough to afford it. Your attitude is weak and that's why you keep complaining about players' success instead of having your own
BAD BRAINS LYRICS "Attitude" Don't care what they may say, we got that attitude. Don't care what they may do, we got that attitude. Hey we got that PMA. Hey we got the PMA. Hey we got the PMA. Good night.
I am not attacking anybody. I am trying to make him understand how offensive his remarks are. My comments are a lot less harmless than attacks on a whole conglomeration of people
Mark Cuban has some interesting thoughts on the new dress code on his blog. It is a good read. http://www.blogmaverick.com/
Nice find. MR. MEOWGI, I really don't see any difference between what you did and what the NBA players are doing now. Your boss wanted you to purchase a cellie. I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that you can afford one. You didn't like it and complained about it in a place where some would listen (this forum). The NBA is trying to impose a dress code on it's players. They don't like it and complained about it. Due to their stature, they have the ability to complain to the media (where you can't). I would think your cellie is more important to your job than the clothing is to the NBA. It sounds like you want the right to complain about your job, but you want NBA players to shut-up not because they don't have a right to complain (because they do) or because the dress code isn't stupid in some areas (which it is), but because they make MORE MONEY THAN YOU....so they should take it.
I don't care if they have opinions. I don't really agree that Stern's dress code thing is the correct action to take. But the "protesting" and the pulling of the race card is what sucks. They are supposed to be working on the highest level of their profession. I'm not, and I adhere to a dress code every day.
The right word would be envy. Frankly, I think the NBA is in it's full right to control the image. They are the "owners" after all. If they say no hip-hop, that's their right. If they want to make the NBA a squeaky clean family entertainment product - that's what they do. This is about making money, not about free expression.
Uhm......last time I checked being a player in the NBA was a job and like most of us in with our jobs there is a dress code set by the boss or owners that must be adhered to. There is a dress code in baseball, football, etc. IMO if the players don't like it go find another job, otherwise grow up and respect the wishes of the organization. Oh and its not a race issue at all, its an image issue with the league. And if your dressing like a thug / gangster and just so happened to be black as well then thats just an unfortunate coincidence. What a bunch of freaking premadonnas....
It's not the dress code itself that's the big issue, it's the reason why they're bringing it in in the first place, Stephen Jackson wasn't crying about it, he said that he has already accepted it, his problem is that it's racially motivated. Mr Meowgi cryed about his employer making him buy a cell phone, his employer has a good reason for that, but so what? He can cry all he wants. The reason the NBA is doing this is basically because the people they're trying to reach thinks hip hop = black = bad, business casual = white = good.
Why does hip hop=black. I see all kinds of kids wearing that crap, not just black kids. You can push race crap all you want, this is not a racial issue.
I feel you on not wanting them to pull the race card. But you have the right to protest. Why don't they? Working at the highest level takes away your right to protest?
Well it is a racial issue in the sense that this dress code is aimed at a portion of black players in the NBA who simply don't like to wear suits. You won't see Steve Nash wearing a throwback jersey and a big piece of bling around his neck...
this is why you can't have a real discussion about race in this country. Terms are being thrown out like gangsta, hip-hop, and thug, but yeah there's nothing about race in this issue. the ostrich brigade at it once again. pull your heads out.
