I used to love the NBA. Remember MJ! Ahh yes...But now, if I never see another game, I will be okay. Why has my attitude become so callous? Glad you asked...
I am so tired of hearing about the NBA players complain because they have to where suits to work. SO WHAT? People who work at McDonalds have to wear uniforms for a lot less money. I am sure they would like to wear their regular clothes too if they could. And if you have ever worked in a restaurant, you know how those uniforms start to smell even after a good washing. I remember I had a job at the Limited and in order to work there you had to wear their clothes. Now, the Limited was never a cheap store plus I was in college so spending money on that brand when I had perfectly good clothes seemed ridiculous. But I needed a job and they hired me. So I bought and wore their clothes to work. Now I know NBA players make more than the $4.25 I made at the Limited.
So if I had them in a room, I'd stand on a chair so I could be eye level and yell "Quit your whining, you big babies and go buy some suits! It is only when you are on the job anyway. You don't see McDonalds employees sporting those smelly uniforms at the mall."
Like I heard a radio DJ say, when you work for someone else, you gotta follow their rules. Now why don't these multi-millionaires spend less money on the bling and put it together to start their own league then they can run it how they want.
Now I read online some players say asking them to conceal their bling was racially motivated. NO...not responding to Katrina's inner city stranded is racial. A SC educator refering to black children as "yard apes" is racial. Saying that aborting all the black babies would lower the crime rate is racial. If these guys want to rally around a racially motivated cause I am sure there are plenty. As much as I like wearing my earrings, when I interned at Phillip Morris, I could not wear them...But I didn't call for the ACLU to plead my case.
Anyway, if the NBA players of today want to know what real bling is, tell them to ask MJ who has 6 NBA championship rings. That is really the bling they work for, right? Or is it not about the winning anymore just the money?
4 comments:
That was a really wonderful sermon about the NBA!
I could not have said it better myself. I see nothing wrong with showing our kids that there is a time and place for everything (i.e. choosing your dress). Particularly when you work for someone else (no matter how much money you make). Furthermore, showing a little discipline never hurt anyone. If you don't like the rules, find another job!!!
To those players (and otherwise) who think this is racist.....if the players stopped acting like fools, there wouldn't need to be a new rule to fix the NBA's image. By the way, how many white guys have you seen fighting in games? I know there is only 2 in the league, but at least they know how to behave on TV. I know we want to blame this on the media (they always want to show us messing up). I say, since we've taken over the league with our athletic dominance, let's show people how WE should REALLY act....with some dignity and common sense!!!
Well said...
Call it proper protocol, or even just having standards.
Why even bother to bathe in the morning? (Dear Reader, I'm assuming that like me, you bathe daily if not in the morning...)
We young African Americans need, I said NEED, I mean DESPERATELY NEED positive influences in our lives, I won't pressure the NBA players by saying RMs (role models, like its a bad word) but unless we understand that there are such things as proper etiquette and decorum and unless we choose to employ them, we will likely remain unemployed and left out of society, and isn't there enough working against us already?
Well, I agree with your comments for the most part...but I don't think the NBA can have it both ways. They market the game to the "young, urban, hip-hop culture" and their superstars truly represent that image. And now they want to force the players into some off the court uniform. They market the young superstars as individuals, but on the sidelines or other NBA events they have to conform to a more "acceptible" attire to appease the "majority". If there were safety reasons or something that would be different. At least at McDonalds you won't mess up your own clothes. It may not be overt Katina or "yard ape" racism, but it is definitely racism.
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