The defending champion said he quit as a "matter of principle" after being told to change his jeans.
  • person420@lemmynsfw.com
    122·
    5 days ago

    The NBA requires players to suit up when arriving at a game. Some MLB teams require pretty strict dress codes (famously the Yankees and facial hair).

    Organized sports can be weird to say the least.

    • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
      9·
      5 days ago

      Note: since I don’t watch basketball or baseball, I had to dig for further info. As such take what I say with a grain of salt.

      …they sound equally as silly and arbitrary as FIDE’s dress code. In special, apparently the NBA dress code (when arriving at a game, as you said; inside the game it’s another can of worms) was created to target hip hop clothing, associating it with crime; this is clearly prejudice.