Originally Posted by
DoubleJs07
Originally Posted by
seasoned vet
Originally Posted by DoubleJs07
"Doing better" is broad and I should have clarified...I should have just grouped it under the "embracing the dress code" umbrella, because that's what a lot of guys have done. They take pride in the way they look. No matter what people may think, these athletes ARE looked up to by many. More specifically, young kids. Granted it's something that they did on-court, but in my life, I don't own a pair of white socks because of the Fab-5. This is the reach that athletes have. Seeing guys like Melo, Lebron, Wade, Bosh, Kobe, etc. showing out with the way they dress might make a lasting impression on someone out there. You just never know WHO is watching or who's life it will impact.
.....i cant stress enough how lame the thought of 'taking pride in how you look' has ALWAYS sounded to me.
.....i have never measured success by how someone dresses.
.....never attached successful as a title on someone off of their dress.
.....and i look down on others that do. why? bruh, im 33 years old and have seen many of people both successful and non-successful on BOTH SIDES of the dress spectrum and it has NEVER amounted to anything......AT ALL.
...to me? taking pride in how you look is more about cleanliness and being comfortable waaaaaaay more than a male or female in business attire.
...to me? ive seen far too many people bs their way by through life and business because people were too caught up in how they dressed than actually paying attention to their quality of work.
...while us black folks are busy trying to 'dress the part', trying to fit in. they wear whatever the #%+* they want and we'll never get to where they are if its up the them. like a donkey chasing a carrot.
I guess I was raised differently, because it was always stressed to me about taking pride in your appearance. This goes from the way you dress to hygene. Of course there's a time and place for everything, so while I do enjoy dressing well (by my standards), I do also enjoy just kicking it in some b-ball shorts and a t-shirt.
But this isn't about me. I'm not representing a global brand of basketball that goes further than what you see on the court. Like it or not, their appearance DOES count. It doesn't make things 100% right, but that's society. It's sad, but in many instances...you do judge a book by it's cover. Again, it doesn't make things right...but it's society.
...no. we were raised the same. its just that even as a young guy, those things my father tried to instill in me about dressing professional sounded like a complete and utter load of bull *#%@.
...however, as a young guy i had enough intelligence to not speak on it. sit back and observe, and let real world-real life expieriences reveal to me the truth, and it did.
...and of course, as life would have it, my father is now 53 years old:
*never graduated college after several attempts
*has horrible credit with no budgeting skills
*still has to rely on his parents to help him make ends meet every month
*works for the same boss that he hates after 22 years but cant leave because he has no business skills in a profession where his craft and product is his hands
...yet im 33:
*tech school grad
*good credit with great budgeting skills
*has NEVER called his parents for help on any bill what so ever
*works for the federal government for going on an 11 year career, now making close to 60K a year
...go figure?
...yet people look at my father like he's one of the top successful blacks in the city. why? because he'll throw on a suit or a pair of slacks and dress shirt in a heartbeat.
...people actually goto him for advice on being successful.
...the ones that DO find out what he's about are shocked to the point of disbelief.
Originally Posted by DoubleJs07
And trust me...this Cuban thing is an eye-opener to me. As many times as I've seen him around the Mavs bench (I always thought he looked sloppy), I never once thought that it's weird that he's not abiding by the dress-code set forth by the league.
Makes no sense, and yea....big time double-standard.
....oh that? thats the magical camouflage of his skin color. neat huh?
...its the oh so subtle difference that makes jeans and a tshirt make MILLIONAIRE BASKETBALL PLAYERS look like thugs, yet makes a BILLIONAIRE OWNERS just look sloppy.
