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The defending champion said he quit as a "matter of principle" after being told to change his jeans.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241229085023/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98lkrdkz70o

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Mattingly I thought I told you to shave those sideburns