QUOTE (Douglas Rome @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 10:21 AM)
my original thought got lost in the rhetoric, can a manager
impose appearance code? The owner/boss wants some semblance
of class befitting an elite member of society. It was many many years
ago we were staying at the Drake hotel downtown and the Pistons
were in town and staying there. Those guys looked and dressed like
they took pride in their game and team and not like a bunch of slobs.
If I was manager, as long as you had a uniform on, clean shaven, no
jewelry, short hair GI cut preferred. When not in uniform you still had
a code when in public. I know members here will say as long as they
perform, they can look like clowns is okay, not the point. thanks, douglas
To your first question, a manager cannot impose an appearance code.
To the rest of it, Elite members of society are no longer thought of as monacle wearing pipe smoking wearing a suit for no reason whatsoever people. The fact of the matter is these players are elite members of society, and this is how they choose to appear, just like the elite members of society back in the day chose how they wanted to appear.