You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me (Again)

Allen Iverson’s salary for playing basketball this year is $16,453,125 according to the website hoopshype(dot)com. Here is what he had to say regarding the NBA’s recent decision to adopt a dress code: "I feel like if they want us to dress a certain way, they should pay for our clothes. It's just tough, man, knowing that all of a sudden you have to have a dress code out of nowhere. I don't think that's still going to help the image of the league at all." Yes, you read that correctly. This multi-millionaire needs monetary help to buy a shirt and a pair of Dockers.

Let’s do a little soul-searching here. I could conceivably see some validity to his argument if I were, say a victim of Katrina and had no money with which to buy clothes mandated by my new employer. I might agree with him if my company decided that starting tomorrow all workers had to be in tuxedos, including top hat and tails. But come on, asking a very rich, and obviously very immature basketball player to put on some decent clothes?

Hey Allen, do you want some cheese with your whine?