The defending champion said he quit as a "matter of principle" after being told to change his jeans.
  • Lvxferre
    32·
    5 days ago

    Relevant links:

    Emphasis on the third link, on what’s not allowed: sneakers, jeans, t-shirts. Under the claim that it’s “to maintain the high standards of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships”… yeah, nah, non sequitur.

    And more importantly it shows that the dress code in question is NOT about decency, or preventing cheating, or not distracting other players; it’s all about “if you dress casually we’re going to be assumptive trash and assume that you don’t take the competition seriously.” No wonders Carlsen walked away from it.

    • 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
        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.