Michael Jordan 'Banned' Commercial

Air Jordan 1

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[Dj Slick Nick]

On October 18th, 1985, NBA commissioner David Stern banned the Air Jordan I sneaker from the NBA. He felt that they failed to meet on-court dress codes and did not match the uniform of the Chicago Bulls. Commissioner David Stern began fining Michael Jordan $5,000 every time he wore the Air Jordan I's on the court. Nike paid the fine and continued to have Michael wear the shoes. In doing so, the popularity of the product skyrocketed and sales were astronomical for the product.

[78chrome]

MJ legs are old up and has a fine body lol

[tony montana]

skyrocketed is a weird word

[santanaoutlaw]

young ass michael

[ImUrDaddy1025]

hahahaha

[berkeleylawyer]

the first Jordans, i.e. the red and blacks, and the red, white and blacks, came out at the same time. My friend and I bought a pair of each, then we swapped one, so I was wearing the red black on the left and the red white black on the right. In 1984 at a high school that only had one or two brothers, most kids didn't even know who MJ was, let alone what kind of shoes he wore, so most just laughed and thought I was wearing clown shoes, but I knew they were "fresh" though.

[Strange Quark]

Nike sells more shoes, MJ gets to wear the shoes, and the NBA gets money from fines.

Everybody wins!

[MrBawsT2]

Yeah

[MrBawsT2]

David Stern is a piece of shit!

[flightjam]

do they even sell these air jordan 1s in stores anymore?

[whatsup1444]

Not what happened bro The Jordan I had two versions. The original had a red and black design that was banned by the NBA as the rules state that shoes must have some white on them. Jordan loved the Peter Moore-designed shoes, however, and insisted on using it during games. As a result, he got fined $5,000 each game he would play with the disallowed sneakers. Jordan and Nike eventually relented and replaced the design with a red, black and white combination.

[NYCSteviewonder]

The nba will do anything to fine a player. its fucking ridiculous.