[Wojnarowski] The NBA is requiring LaMelo Ball to cover a tattoo below his left ear that the league insists violates rules against exposing commercial logos on players’ bodies – a policy that sources close to Ball contend has been infrequently enforced.
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Adam silver needs to go
Btw miles bridges available tonight in case anyone forgot
To be fair, it’s an ugly tattoo.
Dog what
Damn, that’s a lobe low.
miles bridges is playing tonight lol, league and its priorities
what would happen if he refuses? suspension or fine?
[The tattoo](https://i.imgur.com/FGkJrQx.png)
LF = LaFrance, his clothing brand
Edit: LaFrance is also his middle name lol
like the CM Punk Pepsi tattoo?
His middle name is LaFrance, TIL. LaMelo LaFrance
[[Wojnarowski] In part, NBA spokesman tells ESPN “….We try to enforce the rule reasonably, in accordance with its purpose, and taking into account players’ efforts to express themselves in a non-commercial manner. But LaMelo Ball’s neck tattoo is in obvious violation of the rule and, accordingly, he’s required to cover it.”](https://x.com/wojespn/status/1725644497135030763?s=61&t=lhIY40ztlJHFYIEmq9ss1A)
The NBA certainly shows no quarter in disciplining Hornets players who violate the rules
Oh I thought it they made him cover it up just cuz it’s ugly 😹
You guys know how I know that Miles Bridges’ first game is tonight?
> Ball was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft
Woj how did you get this wrong lol
E: he fixed it
Didn’t JR have to cover a Supreme tattoo?
I mean I think it’s hideous and liked when he didn’t have it so it works for me.
Just put a bandaid on it.
Lol
LaClothes
Those poor Hornets, always the victims.
Streisand affect.
NBA, you got Woj to tweet about this and now it’s on r/NBA. Just imagine how many people that didn’t care about this will know now.
Add a G to it and youre a Tom Brady fan
What about removing Miles from the league, and giving more suspensions to Draymond 🤷♂️
Realistically how does he cover it? is he gonna have to play his whole career with like a bandaid or patch over it
I was wondering why he wore a bandaid last game, thought it was an scratch or something lol
Hopefully he gets a double tech if its displayed. Gonna be betting that the refs come through tonight for an easy NBA W.
has anyone made the “if it was a SKIMS tattoo they wouldn’t have said anything” yet?
LeMelo should get it covered with a tattoo of a man beating the shit out of a woman in front of children. No problem for the NBA there
Hearing this is a diversion from Miles Bridges return
Wanting that thing covered should not be controversial
No one would’ve even known if it wasn’t for this
There’s something deeply ironic about a sports league regulating how a player sells the service of their body.
Iverson got the kids wearing the sleeve. LaMelo will have the kids wearing the neck patch.
the only people who give a rat’s ass about this are the big executives. we can’t make out 95% of the tattoos on these players anyway on the tv screen.
That shit is ugly
Didnt the og Melo have a WB tatoo
The Ball brothers have the worst tats in the league now that Mike Scott is overseas. They’re all obviously very expensive and time consuming. They’re working with some talented artist. But they are throwing their money away. And I love tats, I’m covered in them and have a few shitty ones myself
this is 100% getting the streisand effect 😂
Before seeing the tattoo: this is an outrage!
After seeing the tattoo: yeah go ahead and cover that one up
Damn so the NBA can have corporate sponsors on the court, but when a player has his own brand on his body, it’s axed?? This shit sounds so out of touch to me?
I like the red ink.
Makes it look like he was trying to stab a fork in his ear or something.
Cody Rhodes could never play in the NBA without a scarf
LaCoverUp
I heard refs gave him a Tec for the tattoo.
1984?
Eye see
“If I hired you to be a cook at my restaurant, idgaf how much money you made me, you not about to cook your own burgers and sell it to my audience without a legal cut. – u/SorryakeemG on YT
But it’s ok to have corporate logos on the uniforms