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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.

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The NBA actually did not ban the shoe, they just fined MJ $5000 a game when he wore them, the reason was the dress code for a shoe was all white and there was for the most part only a couple shoes to chose from. The Red Black and White Jordan 1 looked like no other shoe created

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