Some will see Chris Sale as the typically spoiled baseball millionaire who must always have his way, blah, blah, blah.

I, however, believe the Chicago White Sox ace left-hander has struck a blow for dignity for the on-field employees of his team by refusing to wear the 1970s “leisure suit” throwback uniform in a game he was scheduled to start tonight.

He made sure he couldn’t be part of the circus by cutting up the version of the uniform he was expected to wear.

An ESPN correspondent who specializes in sports uniforms said the uniform was considered a mockery, writing: “The leisure-suit design, which was conceived of by White Sox then-owner Bill Veeck, was the object of constant ridicule when it was originally worn from 1976 through 1981. Forty years after its introduction, it remains the only uniform in MLB history to include a jersey that was designed to be worn untucked.”

One way to look at this?

If your employer demanded that you wear a clown suit to work, would you be happy about it?

If you were an employee who knew that his value to his company was such that he could push back against that company over the clown suit, wouldn’t you do it?

Sale is an interesting character, from a distance.

He has some impressive numbers. He has received votes for the Cy Young Award for the past four seasons, and will this year, too. He is 14-3 for a mediocre White Sox team.

He has been a little frisky all season. Back in the spring, when the White Sox made their heavy-handed ruling that Adam LaRoche could not bring his son into the clubhouse, Sale decried the club decision that led to LaRoche retiring, giving up a guaranteed $16 million this season.

In the case of the uniform, reporters in Chicago have suggested Sale believes the club, which has fallen four games under .500 after a strong start, should pay more attention to improving the team and less attention to promoting and marketing.

He also might be a little grumpy because he is a bargain, for an ace. Sale, 27, will be paid a bit over $49 million for the next four seasons in an age when good pitchers are getting $20 million a season.

The White Sox have not yet confirmed why they sent Sale home, but reporters were able to piece together the basics — Sale was not going to wear that ridiculous uniform, he cut it up, and the club reacted.

It is fair to wonder, now, if the White Sox will feel as if they need to trade their best player. He pretty clearly doesn’t like the direction of the club and is not shy making that clear.

Maybe it will encourage other players to speak up. When the next deal between players and owners is negotiated, perhaps players can ask for some veto power or what they have to wear or how often they have to wear it.

If such a rule existed, the White Sox would not be confronting the reality that they may have to trade away their opinionated ace, and perhaps for a price lower than they would have hoped for, a day ago.