Same reason Tommy Devito gets a football helmet, and normal students don't.
That's not the rule.
i rocked them in purple. still loyal.
50 engineers and 400 other associates??? To reinforce a shoe???
Umm, market movements have very little to do with how much it costs to solve a problem.
Not to mention it bounced right back after the initial knee jerk reaction and it's higher now than it was before the blowout.
i actually had bad ankle injuries (hockey) and was mocked back in the day for wearing high tops. and straight leg jeans instead of bell bottoms ! haters called me "stove pipes" it's funny how fashion rolls around.
You haven't seen anyone hating on him? Have you been on this board the past 6 months? There have been a number of people attempting to explain how he's more hype than good and that he'll struggle as a pro. This particular thread isn't about that specifically, but it's on here. As other people have said, this isn't the first time Nike has done this for someone, so having a thread go on about it probably is a little bit of hate. If it were one of our players, would anyone on here care?
What's interesting is that high tops give little to no more ankle support than low tops. Look at where the shoe ends. With relation to the ankle joint there is no way any normal shoe will be stable enough to prevent an ankle from rolling when a fully grown person lands on the side of somone elses foot that is stablized on the floor. The only way tomprotect the ankle in that situation is with a firm brace that goes higher up on the leg like wjat has been marketed to volleyball players. The two problems there are if you wear those all of the time the ankle will lose strength and proprioception and, in the event of a potential ankle roll, it's possible the forces could transfer up the knee and produce an injury there.
