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Football Officiating => General Discussion => Topic started by: TheTruth on November 16, 2016, 12:27:37 PM
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What shoe is evreyone using for their crew shoe?
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Turf Hog but we don't care much for it. We liked Reebok's shoe prior to the ZIG. I guess Reebok has discontinued making official shoes? Suggestions?
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Had the zigs also but for basketball, they tore after one season. was looking into the New Balance low cut 950V2
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New Balance and love it.
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Awesome, the same type as well?
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These bad boys?
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What shoe is evreyone using for their crew shoe?
"Crew shoe"? Are all of you required to be wearing identical shoes?
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These bad boys?
Those and the previous version of the 950. We have a mix.
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"Crew shoe"? Are all of you required to be wearing identical shoes?
Not just the crew but the entire association since there is a fair amount of mixing and matching of crews during the season.
It doesn't have to be the same exact style but they must all be the same manufacturer.
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Not just the crew but the entire association since there is a fair amount of mixing and matching of crews during the season.
It doesn't have to be the same exact style but they must all be the same manufacturer.
Seriously?? That's absolutely ridiculous.
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Not just the crew but the entire association since there is a fair amount of mixing and matching of crews during the season.
It doesn't have to be the same exact style but they must all be the same manufacturer.
Did you get a sponsorship?
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Seriously?? That's absolutely ridiculous.
The state association has decreed that everyone on a crew will wear the same shoe (well same manufacturer anyhow) and since there is always the possibility changes in the makeup of a crew in any given week - that pretty much means that the entire association needs to be on the same page, so a shoe had to be chosen association wide. It was Adidas previously, but has been changed to New Balance due to the large number of different sizes that they are capable of providing.
It's better than when the state association decided several years ago that if one wanted a shoe with white on it, the only permissible shoe was a particular model from Nike. They even went so far as to specify this particular model in the mechanics manual. And of course prior to that season even kicking off Nike had discontinued the shoe.
Did you get a sponsorship?
Not a sponsorship per se, but we have a local New Balance store here and since we were able to send them 100+ individuals to order from them they set it up so if you chose to order from them rather than a different retailer that you could go into the store and mention the association and get measured and then have a discounted pair of shoes shipped to you directly from New Balance with free shipping.
This is the second year of New Balance and they have been quite popular - it is much easier to get a fit than it was with the Adidas Turf Hog and it is also a higher quality and more comfortable shoe in my opinion. The New Balance is also a much better fit for anyone with a wide foot.