Arkansas BB player sits due to sneakers

[FiddySicks]

Adidas shoes have higher arches than other types of shoes.  I made the mistake of buying a pair of Adidas running shoes once, and everytime I wear them, I get blisters on my arches.  Lame-o marketing and media types saying "a shoe is a shoe" to a competitive athlete is the height of ignorance.

Something very similar has happened to me

I have a similar problem as well. I had to have reconstructive surgery on my right ankle a few years ago and its not quite as strong as it used to be but it did heal up nicely. I never have problems with it unless i wear Adidas shoes. I feel really unstable in them and ive sprained and rolled my ankle at least five times since the initial surgery and its only happened when im wearing Adidas

[sacker12]

I guess it depends on what type foot you have. I've been wearing Adidas shoes for the past 2 years, and I haven't had any problems with them.

[pooter]

Someday a marquee player from a final four school is going to do this same thing before a championship game and beg the question, "why are all the coaches making six or seven figures off endorsements and i just get a free pair of shoes?"

Well, how about that free education that you are getting also, Slick?

I'd like to have a free education from a school like Kentucky, Duke, UCLA, North Carolina, etc., etc.... (Final Four schools example).

I am too with adidas. They paid the contract with the school for the athletes to wear adidas, then that's what they wear. You don't like the shoes...to bad, so sad, bye bye.

The shoe companies owe him nothing.

The school owes him nothing but an education and the opportunity to participate in athletics.

[winghaz]

If this goes to court, the athlete will win.