Football footwear

[PackerBadger]

Read a vote for white here.

[chuckymack]

Hmm. Never thought about shoe color as a competitive advantage before. Thanks for the link.

[Gothamite]

I'm not sure that it is a competitive advantage.

If white shoes blend with white sideline markings, won't they result in some legitimate catches being rules being called out-of-bounds, even on replays?

[ltjets21]

I like black shoes with a white front.

[oddball]

I'm not sure that it is a competitive advantage.

If white shoes blend with white sideline markings, won't they result in some legitimate catches being rules being called out-of-bounds, even on replays?

I don't know. I don't think there's really been a study on white and or black shoes and sideline/endzone catches. Anyone know of any. If it looks good, it looks good. I can go either way with football shoes. Heck, I'd love for someone to bring out a color other than black and white for shoes.

[andrewharrington]

I'm not sure that it is a competitive advantage.

If white shoes blend with white sideline markings, won't they result in some legitimate catches being rules being called out-of-bounds, even on replays?

Yes. When looking at a replay, an official is instructed to look for black shoetips breaking the field of white, or to look for a sliver of grass between white shoetips and the sideline. So in reality, you have to be a few millimeters FARTHER in-bounds for your white-shoe catch to be upheld. Though white shoes may have an advantage when the call is made in real time, I think they're a detriment when a call is made with the aid of replay.

[tBBP]

Well shoot...bearing that in mind, maybe it's time for actual team color shoes, then. Every team should be wearing an insane amount of awesome on their feet.

[PackerBadger]

Well shoot...bearing that in mind, maybe it's time for actual team color shoes, then. Every team should be wearing an insane amount of awesome on their feet.

Len Dawson, Kansas City Chiefs:

L.C. Greenwood, Pittsburgh Steelers:

Archie Griffin, Ohio State:

[Chawls]

Well shoot...bearing that in mind, maybe it's time for actual team color shoes, then. Every team should be wearing an insane amount of awesome on their feet.

+1.