Seriously what is the point of sponsoring an athlete if they won’t even wear your products? I know UA shoes stink, but isn’t that the point of a sponsorship, to pay someone to wear your shoes? If scullion won the race, NIKE would have gotten all the publicity. How does that benefit UA?
I understand this is common, I just don’t understand why.
i do it wrote:
Seriously what is the point of sponsoring an athlete if they won’t even wear your products? I know UA shoes stink, but isn’t that the point of a sponsorship, to pay someone to wear your shoes? If scullion won the race, NIKE would have gotten all the publicity. How does that benefit UA?
I understand this is common, I just don’t understand why.
As someone who has tried both the Metaracer and the Vaporfly I can confirm there is no comparison, it's like flubber shoes versus Roger Bannister's track spikes.
Nike OmegaFly Development Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pubfH4_6W7w&t=86sPerhaps this IG post by Eilish McColgan, who also wears ASICS, provides a clue.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CF5OoeAjGT6/?igshid=16debcn07pjlo
Sara Hall was CLEARLY running in a pair of Hoka BONDI with a metaracer upper. Bondi is the GOAT of the racing world.
Adizero Adios Pro sole with an Asics upper stitched on. Very easy to do. I'll guess that the "special permission" she got was from Asics rather than WA
runderun wrote:
Adizero Adios Pro sole with an Asics upper stitched on. Very easy to do. I'll guess that the "special permission" she got was from Asics rather than WA
COMPLETELY WRONG
old news wrote:
U RUBE wrote:
Your a moran
Does anyone else notice the irony in this statement??
You must be new here
Why have rules if WA then breaks their own rules to give ‘special’ permission.
Agree that Ryan will be silent now. Muscle boy will say nothing.
you must enter a username wrote:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CF6rCKLnabn/?igshid=1vi3s9ypyo2f5Yeah high stack ASICS prototype
In conclusion, it is not a PR....the shoes win again.
VaporBoi wrote:
old news wrote:
Does anyone else notice the irony in this statement??
You must be new here
I think he was referring to the “your” portion.
old news wrote:
U RUBE wrote:
Your a moran
Does anyone else notice the irony in this statement??
You must be new here
London Town wrote:
VaporBoi wrote:
You must be new here
I think he was referring to the “your” portion.
We dont do that here buddy .
Looks a higher stack than Nike & the other brands.
Lower stack height than Hall's trainers (also these have Tokyo written on them, Hall's don't)
Didn't Sara Hall already use those shoes in the half she ran a while back?
For clarity the rules were amended in August, https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/shoe-technology-rules-tokyo-qualification-roa
So when can we buy them? Even the amended rules seem to require availability? Did they seriously change the rules when the press was no longer paying attention so that "availability" only means "available to elites" ?
Confirmation that the manufacturer commits to making the new shoe available via a scheme to provide shoes to unsponsored elite athletes for free and/or for purchase depending on whether they are qualified or an unqualified athlete who benefits from a place at World Athletics Series events or Olympic Games;
Provision of information concerning the availability of the shoe for other unsponsored elite athletes who need a pair of shoes prior to competition. This is in keeping with the principle of shoes being reasonably available to athletes. As a priority item, in its forthcoming meeting we will work with the working group and World Federation of Sports Goods Industry to design an ‘Athletic Shoe Availability Scheme’ to deliver this. The scheme will cover process, criteria, numbers of pairs of shoes required, method of distribution and when the shoe needs to be available from (our position, which has been generally accepted by manufacturers, is for one month prior to international competition).
But the prototype rule has remained...
old news wrote:
U RUBE wrote:
Your a moran
Does anyone else notice the irony in this statement??
assuming you are new here rookie
That stack height looks ridiculous as well...It will be interesting to see if/how it passes post race inspection