Exactly, my point is the pro ban arguments are so weak and biased that you must have quite an imagination to call that an objective discussion. Carbon plate should be banned? Where were you guys 20 years ago when they started to put them into track spikes? Zoomx pebax foam should be banned? Why only ZoomX variant, why not all other pebax including that which is put into Asics, Reebok, On etc. Why just pebax? Why not the material that they used for Adios Boost? It was fine all the way until Nike put together a shoe that left all other in dust. Until that no one gave a jack. I honestly believe that IAAF would not be able to ban them because if they would proceed to do it, it would mean that majority of premium running shoes will be off charts. Currently this all looks like a whichhunt.
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doot doot wrote:
It must be exhausting to so vehemently hate one sweatshop company’s products while allying with another and theirs.
I pity each of you who have to grapple with this when, in fact, you should be on your knees thanking Nike that this sport exists beyond the local amateur level. Please add fuel to the cognitive dumpster fires that are your minds by realizing that any company of Nike’s current status/footing would behave exactly in the manner you dopes convince yourselves is “wrong.”
Keep chasing your tails, morans.
You’re selling more Vaporflies than you can imagine with this noble crusade. ?
The OP pointed out that the impetus for banning Vaporfly and Next% shoes was coming from Nike haters. He then added (sarcastically) some "conditions" under which they could be banned.
I don't hate Nike, and I don't want to ban Vaporflies (I hope they sell more; I like what they do for my Nike shares). But as others after me agreed, given a chance, Nike would definitely be capable anti-competitive behavior.