Jim Beankie
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I'm not sure if any of y'all have noticed, but world records in Track and Field have been falling left and right due to carbon plate shoe technology for long sprints and distance. These shoes can be silly expensive ($250 for a pair). The recent shockingly shattered Women's WR in the 100m hurdles (by someone who's my wife's height - a tiny 5'1") were run in spikes meant for 5-10km races (a lot of sprinters have been using long distance shoes because of improved performance). As someone who knows absolutely nothing about football cleats, I'm wondering if that has spilled over yet to the NFL. I have to guess it must, but it took me more than a few minutes to find maybe two of them (Nike Vapor Edge Elite 360 Flyknit or maybe Alpha Menace Elite for $200), so I dunno. Do teams provide cleats via a sponsor or do individual players get to choose their own brand/cleats? This tech improvement is basically like those high tech swim suits from over a decade ago that resulted in records just falling all over the place. If you're not on it, you're already a step behind. Plus, it can also alleviate fatigue over the course of a game because the Nike patent says the word "spring" in it a number of times.
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