Great Price on Nike Air Monarchs

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

A Big 12 official wore these exact shoes last year in a B12 tournament game. At least one NBA official wore similar New Balance shoes (yellow N) as well.

The red is nowhere near as bright on the shoe (its small red stripes against a black background) as it appears in the picture. The grey on the tops is actually more problematic, and I'll probably do something to that.

I've seen supposedly accepted shoes by officials have as much or more color on them. I've never heard of anyone around these parts getting fined for wearing a certain shoe.

You're missing the point entirely. Officials don't wear shoes with colors on them because...well, because other officials don't do it. To wear such a shoe as this would not sit well with those all-important really influential old dinosaurs who assign games. But you must understand, with all their vast years of knowledge and experience, there's no room left in their little minds for new thoughts about footwear. Besides, if they turned an approving eye toward something as shockingly unconventional as shoes with colors other than black, that would start us down the slippery slope to such abominations as, dare I say it?, shorts. It would be the end of life as we know it.