The NFL and it's minor league -- The CFL
So here I am, trying to launch into a successful internet shopping experience. The problem? I'm shopping from Canada. Now, I am Canadian through and through, but often when I'm trying to buy stuff online I wish that I wasn't.
For the most part outdoor Ultimate season is over (it's over for me because I suffered a Grade 1+ sprain of my MCL), but now is not the time to stop thinking about Ultimate, it's the time to start thinking about next season. It's time to search for and buy some Nike Speed TDs (alongside GAIA's shoes, they are arguably the defacto standard of Ultimate Cleats).
Where to head? Well there are two places that I have gone before looking for this stuff, eBay and EastBay.com. EastBay has them for $49.99 USD and in my size. If I purchase them, it'll end up being $60 CAD plus shippinng. Say the shipping runs $14.50 CAD and duty on top of the shoes will make it close to $78 CAD. The total for the shoes is all of a sudden $92.50 CAD. Hardly a deal, but maybe the price to pay.
eBay is hit and miss. They don't have any Speed TDs today, and hardly ever do.
I saw an ad yesterday about a new website that is promoting shopping just for Canadians. So I thought that I would surf on over there and see what kind of shoes they had. They had 37 Nike shoes listed. No Speed TDs.
GAIA, who manufactures Ultimate specific cleats with the same cleat pattern as the Speed TDs, charges between $65.00 and $97.50 CAD if you are a member, and $81.25 and $130 CAD if you're not a member. This doesn't include shipping, so it's best to try and find a local GAIA rep to purchase them. As far as I know, these aren't marketed towards football players, so if you play football you wouldn't know about these.
If you live in Canada, where do you buy decent football cleats? You can get heavy Nike or Adidas cleats at most sports stores, but they are hardly the best shoe (although I wore them for a year).
I can't find any good places to buy cleats. I've even driven down to Buffalo, NY to see if I can buy some at Champs or other local sports stores. No luck. So, the ultimate question is (pun intended): "Ultimate aside, where do serious Canadian football players buy their cleats?"
This doesn't bode well for future Canadian football superstars. Without the right promoting and equipment available to Canadians, there is no way that Canada is going to produce quantities of decent football players.
Here is the real kicker. The CFL mandates that each of its franchises carries a requisite percentage of Canadian players on their rosters (as it should) ... which means that most of the CFL's players are growing up in a system where sports equipment and marketing is directed towards sports that compete with football. It's sad, but it's also the facts.
The CFL will always be the minor leagues of the NFL, not because of the teams or the fans, but because Canadian companies and government don't support football in Canada.
Maybe I should buy myself a ticket to a CFL game, and support the importing of Nike Speed TDs?
For the most part outdoor Ultimate season is over (it's over for me because I suffered a Grade 1+ sprain of my MCL), but now is not the time to stop thinking about Ultimate, it's the time to start thinking about next season. It's time to search for and buy some Nike Speed TDs (alongside GAIA's shoes, they are arguably the defacto standard of Ultimate Cleats).
Where to head? Well there are two places that I have gone before looking for this stuff, eBay and EastBay.com. EastBay has them for $49.99 USD and in my size. If I purchase them, it'll end up being $60 CAD plus shippinng. Say the shipping runs $14.50 CAD and duty on top of the shoes will make it close to $78 CAD. The total for the shoes is all of a sudden $92.50 CAD. Hardly a deal, but maybe the price to pay.
eBay is hit and miss. They don't have any Speed TDs today, and hardly ever do.
I saw an ad yesterday about a new website that is promoting shopping just for Canadians. So I thought that I would surf on over there and see what kind of shoes they had. They had 37 Nike shoes listed. No Speed TDs.
GAIA, who manufactures Ultimate specific cleats with the same cleat pattern as the Speed TDs, charges between $65.00 and $97.50 CAD if you are a member, and $81.25 and $130 CAD if you're not a member. This doesn't include shipping, so it's best to try and find a local GAIA rep to purchase them. As far as I know, these aren't marketed towards football players, so if you play football you wouldn't know about these.
If you live in Canada, where do you buy decent football cleats? You can get heavy Nike or Adidas cleats at most sports stores, but they are hardly the best shoe (although I wore them for a year).
I can't find any good places to buy cleats. I've even driven down to Buffalo, NY to see if I can buy some at Champs or other local sports stores. No luck. So, the ultimate question is (pun intended): "Ultimate aside, where do serious Canadian football players buy their cleats?"
This doesn't bode well for future Canadian football superstars. Without the right promoting and equipment available to Canadians, there is no way that Canada is going to produce quantities of decent football players.
Here is the real kicker. The CFL mandates that each of its franchises carries a requisite percentage of Canadian players on their rosters (as it should) ... which means that most of the CFL's players are growing up in a system where sports equipment and marketing is directed towards sports that compete with football. It's sad, but it's also the facts.
The CFL will always be the minor leagues of the NFL, not because of the teams or the fans, but because Canadian companies and government don't support football in Canada.
Maybe I should buy myself a ticket to a CFL game, and support the importing of Nike Speed TDs?
posted by Pad22 at
8:30 PM
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We still don't have any Nike Speed TD shoes, but if you do find a store that sells them in Canada send me their info we'd love to have them! tanya@shoptoit.ca
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