Chivas and Galaxy Work Together To Kill Kangaroos
By: David | May 31st, 2007
So the two rivals can work together after all and it would seem that Becks is leading the way. Both of the LA teams are working together to lobby the government so that they can wear boots made with Kangaroo skins. According to AdelaideNow,
“After years of lobbying by sportswear giant adidas, the California Senate voted this week to end California’s 37-year import ban on kangaroo products.
The Senate kangaroo Bill has pitted the Los Angeles Galaxy and CD Chivas USA soccer teams against animal rights activists.
The Bill passed in the Senate - after four years of failed efforts - would allow a kangaroo product to be imported and sold in California if the species were not otherwise protected by laws in the U.S. and abroad.”
The only think standing in the way of Chivas and Galaxy’s united victory is the man up north, you know the one, the guy who gave up driving Hummers to look cool. The former steroid injecting, iron pumping, robot crushing man of the future: The Governor.
California, it would seem is the last place that kangaroo skin boots are banned in the US and it is time to change that atrocity. If we can eat the meat of Kangaroos why can’t we wear their skins on our feet?
I will let you decide.
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I personally would rather see the players wearing synthetic shoes than to have kangaroos killed but I understand that there are parts of Australia overrun with the animals. Not sure how or why it is worse than other forms of leather which are not currently banned.
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I think it is the claim that they are legal in every other part of the US and throughout the world. Also, it would seem that the kangaroo skin is a lot more flexible and thus more apt for soccer then the synthetic materials. However, I do not know that much about it and I will look into further when I get back home tonight.
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I have Adidas Predators that are made of Kangaroo leather. It is more supple than other leathers.
On the other hand, I’m vegetarian and it makes me queasy wearing them - when I bought them, all the synthetic alternatives sucked. But I’ve heard good things about the synthetic Nike Vapors, which I may buy next time. The only problem there is that Nike offends my social conscience with their labour issues.
So basically, there’s a bigger question here about what the fuck the ethical soccer player should wear on their feet.
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Tom - I face the same issue. I’m also a vegetarian and despite living minutes from Nike HQ I also dislike their practices. I used to have a synthetic pair of Diadoras that I quite fancied but they stopped making them. I’ve been walking around without shoes a lot lately so maybe I will have tough enough feet to play barefooted come the fall season.
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That is an interesting problem that they have not talked about, nor will they most likely bring it up. But I am curious to see what the reaction would be if that was brought up.
I was looking around for more information about the kangaroo leather boots and I found this on worldsoccershop’s site:
“Kangaroo: Kangaroo leather is a soft leather that stretches and molds to the foot. It is the most expensive and results in a pricier boot. It is lightweight and high quality. Shoes made of Kangaroo leather are the most comfortable you will own, however you sacrifice some durability and shoes made of Kangaroo leather usually will not last very long.”
So I guess it is more about the comfort of the shoe than anything else.
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