It's Officially Football Boots Only Summer
Alright, so I’ve been seeing a bunch of these videos pop up in my TikTok and Instagram feeds over the last few days. White boy summer had its moment in the sun, rat boy summer was cute last year, but this year it's all about Football Boots Only Summer.
Before all the haters come at me for calling them football boots instead of soccer cleats, I have two things to say to you.
“Soccer cleat summer” doesn’t have nearly the same ring to it.
This started in the UK, so changing the name would be a textbook case of stolen valor. Then again, they did colonize us, so maybe it’s time we get our lick back. But no.
Now this isn’t just some silly internet trend either. Adidas has gone as far as making a sample rubber sole to go around your studs.
I personally love it. Let’s all take a moment to appreciate all of the athletic short kings out there in the world who are finally gonna get their respect this summer. If you’re in a bar and you see a basketball player, you instantly know he played basketball because he’s 6’6 and towering over everyone else in the room.
You see a hockey player in there and you instantly know he’s a hockey player because he’s got his shirt off going 1 v 6 against some douchebag Irish Travellers missing a tooth or two.
These are some of the greatest soccer players who have ever lived:
JEFFERSON BERNARDES. Getty Images.Maradona? 5'5.
Not exactly the types of physiques that scream world class athlete, and those are the best players who ever lived! Joe Schmo at the bar who netted 8 goals his senior year in high school and clinched an all conference bid has no shot at getting noticed. Football Boots Only Summer is finally gonna give those guys a chance.
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Me and the fellas approaching the table of recent Delta Zeta grads this summer in our mercurials:
Also quick happy birthday shoutout to my Mom. It's always been her dream to be mentioned at the end of a Football Boots Only Summer blog.