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Apropos of NFL Licensing Agreement, I Have a Croc Confession to Make
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You can soon get officially-licensed Eagles Crocs:
The NFL and Crocs are getting comfortable with each other in a multiyear licensing deal that gives fans footwear in team patterns and Jibbitz charms to bedazzle them on game day.
The NFL x Crocs collection launches with foam clogs bearing the colors and logos of 14 teams: the Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills, Las Vegas Raiders, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Texans, and Denver Broncos. Eventually, the line will include all 32 NFL teams and multiple categories, including bags.
Confession: Crocs are the only thing I wear these days. It’s pretty bad. It got totally out of hand, and it started with having two daughters. Kids can’t tie their shoes, as you probably know, so Crocs are popular for children because they just slide them on and slide them off. You have little girls and they put the charms on the Crocs and customize them. They wear them with or without socks, in the summer or the winter. They are very versatile, and durable as well because they are basically just molded pieces of rubber.
So I kept observing my daughters, and thought to myself, “I think only adult dipshits wear Crocs,” or hippies who go to Phish shows, then I caved with the caveat that I would only wear them to walk the dog, or get the mail, or do simple, non-public stuff. Brief outside tasks where you just need something easy to put on and easy to take off. That went well for about 2 weeks, then I started wearing them to pick the kids up from pre-K, then it turned into trips to the grocery store and BJ’s and Lowe’s and all of that. You just wake up one day and you’re Croc-obsessed, which was unintentional. I don’t think anybody ever intends to become a white trash Croc person, it just sort of happens. It’s like all of these rock bands from Los Angeles. None of the band members are actually from LA, they just ended up there.
Anyway, you should buy yourself a pair of Crocs. You’ll feel like an asshole for 48 hours, then they will be the only thing you wear. All aboard the Croc train! CHOO CHOO.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com