NBA Bans Shoes Due to Claims they Increase Your Vertical Leap

The NBA just made a marketers dream by banning their shoes from being worn during game play.

Essentially validating the company's claims that the shoes increase vertical leap by 3 inches...

Source:
http://thehoopdoctors.com/online2/2010/10/sneakers-that-add-to-a-players-vertical-leap-banned-by-the-nba/