Fancy footwear ban in Academy

The fancy footwear ban in Charlton's Academy has attracted a lot of media attention:
Footwear

Once you have graduated to the first team, you can wear what you like. There is a view that even at level that players who wear coloured boots are a bit flash and not to be relied on. A Charlton spokesman has argued that Lloyd Sam didn't score many goals because he could be seen too easily in his yellow boots. Perhaps.