Protective cover for spiked athletic shoes, for use before/after sporting events and when stored in an athletic bag

A shoe cover, for use with an athletic shoe having anti-skid protrusions on one or more portions of a bottom surface of a sole of the athletic shoe, said shoe cover comprising:

• a toe and ball portion, said toe and ball portion comprising:
• a sole portion configured to provide support to a bottom of a toe region and a ball region of the athletic shoe;
• and a toe wall configured to extend away from said sole portion being configured, in combination with said sole portion, to form a toe box that extends around at least a front, a top, and a bottom of the toe region of the athletic shoe when said shoe cover is secured thereto, said toe box thereby configured to receive and have nested therein each of the front, the top, and the bottom of the toe region of the athletic shoe;
• a heel portion, said heel portion comprising:
• a sole portion and an Achillies-tendon-adjacent wall;
• a mid-section;
• wherein said midsection is joined to each of said toe and ball portion and to said heel portion;
• wherein said mid-section comprises:
• a selective shape formed as an accordion-like structure being configured to provide adjustability with respect to a distance between said toe and ball portion and said heel portion;
• and
• wherein said accordion-like structure is oriented and configured to provide substantially rigid vertical support to a mid-portion of the athletic shoe and expansibility in an axial direction and a lateral direction.