Athletic sports shoe with cleated scaffold that dissociates from the underside of the shoe to reduce/prevent knee injury

A method of forming footwear having a detachable cleated scaffold, comprising the steps of:

• moving pairs of cooperative components of a mechanism between an operative position and a non-operative position;
• wherein a scaffold moves in unison with a shoe provided the pairs of the cooperative components remain in the operative position;
• wherein the scaffold dissociates from the shoe as the cooperative components move from the operative position to the non-operative position;
• and
• wherein an exertion of a pivoting force that emanates from the shoe as the scaffold remains stationary causes the moving of the pairs of the cooperating components from the operative position to the non-operative position, the scaffold remaining stationary because cleats of the scaffold become planted to resist moving the scaffold in unison with the shoe.