OK,,,, call me dingie or whatever, but what is the real reason for footing a carbon?????
I've been shooting Beman MFX Classics for several years now and have found no reason to do anything like that.
Normally if I ever damage one of my arrows it's by robinhooding it.
I did rip one today at a tournament when shooting at a moving target. I wasn't trying to hit the first arrow , but did manage to almost put two arrows in the spot. One came out unscaved, the other however died a painful death with the a massive gash along its side.