Re: The tongue
Agreed. I have a pair of the United States hightops from the Olympics series, and they have one of those tags on the tongue. It just seems weird. Also, the tongues on most hightops I've worn tend to fold or slide. Having a tag there folding up would be uncomfortable.
But I definitely agree they look great on lowtops. It's a quick, easy way to tell from a distance whether they're real or not.