I guess he is and that is what NE was doing in the other direction. He is correct that overinflating doesn't change the ball much compared to underinflating - once it's rock hard, it won't feel any harder. But that's no excuse to exceed limits.Originally Posted by SoonerBBall
One thing is for sure - the refs will be checking the GB footballs in the future. And you can bank on the footballs in the super bowl being checked early and often
The whole thing is ridiculous on its face. If the NFL cares about fairness and football inflation, it should have 24 game balls controlled by the refs the whole time and used interchangeably by both teams. What is the compelling reason to allow a several hour period where teams can mess with the balls with no additional oversight with a very few exceptions.
Why doesn't he ever drop to the turf and sizzle like bacon when he scores? Is that too much to ask? -CobraKai on Adrian Peterson
From what I've read, it used to be closer to that situation (but not with teams sharing). Then the NFL gave into Manning and other QBs wanting to "break in" the balls prior to gameday. I understand that neither the QBs nor the league want to use brand new footballs that have a slick surface coating. But this could all be handled by technology. The NFL could put requirements on footballs that the coating has been wore off from the manufacturer. It would be very easy to have a machine do this and the result would be predictable. If they still wanted to have some amount of customization, they could do that too. The QB could dial in the desired pressure and level of wear within the legal ranges and the ball would never have to leave the officials possession.
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