So NBA rules dictate that the basketball must be between 7.5 and 8.5 PSI. And the officials are required to make sure that the balls are within spec.
RULE NO. 1—COURT DIMENSIONS—EQUIPMENT
Section II
f. (1) The ball shall be an officially approved NBA ball between 7½ and 8½ pounds pressure.
(2) Six balls must be made available to each team for pre-game warmup
RULE NO. 2—OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES
Section II—Duties of the Officials
a. The officials shall, prior to the start of the game, inspect and approve all equipment, Including court, baskets, balls, backboards, timer’s and scorer’s equipment.
f. The crew chief shall be the official in charge
Source:
http://www.celticslife.com/2015/05/because-obviously-you-want-to-know-psi.html
I guess all those NBA champions of the past should have an "asterisk" placed next to their titles and/or their championships vacated? Where are the draft pick penalties?? Oh that's right, they don't have a clown show running the NBA.
I can only agree with the conclusion of the following article:
"The league could have instructed the refs to check up on the inflation of the Patriots’ footballs at halftime during the Lions, Packers or any other subsequent game in the regular season after they first played the Colts in November. Instead, they let the entire thing slide until it became a crisis that is now blowing up into a massive public relations disaster.
Meanwhile, the league has plenty of time to
harass Marshawn Lynch about the color of his cleats.
I really can’t believe the league is this much of an incompetent clown show but if it results in Roger Goodell losing his job, it will at least have a silver lining."
Source:
http://bgr.com/2015/01/23/deflategate-roger-goodell-nfl/
