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This weekend we played official soccer games with a $175 ball. One of the players messing with it on the sideline noticed there was a wobble in it. We kind of pressed it with our hands on all sides and detected a weird shaped bladder (ie pressing on one side, almost like a baby in a pregnant woman) and it was soft elsewhere. i.e. thing was oblong.
Balls for sports are not scientific instruments. It baffles me that we are having a nationwide (worldwide, the Guardian has picked this up!) conversation about PSI and gas laws and temp drops when it comes to expensive balls that have a great deal of variation.
I can totally understand why QBs would reject some balls.
These things are not constructed with tight specifications.
It's a pigskin for heaven's sake!!
Balls for sports are not scientific instruments. It baffles me that we are having a nationwide (worldwide, the Guardian has picked this up!) conversation about PSI and gas laws and temp drops when it comes to expensive balls that have a great deal of variation.
I can totally understand why QBs would reject some balls.
These things are not constructed with tight specifications.
It's a pigskin for heaven's sake!!