How about there's ONE game ball, used by both teams, for the entire game.
Inflate it with ONE gauge at the start of the game, quit dancing on pinheads, and just play the damned game.
Stop the clock for a few seconds to wipe it down if necessary, and maybe ONE spare ball in case some 400 pounder falls on and explodes the first one.
Any game that hinges on 1/2 psi of air needs better players.
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It didn’t. Natural variation is about 6 PSI...and no one cared. Even the QBs crying on TV didn’t seem to notice the balls were 3-4 PSI low in games they’d played in. The rules aren’t even rules in the normal sense, but rather instructions for the care of a football from Wilson.
The important part of the football here is the surface texture - as in scuffed, or roughed up - and the rule was changed to let each team prep the balls to their own standards.