“...Cold weather should not affect the weight of the football. The oxygen molucles may huddle together for warmth causing the ball to seem deflated, but there should be as much oxygen in the ball cold as warm...”
I have to call you on this one. It is not the weight of the ball but the pressure inside the ball that is being questioned.
“Have you ever watched an NFL game when it is cold out? A member of the ball boy(adult male who is friends with the owner) team, sits with the balls near one of the gas fueled heaters.”
Did they have heaters at the Pats/Colts game?
You are correct about the ppsi. If the cold was to the point of being dangerous to the players, then yes, they would have been used. It was my understanding that the game was played in the 50’s, so probably not. Again, non-tampered footballs all remained within the legal tolerances as required by the rule book, so cold weather is just a ruse...
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Good question. I read over the past few days that the NFL banned the use of ball heaters for reasons that I cannot fathom, except that it maintains a consistency in the performance of ALL the footballs used in a game (not just the ones closest to the fire).