This is pure idiocy possibly altering the outcome of the game of the season because of such an insignificant and trivial reason.
Here's hoping these slippery balls hurt neither team. May the game be won with skill and effort and not be effected by something like this.
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"This is pure idiocy possibly altering the outcome of the game of the season because of such an insignificant and trivial reason."
Agree completely. I hate everything that increases the role of luck and cancels out the role of ability.
NFL ignorant Superbowl move ............... ping
There are flags run up a flagpole on the Capitol every day so a Congressman can give them to a constituent and say it flew at the Capitol. It did for about 30 seconds.
When the President signs a bill he use 10 or 12 pens and hands them to supporters of the bill as souvenirs.
I am sure this isnt the first time new balls have been used in the first half of a Super Bowl.
I have heard dirt track motorcycle racers complain that the track is too slippery or too rough, but they all have to race on the same track and there is always a winner.
Let the best team win.
In college, before particularly big home games, we would practice with new balls all week. For the games, new balls again. We would be prepared, the other team wouldn't be.
These people are professionals and know what's coming.
Big deal over nothing.
"I don't like the new footballs, but I'm sure I will be able to deal with them," Hasselbeck said. "It's part of the deal, and every player on the field has to handle this situation."
Somebody gets it.
http://sport.monstersandcritics.com/football/article_1094245.php/Super_Bowl_footballs_authenticated
DETROIT, MI, United States (UPI) -- Footballs for this year`s Super Bowl will be authenticated with a drop of synthetic DNA to deter the sale of 'game-used' counterfeits.
The real ones can be determined by exposing them to a specific laser frequency when the DNA will glow to a bright green, reports The Los Angeles Times.
'The ball can change hands a thousand-plus times, but it will never lose that DNA,' said Joe Orlando, head of the California company which marked the Super Bowl footballs. 'The chance of replicating this exact DNA sequence is one in 33 trillion, so it`s virtually impossible.'
The NFL has prepared 120 Wilson footballs for Sunday`s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks and plans to use a new one on every play of the first half, before going to a 12-ball rotation after halftime, The Times reported.
Some of the footballs are donated to charities, while others are set aside for players, coaches and officials.
Some players feel changing the balls so often could pose problems as new balls tend to be slippery.
...new balls that will be used for every play in the first half of Sunday's Super Bowl XL...
Stupid me. I thought Delay-of-Game was a penalty offense.
Think on the sunny side.
What if all the players had to change jerseys after every play!
Maybe we won't have deal with that scenario until Super Bowl LXX©.
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME SMASH MOUTH?
STEELERS STYLE!!!
I don't mind so much...
Then again I don't really give a crap about either team....
Just as stupid as signing a bill with 20 different pens.
"Sorry, first day with the new balls."
Man, if I had a nickel for every time I said that...
Isn't this a topic Nina Hartley should be worried about? Playing with new balls.
There used to be a time when this was a championship game. Now it is nothing but a show with a football game in between. They are destroying this game with too much commercialism. That from an avid Steeler fan.
Ben worries about the team -
Most of the new footballs will be given to charity and that's a good thing."
Matt thinks politically correct thoughts.
Now, whose head is more in the right place?
Now let's shut up, line up and get the game going!!
what if the balls get schwetty.
schwetty balls
I’m thinking they would work a bit better with some air taken out.