"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.
He's a future politician.
;-)
Yes, the players will find some way to deal with the new footballs and minimize the number of errors just as they would find a way to make due if the NFL required every player to play barefoot on wet grass during the first half.
However, by introducing this unnecessary gimmick into the game, the NFL is diluting the quality of the product that they are selling to the paying customers who are the fans in the stands and the corporations that are paying hundreds of millions of dollars for advertising and broadcast rights. Super Bowl commercial slot prices hit $2.4 million this year.
Professional football is a business and, with the amount of money the NFL is charging for its product, the NFL needs to be putting product quality and customer satisfaction, not gimmicks, at the top of their of priority list.