“As a rough estimate - If the short axes of the ball expand as little as 1/10 of an inch from the smallest legal dimensions, assuming an ellipse, that’d be another .35 PSI drop, yes?”
Good estimate if the rubber was totally soaked but I expect that it is not.
“As a rough estimate - If the short axes of the ball expand as little as 1/10 of an inch from the smallest legal dimensions, assuming an ellipse, that’d be another .35 PSI drop, yes?”
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Good estimate if the rubber was totally soaked but I expect that it is not.
I would expect the rubber to be waterproof. :-P
The allowable change in an NFL football is 1/4” in all dimensions.
I figured 1/10” was reasonably conservative for looking at what could happen. As Leaning Right suggested, that is probably one of those things to be tested.
...and it was really pouring.