There's NFL rules about mouthguards being worn, proper pads to be worn, helmet standards, the amount of glareware coming down the front of helmets, etc.
So, by logical extension, you're saying you want "NFL Equipmnent Central" with an NFL Equipment Czar runnin' the equipment show for all 32 teams in 32 cities, runnin' 'round & taking orders...
...& then when the revolving door gets-going (replacement players for injured ones), you want them to instantaneously order everything a replacement player needs & have it arrive so they can sign one day & be equipped by NFL Central the next day?
Ludicrous.
Your logic, if extended, is no way to equip a team for football...relying upon some NFL equipment bureaucracy...
No wonder we don't have people holding D.C. & our state capitals accountable! (It seems they tend to agree with expanding whatever bureauracies they can!)
Are you saying that the teams on both sides used these footballs and the refs handled them on every play?
I watch baseball and the umpire behind the plate examines every ball.
You got a problem with that?
Why is a single player being excoriated when the entire damn game was played without complaint?
45-7 due to under-inflated balls? You are nuts.
BTW, YOU are the one that thinks it takes a government to control football. I said nothing of the kind.
This entire story is bullshit. Some people have an agenda to hurt the NFL. Grow up.