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--- Last March, the NFL owners voted to pass 15 rule changes recommended by the competition committee ---
--- We know about most of the high profile changes such as the “Chad Johnson” rule, and the “Roy Williams” rule, in addition, replay will now review down by contact, and rushing defensive players can’t hit the QB below the knees, etc ---
--- http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2389062
--- Last weekend, I was listening to ESPN Radio and they mentioned that next season, the QB’s will be allowed to mush up the football like they used to do ---
--- Some QB’s would smash the nose of the ball into the floor, with their foot on the opposite nose of the football ---
--- Each QB would have his own pre-game ritual of smashing and roughing up the balls before the game, until he got the feel and grip he liked and felt most comfortable handling the football ---
--- This is all I could find concerning NFL rules of the football:
“The home club shall have 36 balls for outdoor games and 24 for indoor games available for testing with a pressure gauge by the referee two hours prior to the starting time of the game to meet with League requirements. Twelve (12) new footballs, sealed in a special box and shipped by the manufacturer, will be opened in the officials’ locker room two hours prior to the starting time of the game. These balls are to be specially marked with the letter "k" and used exclusively for the kicking game.”
--- Has anyone else heard of the rule change which will allow QBs to “mess” around with their Game balls prior to the Game like before ?
--- If so, this will become an important factor for QBs performance, especially with the extreme variations of weather during the course of the NFL season ---
--- ?
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--- We know about most of the high profile changes such as the “Chad Johnson” rule, and the “Roy Williams” rule, in addition, replay will now review down by contact, and rushing defensive players can’t hit the QB below the knees, etc ---
--- http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2389062
--- Last weekend, I was listening to ESPN Radio and they mentioned that next season, the QB’s will be allowed to mush up the football like they used to do ---
--- Some QB’s would smash the nose of the ball into the floor, with their foot on the opposite nose of the football ---
--- Each QB would have his own pre-game ritual of smashing and roughing up the balls before the game, until he got the feel and grip he liked and felt most comfortable handling the football ---
--- This is all I could find concerning NFL rules of the football:
“The home club shall have 36 balls for outdoor games and 24 for indoor games available for testing with a pressure gauge by the referee two hours prior to the starting time of the game to meet with League requirements. Twelve (12) new footballs, sealed in a special box and shipped by the manufacturer, will be opened in the officials’ locker room two hours prior to the starting time of the game. These balls are to be specially marked with the letter "k" and used exclusively for the kicking game.”
--- Has anyone else heard of the rule change which will allow QBs to “mess” around with their Game balls prior to the Game like before ?
--- If so, this will become an important factor for QBs performance, especially with the extreme variations of weather during the course of the NFL season ---
--- ?
.
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