[HamiltonJay]

I agree, I am in no way a professional athlete, but I can tell when a basketball is underinflated immediately, the idea this guy handled this stuff all game without noticing they were flat doesn’t pass the smell test. Hell the guy who caught the interception noticed it right away.

Now did he actively do something to get the balls deflated? Don’t know, but the idea that he didn’t know after handling them they weren’t is ludicrous.

[lepton]

but I can tell when a basketball is underinflated immediately,

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Yep. There it matters...and it matters when kicking the ball. For throwing, not so much. Theisman, for example did some experimenting and said he can’t tell. Sports Science calculated and tested and found that for the figures being bandied about, the lower inflation *might* have as much effect as slowing the ball by .003 seconds on a 20 yard pass thrown at 50 mph...which is pretty trivial and in the “wrong” direction.

Hell the guy who caught the interception noticed it right away.

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Yeah...he denies that he noticed anything at all. According to him, he was just keeping a souvenir.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— I agree, I am in no way a professional athlete, but I can tell when a basketball is underinflated immediately, -—

Basketballs have to bounce to a recognizable height. Scott Zolak, former Pats QB, said that a 2psi difference is negligible. It’s 16% below reg inflation. He called this the football equivalent to a speeding ticket for going 15& over the speed limit.

I compare it to too much pine tar on a bat, or excessive curve on a hockey stick. This isn’t the Black Sox scandal.

[SeaHawkFan]

I ref volleyball and the psi range is 4.3 -4.6. I can tell by feel if it is 4.3 or 4.5.