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(Oh...sure...and perhaps the football size is too "strigent" as well...Maybe a size smaller would not "hurt the game." Give not only the QBs more leeway, but the kickers, too...so that the Q's can add another dozen yards to their throwing prowess and the punters, too.

The NFL specifications say the footballs must be inflated to 12½ to 13½ pounds. Have you checked to see what the ball feels like if it is 10½ psi? Do you know how much temperature changes the psi?

How did the NFL decide that balls must be between 12½ to 13½ psi?

Maybe it does not matter a whole lot if the range were changed to 10½ to 13½ psi. Do you know?

Why take about other dimensions and sports when the subject is NFL specs for football inflation levels?

The NFL specifications say the footballs must be inflated to 12½ to 13½ pounds. Have you checked to see what the ball feels like if it is 10½ psi? Do you know how much temperature changes the psi?

Hey, if you take fifteen percent of air out of a ball...in very wet conditions...and replicated that over a season of wetconditioned games, yes, receivers are going to catch more passes than higherinflated balls.

As for temperature, #1...it wasn't freezing on Pats sideline while being warm & balmy on Colts sideline...

#2...The weather was above freezing thruout the game...fifteen one degrees at gametime...and these footballs were exposed to direct air less than 2 hrs...