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Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 1/24/2015 6:56 PM, bob haller wrote:


the NFL really needs to take a stand and vacate the win...

since the patriots have now cheated twice ....


They should take a stand, but first, they have to prove it was done
intentionally and who did it


don't both teams use the same ball? If one team had an advantage, would
not the other team have the same advantage?

Nope. At the beginning of the game, the refs look over the 24 game
balls. Then 12 are given to each time with the ball handlers the
responsibility of the home team (at least for another couple weeks). The
game balls are then taken from each team's stash as they need them.
FWIW, there is another group of balls that are blown to a slightly
higher level that are used exclusively for kicking.
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