Changing the ball?

[crosscountry55]

That's a good one. Never thought of that before.

I don't disrespect the decision your crew made, mainly because you talked to both coaches about and all parties agreed.

That said, I think from a logic standpoint I would have stuck with the game ball as it was in the 1st half. Game ball integrity is alluded to in the rule that states it must remain at the table during halftime.

It's easy for the R to not take the testing of the air pressure in the game ball seriously before the game, but this is why it's important. If you don't, you may regret it when you're stuck with an out-of-specs ball for the whole game. If you do, than you can confidently tell the coach, "sorry, Coach, but we checked the ball and it's legal. We're not going to alter it now."

[just another ref]

I can't imagine this would be a problem for anybody. If you agree it has too much air, take some out, whenever that is. If you don't agree, leave it alone.