Taped flags

[tempestos]

The liability point may be relevant, however farfetched. I can see a very odd situation where a piece of the tape was loose and you you throw a flag that hits a player at or near the eye (like Orlando Brown in the NFL). If there is a loose piece of tape on the flag ball, then there would be a liability argument that you altered the flag from the original specs and that alteration caused the injury when the loose piece of tape scratched/cut the eye. I know this would likely never happen, but no one thought the Orlando Brown thing would ever happen. We lawyers think of these possibilities when analyzing potential liability.

Also, as "stevegarbs" pointed out, it is curious that I can't find any manufacturer or reseller that sells flags with a white ball on it. If it is prevalent, you would think there would be a market for such an item.