Can you change footballs?

[Tom.OH]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Anyone else ever presented with a ball marked with a "K" and told "This is our kicking ball"?

Not tonight.

I was filling in on a crew several years ago. The coach showed us the "kicking ball" they wanted to use. The seasoned white hat took the ball and called the QB over tossed him the ball and told him he would be using that ball for the first series. The QB said no way, and the R looked at the coach and said "guess we will not be using that ball tonight".

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by Tom.OH

I was filling in on a crew several years ago. The coach showed us the "kicking ball" they wanted to use. The seasoned white hat took the ball and called the QB over tossed him the ball and told him he would be using that ball for the first series. The QB said no way, and the R looked at the coach and said "guess we will not be using that ball tonight".

I like it.

[Robert Goodman]

In a thread at Huey's now is a story of a coach whose snapper has uncommonly sweaty palms. He wanted the ball changed or at least wiped every down, but the referee wouldn't do it because in his opinion the ball was sticky rather than slippery.

[BigBaldGuy]

I had a playoff game a few years back where the kicker brought me a ball before the game and wanted to use this ball during all kicks. The ball was about 15 years old, had no dimples left, slippery as heck, and the size of pillow. I asked him if he tought it was fair to use this ball, he said I have used it all season. I told him it was not a legal ball and I didn't think that his QB would appreciate using that ball. This kid was the returning All-State kicker...with a legal ball he kicked 6 or 7 kickoffs through the uprights.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by BigBaldGuy

I had a playoff game a few years back where the kicker brought me a ball before the game and wanted to use this ball during all kicks. The ball was about 15 years old, had no dimples left, slippery as heck, and the size of pillow. I asked him if he tought it was fair to use this ball, he said I have used it all season. I told him it was not a legal ball and I didn't think that his QB would appreciate using that ball. This kid was the returning All-State kicker...with a legal ball he kicked 6 or 7 kickoffs through the uprights.

When you kick like that, the ball doesn't have to be 15 YO to get like that.