Can you change footballs?

[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.