The substance of football

[Maynard S. Clark]

Current discussions of the best football pressure leave me wondering what ought to be done to take all the pressure off the animals, who didn't ask for their bodies to be 'in play' by athletic gamesters.

Apparently, regulation pressure on an AMERICAN football (with pointed ends - European footballs may have rounded ends) is (supposed to be) 12.5-13.5 psi.

"Before play, the ball is inflated to an air pressure of 12.5 to 13.5 pounds per square inch (86 to 93 kilopascals). The ball weighs 14 to 15 ounces (400 to 430 grams)."

Bill Belichick noted this morning (just a few minutes ago) that underinflated footballs with psi below 12.5 could be gripped better, but that he had 'no explanation for what happened' in the recent otherwise very well-played football games.

The heavily-regulated American game needs a progressive regulatory improvement that replaces all animal-derived 'objects-in-play' with 'harmless objects (so that play is no longer war on animals).

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_%28ball%29
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolate_spheroid

Vegan Football Discussion (shows how US business has overcome some ethical objections to football through product innovation):

• Supporting NFL Football?vegan
• Vegan Football Boots
• Comparative Football (Composite Footballs cost about the same)
• Cheap non-leather football boots

No 'objects-of-play' should hurt the otherwise uninvolved persons.

There's a long history of exploiting animals in how football is played (as in baseball).  That characteristic needs to be change - or be changed (if not from within, then through regulation) - so that animal bodies are no longer used in sports as 'objects of play'!

ALL PART OF THE ONGOING DISCUSSION OF RIGHTFUL REGULATION - whether Obamacare or Football or Environmental Protection

"Deflate-gate" - 'no explanation for what happened' - Bill Belichick

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/how-serious-is-deflate-gate--a-yahoo-sports-equipment-investigation-155529889.html

--- Playing sports in the regulatory environment ---

They say that it's done for peaceful purposes, but should any sport be played in ways that victimize innocent outsiders?  We think not!

The game is no less challenging if it's deflated of its harm.  The rest of the world could get a better grip on a rule-improved system of play that ceases to depersonalize those who share this ecosystem with us.

Maynard         

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Maynard S. Clark, MS (Management: Research Administration)

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