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Originally Posted by steve B
From a couple articles the penalty appears to be $25000 for altering a game ball. Or 275,000 for eleven. (I see no mention of any bargain for an even dozen like donuts, there would be if I wrote the rules  )
It will be interesting to see if they go beyond what the rules call for.
From comments from players especially quarterbacks, the rule appears to be almost universally ignored.
Steve B |
Steve, you are just plain wrong with that. The $25,000 fine is the "minimum" penalty, not the only penalty.
And the rule is not ignored. I believe that QBs may alter balls before they bring them to officials, but once they are checked, 99.9% of teams/QBs do not then go back to them and alter them. That is what is being accused here.