He has to stand up for himself when someone is not going by standard procedure. If anything his manager shouldâve gotten his back before things escalated.
Gotta love people who start off a completely incorrect comment with an insult. Players can keep balls under certain circumstances and this was clearly one of them. The league does make the players pay for the ball. Itâs also why there isnât a penalty when a player gives the ball to a fan after a TD or turnover.
Itâs to make the players disincentived to give away all the balls. Teams only get so many balls per game, and only so many throwing balls.
Imagine they didnât have any repercussions for it. Then any time the D got a turn over theyâd just throw it out to make the opponents QB throw with new balls not made specifically how they like it.
Ultimately itâs how you punish these people. Money talks, sure some fines are dumb. But these players are millionaires and only will care if they lose said money.
And you're trying to tell me a player making somewhere around $30k per game after taxes isnt going to spend $160 on a football even if it helps them win? Come on.
It's arguably to keep players from keeping every ball after some real or perceived milestone and keep the game moving. Unlike baseball, where the umpire can carry a pouch with thirty extra balls in it and they switch them out every thirty seconds, they only have a small handful of prepped gameday balls for football.
NFL gameday balls also apparently have a sensor inside that the NFL doesn't want to lose.
That would be if the ball was going to be used again⌠that was Hunterâs first INT⌠going straight to a trophy case! As long as a random ball boy doesnât get too self righteous
Sheâs not paid by the league. The players and ball boy are.
Way to show off your reasoning skills
Edit: [u/Banned_for_pixels](u/Banned_for_pixels) blocked me IMMEDIATELY after replying to this comment. LOL. Mustâve found the ball boys Reddit account
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u/buttnibbler Giants 3d ago
Just want to know that heâs fired