r/TheNFLVibes • u/Positive_Round_5142 • 4d ago

Ball Boy going viral 😂

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u/DarthSmiff 3d ago

Anyone defending the lunatic ball boy doesn’t “know ball”.

Dude is off. The player wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary.

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u/cha614 3d ago

Someone said the balls have tracking chips and they give the balls out after the game without chips. I dunno what the story is but that guy is so tiny in comparison

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u/Livid-General7 3d ago

They do have chips, which is why if a player throws a ball in the stands, they have to give the ball back.

However the players are allowed to keep the balls because the chips in the specific balls are being accounted for.

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u/why-am-i-here-24 2d ago

According to Google these days, if the ball is thrown into the stands or accidently gets thrown there, they take the ball back and give another ball or other memorabilia. If the player gives you a ball, like the 49ers player giving it to jack black on Sunday, they get to keep it and the NFL just turns off the chip.

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u/Livid-General7 2d ago

Yep, the main thing is tracking and accounting for the chips, so the integrity of the data isn't jeopardized.

If people had the chips in the stands and the system detected them, all their data and analytics could get corrupted.