USC manager fired for deflating game balls

But why?

 

College and high school football are the only sports I know of where each team uses its own ball. Doesn't happen in the NFL.

At college games each team has a ball boy on each sideline running his team's balls. That's why you'll occasionally see a guy in the opposing team's colors standing in the other team's bench area.

 

No idea. Always been that way as far as I know.

 

College and high school teams sometimes use different brands of footballs, depending on endorsement deals, etc. All must meet NCAA standards. Golfers use different brands of equiptment; sometimes college basketball and baseball teams do too, in which case the ball that is used is the brand provided by the home team.

 

But why?

 

1. LOL that these unpaid 'student athletes' in a not-for-profit activity use different brands depending on endorsement deals. You can't make this stuff up.
2. As far as I know, no college basketball teams use a different ball on offense than the opposing team does. And as far as I know, no starting baseball pitcher uses a different baseball brand than the opposing pitcher.

The rule about having different footballs for each team is batshit crazy, and ripe for cheating.

 

1. Some colleges are sponsored by Nike and use Nike footballs. No way does an Adidas school use a Nike football. So when team Nike plays at Team Adidas, they each use their own balls on offense. Same at the high school level. Schools buy their equipment from different sources, or are sponsored by different apparel companies. As long as both brands are certified by their high school association, different balls are often used in the same game.

2. Some college basketball teams use Baden basketballs, some use Nike or other brands. When a team that uses a Nike ball plays on the road against a team that uses a Baden ball, the Baden ball is used.

Same with baseball. Teams from the same conference use the same balls, but if Team A (Rawlings) plays at Team B (Baden), the Baden ball is used.