It got me thinking about inflate gate all over again, but in a way that I think offers more perspective. If a particular golf ball can cause you to hit farther and straighter, and certain clubs can do the same thing, shouldn't these particular items be illegal? Shouldn't using them be considered cheating? Why should golfers who use them have that kind of advantage over those who don't? Why should golfers always be looking for better clubs and better balls to improve their game. Shouldn't the emphasis be on improving THEIR game, not their equipment. What I'm asking is shouldn't every club and every ball have a closer standard of conformity?
Baseball players do the same thing. They have a particular bat made a particular way, weighing what they choose, and even made out of different kinds of trees, but they get called out when the bats are corked or have pine tar too high up on the handle.
Why shouldn't they be able to have bats that they can use that allow them to be as good as they can be? Should there be less conformity or more?
You might say it wouldn't be fair for a 150 pound second baseman and a 250 pound first baseman or DH to have the same bat. And I think you would be correct, unless they both had a bat small enough to handle. You wouldn't require the second baseman to use a bat he couldn't lift and handle properly, but the bigger guys COULD use a smaller bat. They could get used to it. And you would have conformity. But you see the problem don't you?
Which brings us back to football inflation. IF a quarterback and team would prefer a ball a certain way, why not allow them to use it? We're talking about the same balls right? Balls which are the same size and same weight. Only the amount of air in them would vary. And each quarterback would have it inflated HIS way. If every quarterback would do that, no quarterback would have an advantage, because they would all have the ball the way they wanted. And you wouldn't have to have the refs check them.
Kicking balls would have to conform, because extra air would give them extra distance, but throwing balls would not. Kicking balls would be a different color to make sure there is no hanky-panky.
It sure would make more sense than using advantage balls or clubs in golf. I know the PGA does restrict their equipment more than casual golfers. But the equipment they use is in not identical.
Perhaps football could learn from them.
I know I like using my lighter tennis racquet. I'm much better with it.
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