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Re: SANFL footballs.

Postby MightyEagles » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:33 am

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Re: SANFL footballs.

Postby am Bays » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:58 am

fatalberton wrote:Some balls are held for charity
And some for fancy dress
But when they're held for pleasure,
They're the balls that I like best.
And my balls are always bouncing,
To the left and to the right.
It's my belief that my big balls should be held every night.


Are they chocolate and salty.....
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Re: SANFL footballs.

Postby Mr66 » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:01 pm

I find it strange that CLUBS decide what ball is used.
Shouldn't this be a league mandate?
I can't think of any other competitions anywhere in the world which
allows different brands of equipment to be used.
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Re: SANFL footballs.

Postby spell_check » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:05 am

Mr66 wrote:I find it strange that CLUBS decide what ball is used.
Shouldn't this be a league mandate?
I can't think of any other competitions anywhere in the world which
allows different brands of equipment to be used.


Maybe not during a match that a different brand is used, but there are a couple of different brands of cricket balls used in Test cricket. Dukes are used in England, while Kookaburra balls are used here.
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Re: SANFL footballs.

Postby pipers » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:45 am

1980 Tassie Medalist wrote:Are they chocolate and salty.....


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Re: SANFL footballs.

Postby Wedgie » Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:28 am

Mr66 wrote:I find it strange that CLUBS decide what ball is used.
Shouldn't this be a league mandate?
I can't think of any other competitions anywhere in the world which
allows different brands of equipment to be used.


Agreed, I find it ridiculous that in this day and age we can have 2 footys in a game that have different characteristics.
I couldn't imagine it happening in any other sport at this level.
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Re: SANFL footballs.

Postby MightyEagles » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:38 am

Wedgie wrote:
Mr66 wrote:I find it strange that CLUBS decide what ball is used.
Shouldn't this be a league mandate?
I can't think of any other competitions anywhere in the world which
allows different brands of equipment to be used.


Agreed, I find it ridiculous that in this day and age we can have 2 footys in a game that have different characteristics.
I couldn't imagine it happening in any other sport at this level.


Sometimes in the first half they use a red ball (if the sun hasn't gone down enough) and in the second half, they use a yellow ball.
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Re: SANFL footballs.

Postby pipers » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:08 pm

Wedgie wrote:
Mr66 wrote:I find it strange that CLUBS decide what ball is used.
Shouldn't this be a league mandate?
I can't think of any other competitions anywhere in the world which
allows different brands of equipment to be used.


Agreed, I find it ridiculous that in this day and age we can have 2 footys in a game that have different characteristics.
I couldn't imagine it happening in any other sport at this level.


In cricket the home nation used to (possibly still does) have the right to select which balls get used (ie, the Poms prefered the softer Duke balls with a more pronounced seam). So you could play a test here with a Kookaburra and then your next game could be in England with a Duke. And of course the characteristics of the ball change with every delivery, until ultimatey at 80 overs they change it for a completely new one. In one-dayers they frequently change the ball as it gets discoloured and hard to see, and sometimes the ball is changed during tests before 80 overs - especially if it isn't swinging*, however they do use the same brand for each game...
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Re: SANFL footballs.

Postby Wedgie » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:29 pm

fatalberton wrote:In cricket the home nation used to (possibly still does) have the right to select which balls get used (ie, the Poms prefered the softer Duke balls with a more pronounced seam). So you could play a test here with a Kookaburra and then your next game could be in England with a Duke. And of course the characteristics of the ball change with every delivery, until ultimatey at 80 overs they change it for a completely new one. In one-dayers they frequently change the ball as it gets discoloured and hard to see, and sometimes the ball is changed during tests before 80 overs - especially if it isn't swinging*, however they do use the same brand for each game...


Yeah but my point is they don't chance completely different brands of cricket ball 4 times throughout an innings.
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