Sure. If I understand correctly, the ball being used this year was newly engineered specifically for this World Cup (as was, I believe, the ball from 4 years ago).
This ball seems to be acting differently than other balls that are used. You don't get that with American football (or any other major sport in the US). On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Would you be so kind as to help a poor fella like myself understand your > point? > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Say what you want about American football, but we don't re-engineer >> the ball for every Super Bowl :D >> >> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Fifa responds to another point of contention in the worldcup today : The >> new >> > Ball. >> > >> > The ball has come under intense criticism for it's propensity to arc >> several >> > meters into the air with the slightest touch. >> > This has thrown off several strikers who in regular play are normally top >> > scorers. It is also supposedly responsible for the low goal scoring in >> > several of the matches thus far. >> > The number of overbars and wide strikes in this Worldcup is supposedly >> > higher than on previous years. >> > >> > >> http://www.wired.com/playbook/2010/06/fifa-promises-investigation-into-world-cup-ball/ >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322240 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
