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Originally Posted by Detoxing
The article is pretty much about scuffing them and manipulating the texture so that they don't have that "new ball slickness".
All of which is within the NFL rules. It's been that way for the past 10 years or so, it's nothing new and the NFL knows about it and allows it.
Deflation, however, is not.
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Scuffing the ball provides friction to facilitate gripping the ball. Same difference.