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// regular American Football but the ball is a glass sphere // |
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Regular American footballs aren't spherical. They are ellipsoidal. |
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A frangible ball could be quite entertaining, though. [+] |
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Might encourage the players to man up and wear less
scaffolding. |
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Like the breakable football idea, not sure about
glass. For my taste I don't need to see blood from
cut
hands to be entertained. Clever though. [+] |
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I'd add that you put some chemical in it that would
emit a big puff of smoke when exposed to air so
the crowd could see that the ball was broken from
far away. |
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I think you'd have to allow the offense to down the
ball by taking a knee or something before they get
tackled because I doubt there's any way you can
prevent somebody from breaking a breakable ball
you're carrying. You'd be replacing the ball every 2
plays or so otherwise. |
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// chemical in it that would emit a big puff of smoke when exposed to air // |
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Phosphine spontaneously ignites on contact with air ... |
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White phosphorus produces a very satisfactory smoke cloud. |
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Actually, there are a whole range of interesting compounds that could be used. Some of them even exhibit quite low toxicity. |
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A brittle casing could be packed with talcum powder, with a very thin rubber envelope at the centre. After assembly, the envelope would be pressurized, but the surrounding powder would stop it rupturing. Once the outer casing failed, this containment would be removed, and the envelope would burst, throwing out the powder. |
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If cornstarch were used, even a tiny static spark could cause a quite satisfactory explosion. |
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Other designs derived from the Livens projector round, or from the Japanese "Ha" bomb, might be worth investigation. |
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This would change the game too much. While American
football allows the use of hands on the ball, and ball-
carrying is quite common in the game, feet are also used to
kick it fairly often (see "punt" and "field goal"). No water-
filled glass ball could accommodate that impact (not to
mention it would weigh a lot more than a regular air-filled
ball). |
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I too like the idea of a frangible, breakage-indicating sports
ball. Perhaps if it isn't practical for American football, a new
sport could be invented for it. Or maybe kicking could be
replaced with leg-powered slingshots or something. |
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Perhaps something involving acceleration detection igniters. |
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Basketball would be greatly improved by this idea. |
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