Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Jabulani ball 'too perfect'~ too ROUND?





World Cup winners and losers agree on one thing: the Jabulani, this Cup's official ball, SUCK. Depending on who you ask, it's either too light, too fast, or just too damn round. [Gizmodo]

"Experts puzzling over its allegedly erratic flight -- which has unnerved more than one goalkeeper in South Africa -- have concluded that the Jabulani may simply be too round to fly straight." <---- [Read More]

"Even though the World Cup ball is nicknamed Jabulani -- which means "celebrate" in Zulu -- it's making the players want to go into mourning. They say the ball is too light, too round and moves waaaay too fast. Melissa Block interviews Kevin Baxter, who is covering the World Cup for the L.A. Times, about the controversy surrounding this year's World Cup ball." <----[Read more]

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