But this one must have some HUGE finger holes in it to take 7 oz out and make it legal to use.
That's exactly what I was thinking.........and that 7oz's is just to get it to the max weight that is allowed.
Not trying to be a wise guy, but who's going to care?
No one is going to ask him to have it weighed unless he takes it to Nationals. Even then they might not be doing that any more, in the near future.
I wonder how many thousands of 16 lb. normal balls (resin) have already absorbed more than an ounce of oil and over that same limit?
I don't disagree with you. Likely no one would ever know or care.
I wouldn't throw equipment that isn't according to regulation specs out of personal pride (?) (for lack of a better term).....but.........to each their own. I suppose if I were throwing a ball 16.5 lbs against someone in a bracket etc......if THEY knew I was, in that case I'd think they have a pretty legitimate argument against me.
But 7oz's is a lot to take out still, assuming one would care about something like that.
I wouldn't throw balls I knew were illegal either but then obeying the "rules" seems to be passe these days,. Most people figure they're getting screwed by someone somewhere along the line AND they can do anything they want that makes them feel like they're "evening out the score".
Lots of judges, lawyers, salesmen/women and many others in a professional capacity may never do anything illegal but they regularly do things that are both unethical, immoral and illicit, i.e. just plain wrong, yet their conscience is clear. I don't understand how they can live with themselves.
You and I are just too old-fashioned and behind the times.
/rant off (sorry I got carried away.)
Yes, even if you took out 3 - 5 ounces with a Switch grip and inserts and a huge weight hole, there's still 2 more ounces to remove before it's legal. I'd bet $100 right here and now that that ball is illegal right this second. But, again, who cares?
