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Edited on 8/23/2005 2:56 PM

Edited on 8/25/2005 7:25 PM

[quotewhat stops another company from slapping the same name on a ball and have it be different?[/quote]

For one, the RG and differential could be measured on a randomly chosen ball (i.e., not one provided by the manufacturer).  If Lane 1 were to submit one ball for approval but put a different core in the mass-produced version without telling anyone, a spot check would bear that out.

Further, someone could cut the ball open and discover that the core is or is not as advertised.  Admittedly, with a Lane 1 ball, it'd be an expensive proposition, but it could be done nonetheless.

And I think that any company dishonest enough to do something like that wouldn't be in business for a long time.  It'd be nothing for the USBS to deny any new balls that they submitted.  That'd kill their business pretty effectively.

SH