[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

I don't remember any particular problems getting soccer balls in '10 or the tubes in '11 or the basketballs in '12.

Perhaps we were just lucky and ordered early.

You were lucky in 10 then. A lot of teams couldn't get the correct ball and their ball possesion mechanisms didn't work properly with the real surface finish that the balls had.

I had forgotten about how bad that was until I saw this note.

Also in 11 I remember there being a 2 week delay in the game pieces shipping after kick off.

12 and 13 were better but availability was still limited.