Cynical old man here says that all this talk of the ball making a difference is made up by marketing people to sell more balls. It's not hard to coax someone i

Cynical old man here says that all this talk of the ball making a difference is made up by marketing people to sell more balls. It's not hard to coax someone into saying Coke tastes different to Pepsi. It does, but not enough to make a real difference to anything. Similarly you can get someone to say one ball is different to another. And you will, if you want to get people to buy this special world cup ball. We've all played with different balls at times. Did it ever matter at all? I think that prior has to stand until there's some quite compelling evidence that isn't just advertising in disguise.