The NFL will use independent equipment managers for Super Bowl XLIX, not those from the participating teams — but that has nothing to do with the ongoing Deflategate controversy.
This procedure was established before allegations of underinflated balls in the AFC Championship Game, though an NFL spokesman said Thursday the league "expects that the competition committee will review all of these procedures in the offseason."
Bears equipment manager Tony Medlin has been selected to secure the game balls for the Super Bowl, with a staff of ball boys — none of whom are affiliated with the Patriots or Seahawks.
"Like many aspects of our policies and procedures, there are modifications for the Super Bowl," NFL spokesman Michael Signora said. "At the Super Bowl, the equipment manager of another team [Medlin] is in charge of the game balls and arranging for the ball attendant crews, which are hired before the Super Bowl teams are determined. The officials will maintain strict control of the game balls for the Super Bowl.
"Many aspects of the regular-season process are in place. The Super Bowl teams receive balls to work with during practice as per our policies. The balls are then returned to the league late next week. We would expect that the Competition Committee will review all of these procedures in the offseason."
Among the things the NFL's competition committee is expected to review is the chain-of-custody issues related to the pregame inspection of footballs — certainly spurred by the Patriots' incident.
It's possible the NFL will put league-appointed ball attendants in place at all games, handling possession of the footballs after they're inspected by the game officials prior to games.
The current way it works — up until the Super Bowl — is the footballs are returned to team-appointed ball attendants after they've been inspected by game officials.
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