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Scientists prove Jabulani is crazy

Scientists prove Jabulani is crazy

Posted: 2010-07-07 14:46

Criticism of adidas' World Cup ball, Jabulani, is justified according to scientists.

From Iker Casillas to Robinho to Fabio Capello and former Liverpool striker Craig Johnson even wrote a passionate 12-page letter to Sepp Blatter on how the Adidas ball "could ruin the game as we know it," rocket scientists are backing the claim.

American space scientists, NASA's aerodynamics people at the Ames Investigation Centre, managed to get some MLS players to kick a Jabulani around and test results confirm what everyone has been saying: Jabulani's scanty 440 gram weight, coupled with the high-altitude conditions in South Africa, means when at speeds of 70 kilometres an hour or more the ball becomes susceptible to something called the 'knuckle effect'.

That's aerodynamic shorthand for "it swerves all around like crazy at high speeds because of the air flow on the seams and stuff," which isn't so bad when you get goals like this.

adidas have yet to respond to the new scientifically-based criticisms, and Sepp Blatter and Fifa are already meeting in September to discuss the horrible aftermath left in Jabulani's zig-zagging wake.

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Wonder: 2010-07-07 15:08

Nike and Puma are sponsoring this outcry, the ball is fine as was shown by Diego Forlan in morethan one occasion!!!!!

Papas: 2010-07-07 15:18

And I did not hear Schnaider or David Villa complain about the ball......

Jonathan: 2010-07-07 15:24

Scientists are also Human.So no need to worry.

ANGEL : 2010-07-07 15:35

Rockt scientists testn a ball? dnt ths inteligent hve anythng beta 2 do lyk buildn new space shuttles?...

JS 1: 2010-07-07 16:00

That still ok that Jabulani is only crazy at 70km They have not seen Jo bulani he is crazy from the start. I wonder who is going to complain about it. I believe that they just jealous.

G.Leremi 7: 2010-07-07 16:19

The bottom line is: GOALS WERE SCORED!

Teh show started very dry, until goals started coming, which means 'strikers' would always find their way into the net, with either object (ball)!

mosimanegape: 2010-07-07 16:22

all the flops of 2010 swc like torres will complain just bcoz they failed to find the back of the net, forlan, villa, sneijer haven't uttered any rubbish about jabulani. if these acclaimed goal machines can't complain and continue banging goals it means its ok.

Nare: 2010-07-07 16:39

C'mon now fellas, surely you all saw how that ball swerved towards Holland keeper last night; he had moved in the right direction but the ball changed its trajectory!

Dikotsi: 2010-07-07 16:42

The so called scientists to prove the known. Damn, i would give my sponsor the same answer to get paid.
The Europeans are alwasy looking for something to blame. We never complained about playing this world cup in winter. Yeah, they were the first to complain abotu the ball. Italians and Germans.

sebati: 2010-07-07 17:03

Isn't it funny that it is the ones who have lost and who had the highest expectations being the ones who are complaining? I am not saying there is nothing wrong with the ball, but to me this is starting to sound like an excuse in the making for their defeats. Will Diego Forlan also complain, or the Japanese?

sebati: 2010-07-07 17:04

Have these scientists even played the beautiful game?

JMasterJ: 2010-07-07 17:52

It was witnessed on various occassion that the ball is affected by the altitude.
Why FIFA is playing the tournamnet with a different ball anyway?
Surely adidas can use the same ball that is used worldwide and just simply name/theme if for the world cup, why do they have to change the material and weight and all that?

KidKudu7: 2010-07-07 18:26

I have seen the Jabulani ball on plenty of occassions and the way it has been fooling the goalkeepers. Even in yesterday's game, the Dutch keeper ws caught napping because of the Jabulani ball. I'm not saying it should be abolished cause in a way it makes the game to be more exciting!!!

KidKudu7: 2010-07-07 18:27

Rocket scientists??? What do the know about soccer anyway???

heous: 2010-07-07 19:22

Well Fifa has a lot of questions to answer.Fifa is adamant to bring goal line technology into the game because they claim errors and controversy make the game more exciting.I think that is so so outrageous!Such comment is a slap in the face to teams like Ghana and England.Well with this revelation,Fifa has to come good and bow in shame.To all those displaying your arrogance and lack of knowledge in basic science by saying that what business has scientists got to do with football,well i want to tell them that there is a term in science called ''aerodynamics''.That is the movement of objects in the air so if scientist study the movement of the jabulani in the air and finds that it has some disparities ,then adidas has some questions to answer too bing stiff neck over the whole issue after footballers have complained and complained and yet they still stood their grounds.Now again whether this whole issue is a conspiracy theory between Nike and Puma against adidas or not the subject at hand is the Jabulani and if really it has some disparities then i think there is no conspiracy theory at all because then Nike and Puma are indeed raising a genuine concern!

ahmed : 2010-07-07 20:02

jahbulani is a ball for future stars not old legs,the only reason germany are successful at world cup is bcos they have a young team,and it is easy for them to flow with the wave and speed of the ball.

ironduke: 2010-07-07 23:01

Jabulani is like Nissan Tiida, it swerves on the Road...what a ka*k car.

Gilad: 2010-07-08 04:51

The ball sucks and you are being defensive because it has an African name!!! The only player who really nailed that ball was Forlan. I saw so many crosses over hit, and shots fly over the goals. This ball was not made by adidad, it was made by Pfizer, ask Pele.

Swona: 2010-07-08 07:34

this scientist have nothing to do, someone must give them work to do!

Phakz: 2010-07-08 08:03

What was the hypothesis?
Prove that Mjay is not crazy?

KING: 2010-07-08 08:13

Even if the findings proves Javas to be crazy, its not going to change any results or anything.

let the Scientist do what they do best, these are the same people who questioned the existence of God, can we trust such people.

Jabulani " JAVAS" is just a ball

CDM: 2010-07-08 09:54

We cannot blame Javas for the ball swerving from Forlan's strike because the Cape Town stadium is @ LOW altitude. Beside, almost everything becoms unstable @ high alti. the ball wud hav 2 look like a Boeing 747 to be stable @ high alitude.