Physics of The 2022 World Cup with John Eric Goff
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Is the New World Cup a Good Idea?
In the 80s, if we were playing a team from another country in their stadium, we would need to get the ball that they use. We could blind test balls. The players didn't like it because there's a long history of long diagonal passes,. And for that, you're going to clock over the 50 mile an hour speeds when you hit the ball. This then affects the coefficient goal ratio within games.
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