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compball
10-09-2010, 04:40 PM
...or just in really bad shape??

It is a Tagliabue era ball (1990-2005) in really worn shape.

It looks like a typical F1000 ball except for the faint stamping "RDO" under the "Made in USA" stamping.

Hope the pictures do it justice...hope someone can help!

Let me know if you need any other info

Thanks

Mulligans
10-09-2010, 05:05 PM
It may be difficult to get a definitve answer to your question, but rarely will you see a GU ball with that kind of use.

If its not authenticated as "Game Used" it really is pretty difficult to give it that status without some sort of provenance attached to it.

......A good ball either way!

compball
10-09-2010, 05:10 PM
Thanks for the quick response.

Yeah, it's pretty worn out.

I have seen some pictures of similar footballs and they all tend to have some sort of marking similar to "RDO" but different letter combos and location found on the ball. Do this letters have any significance? Or are they just Wilson's internal control markings?

I knew that pre-2006 game used balls did not have the team name lasered in so it would be harder to tell then. Regardless this is a nice ball--hope to get an autograph on it one day and put away!