PAUL: As if you need me to tell you, it is the first Sunday of the NFL season. It is. The teams are itching to get back on the field.</s>SAVIDGE: But thanks to deflategate, they are going to be playing by some new rules. Nine-year NFL veteran and CNN sports anchor Cory Wire is here with more on those rules.</s>PAUL: No more gates, right?</s>COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: The game's going to look a little different. For example, the extra point rule. But it's changes to the pregame protocols regarding the inspection of game balls that's getting the most buzz. The football world is a different place in the wake of deflategate. Here's a quick primer.</s>WIRE (voice-over): If the NFL's learned one thing, it's that they never want the air pressure of game balls to cause such great controversy ever again. So, this season, the league is making changes to their football inspection protocol. Here are a few. Before each game, two members of the officiating crew will measure the psi of the footballs and they'll record the measurements while a league security ref watches every step. Previously, only one official checked the pressure. They didn't keep any sort of record and the league didn't have anyone overseeing the process. All 24 footballs for each team, the 12 for play and 12 backups will be numbered, whereas in the past, they were not. Each approved football will be stamped with the referee's personalized distinctive mark. The NFL security ref will then escort a football coordinator in charge of transporting the footballs to the sideline where they're given to the team ready for play. Throughout the season, the NFL will randomly select games where they'll respect each team's footballs at half time. The coordinator will transport the footballs escorted by NFL security, of course.
NFL Changes Game Ball Rules after Deflategate.