It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL one year’s supply of footballs. Wilson Sporting Goods is the official supplier to the NFL and they manufacture around 700,000 regulation footballs each year. Wilson needs about 35,000 cow hides to manufacture all of those footballs. That means a single cow hide can make about 20 footballs. The NFL needs about 11,520 footballs for all of its games every season and that doesn’t even include practice.
So to honor the noble cows who literally have some skin in the game, we are petitioning the NFL to have one Sunday during the season proclaimed “NFL Cow Day.” On a Sunday Afternoon we will demonstrate our love for those that gave their lives so that we may play by featuring them in an extravagant barbecue.
So fire up the coals and start grilling them steaks, Yum!