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Here's exactly how the NFL will now handle footballs before every game (Shutdown Corner)

It's been almost eight months since the AFC Championship Game, and deflate-gate is still raging on, but in the meantime the NFL has instituted rule changes in hopes of preventing another PSI-related controversy.

According to rule changes recently announced by the league, officials will now record PSI levels of all 24 footballs submitted by each team prior to the game and will usher the balls to the field for kickoff. Much of the deflate-gate drama has centered on referee Walt Anderson's recollection of pressure gauge readings prior to the January playoff game between the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts as well as Patriots employee Jim McNally's pregame pit stop in a Gillette Stadium bathroom with the game balls.