Ace venture laces were out

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In the movie Ace Ventura, Ray Finkles field goal miss is blamed on the “laces being in”.

Explain to someone from Europe who doesn’t know American football why that means

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The laces on a football, which is used when throwing the ball to put spin on the ball, were facing the kicker instead of away from the kicker. This gives a kind of awkward uneven surface to kick he ball, that makes the ball not necessarily go the direction the kicker is trying to kick it.

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