I remember it being a big deal in Ace Ventura, but it was just a movie and didn’t think anything of it. But watching games this weekend and having announcers talk about it and praising kickers when the holder can’t get them facing out I’m wondering why laces out is a big thing.
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Because the laces stick out a little bit from the surface of the football. If you hit them it can throw off the trajectory of the kick and make the kicker miss the field goal/extra point. You want a consistent surface that you kick every time and hitting the laces can throw that off.
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