@tour2ma said:
A pig under a rubber tree... well that's just silly...
These days, footballs are typically made from cowhide or vulcanized rubber, making their nickname "pigskins" somewhat ironic. Football fans often perpetuate the idea that footballs used to be made of pigskin, which is how they got their nickname, but it turns out this isn't the case.
http://gizmodo.com/were-footballs-ever-really-made-of-pigskin-1513061556
First Vietnam and now no pigskin? Next thing you'll tell me is there is no Santa on draft day. I feel so disillusioned.