SPORTS BALL

An inflatable sports ball (10) comprising: an interior bladder (16); a cover (12) disposed about the interior bladder (16), the cover (12) comprising a plurality of adjoining panels (28) and defining: a plurality of peripheral seams (38) disposed between adjoining ones of the plurality of adjoining panels (28) and each peripheral seam (38) having a seam length (45), wherein the peripheral seams (38) have a first aggregate deboss length from about 135 centimeters to about 150 centimeters; an exterior surface (13); a plurality of interior channels (34) extending radially inward from the exterior surface (13) of the cover (12) and having a deboss length, each interior channel (34) defining a debossed feature provided within a central region of one or more of the plurality of panels (28), such that each of the interior channels (34) is non-contiguous with and spaced apart from each of the other interior channels (34) by a first pre-defined distance and each of the interior channels (34) is non-contiguous with and spaced apart from each of the plurality of peripheral seams (38) by at least a second pre-defined distance, wherein the interior channels (34) have a second aggregate deboss length greater than 675 centimeters; and wherein the cover (12) has an aggregate feature length comprising the sum of the first aggregate deboss length and the second aggregate deboss length, the aggregate feature length is from about 800 centimeters to about 1200 centimeters.