Why is a football egg-shaped?

Question

Why is a football egg-shaped?

Answer 1

why not?

Answer 2

How is a football being egg-shaped related to Geology? I don't see anything thats geologic about that question. I'll answer your question anyways. A football is egg-shaped so you can put your hand around it to throw it across the field and so it can fly easier in the air also.

Answer 3

So it can have the special characteristic to play with it.

Answer 4

So it is more areodinamic when flying through the air to help it have more accuracy when it is being thrown to someone.

Answer 5

oval is better to throw.

Answer 6

It used to be made from several pigs ears sewed together longways.

Answer 7

It was originally based on an inflated pig's bladder.

Answer 8

its not. An egg is rounder at one end than the other. A football the same shape at both ends