plastic ball?

[Hoop27]

I'm curious to see if anyone has ever experimented with making/using a plastic ball as opposed to felt or foam?

i was just thinking back to the old Coleco CFL game I had and it had a magnetic football for the kicker. And as I recall you could actually shoot it pretty far.

My thoughts on the plastic is other than making a ball look better, it may be more consistent to use and not break down nearly as fast.

Just curious if it's been tried.