Just another point to add to what Becky wrote. Many people forget that the collection (within limitations that are in place) of wild Ball Pythons is a commodity for the countries in Africa where these snakes are present. There are meny people there that making a living and feed there families by collecting these animals. As many have previously stated, the population in the wild hasn't suffered from the collecting, at least according to the last surveys that were conducted.

If importation to the US was banned, and even if a ban was placed into the other large importing countries (i.e. European countries), the Ball Pythons would still get collected and exported. There is a large market for Ball Pythons in Eastern and South Eastern Asia for Ball Pythons. These countries are using the hides for numerous things, and also eat the meat.

Lastly, as for the discussion about Morphs, to the best of my knowledge, I am unaware of any Ball Python mutation that popped up out of breeding to Normals together. It has happened in other species (especially Corn Snakes) that new mutations were created by the luck of the breeder in putting two Heterozygous animals together without knowing. With that said, every Ball Python base mutation to date has come from the wild.

Just some food for thought,