People who become fans of football soon notice small details on all the uniforms. The big helmet atop every player’s head attracts the eyes, and many fans are left to wonder about all the logos and stickers adhered to them. On football helmets, besides team logos and center stripes, some college and high school teams …
It’s the part of the football uniform that many fans first notice: those big shiny spherical things on players’ heads, adorned with the colors and emblems. Young fans, including some who have yet to wear a football helmet, are left to wonder what those things are made of. Football helmets are made from various materials, …
After watching zebra-striped referees running amongst the players in National Football League games, many fans wonder about what it would take to be one of them: a game official in the NFL. Besides dreaming about what the experience would be like, many fans wonder about the rewards. NFL refs make on average about $200,000 a …
It is not uncommon when a fan new to the National Football League wonders how the referees get scheduled for games. Is there a schedule for each week, like at your work? Do they bid against each other for highly desired assignments, like flight attendants? Game officials are assigned to work NFL games via a …
It can sure look like pure mayhem seeing National Football League games on television, with all the large men crowding the same confined space wearing dark and white jerseys ~ with zebra-striped shirts peppered in. The latter of course are the referees, and our readers often ask us how many there are, and what each …
It seems kind of weird each season when National Football League games are held in London in the overseas United Kingdom ~ where no NFL teams are based. Why is that? Since 2007, the NFL has been scheduling games in London in a significant effort to establish a presence in the metropolis and its nation. …
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is chock full of superstars, along with coaches and club personnel and officials who helped the league grow over more than a century. Some clubs have been around since the beginning in 1920 ~ and therefore send many players to the Hall. Who sends the most players? The Chicago …
Fans new to the sport of football may watch several games, and begin to wonder about the fields they see on television. They can all look so different on the tube, with varying colors or shades of the turf, weird shadows, and lighting. There is much to know about NFL fields, but then again, there …
Fledgling football fans are bound to wonder just how many zebra-stripe-shirt referees are on the field during games. So we looked into it ~ there are 7 referees during National Football League games ~ and were intrigued about their titles and job duties. The 7 officials in football are the referee, umpire, down judge, line …
Any fan new to National Football League games has to be amazed at how much the referees control games and all the action. They seem to be everywhere on the field. Baseball long ago had a problem with gambling; but is the NFL concerned with gambling on games? National Football League referees cannot bet on …
