Probably the first thing parents think when their kid starts playing football is the head. After all, football involves a lot of colliding bodies ~ and bonking heads. Are some youth football helmets better than others? That’s a subject we wanted to explore, since we get asked about football helmets all the time. So here …
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 …
During football play, the knees are the most-vulnerable joint on the body. Luckily, modern advancements have delivered newfangled models of supportive and protective pads to keep knees safe and players on the field. With so many options, which knee pads are best for football play? Here, we present what we think are the 7 best …
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 …
New football fans must notice while watching games that there are differences between the professional games, and those of college athletic play. That’s because, well, NFL teams and college football teams are quite different, and play under different sets of rules. The major difference between NFL and college football teams is compensation: players have salaries …
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Working as a National Football League referee is not an easy occupation, and new fans may see mostly older-looking refs on television and wonder if there are any rules in terms of their ages. How old are NFL referees, exactly? The average age for an NFL referee is 51 years old. Among minimum requirements for …
To new National Football League fans, who have only seen games on television, the playing surfaces may all look the same ~ a kind of deep-green perfection. In actuality, what are NFL fields made of? Do all NFL stadiums have the same turf? All NFL fields could be considered turf ~ but not all of …
