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 …
Fans new to football are first attracted to the nonstop, intense action. After that, they begin wondering about things like the field, the white lines drawn on it, the end zones, and of course those really tall yellow poles at either end of the field. What’s the story with the goalposts? Football field goalposts are …
Football fields look big, whether you see them on television, or in real life at a park, school, or stadium. There’s a lot of green turf, and all those white lines kind of make them look bigger. How do football fields compare in size with, say, an acre? A single, full football field cannot fit …
Among the many “gee whiz?” aspects that new fans may notice while watching National Football League games, the numbers on the back of referees’ jerseys must be near the top of the list. What, do they think they’re stars on the field, too? NFL referees wear numbers to make it easier for everyone to identify …
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Most football fans have seen the whitewashed games late in every season: a snow storm hits the stadium pre- or mid-game, and National Football League games are not postponed by weather so games must continue. For these very well-paid athletes, have you ever wondered if the league or teams do anything to help players in …
While football is certainly a manly game, that doesn’t mean all the gear worn by players have to be uber-masculine. For instance there’s the girdle, kind of football’s version of sliding shorts in baseball: tight shorts snugly holding pads underneath uniform pants. Old football players may not be aware of the girdle, as long ago …
As artificial turf has become more affordable, more youth and school football leagues have installed the fake grass because it saves money from the ongoing need to water, mow, and maintain grass. Since all football cleats are not made for every surface, we spent some time trying to help young football players (and parents) with …
New fans watching National Football League games are apt to wonder why the surface of the playing field does not look the same for each contest. These fans soon after learn that NFL fields are either real grass, or artificial turf. Is fake grass installed in most NFL stadiums, and if so, why? Through the …
