So apparently American Football fields must run north to south unless granted special permission by the NFL comission. You learn something new every day.
So apparently American Football fields must run north to south unless granted special permission by the NFL comission. You learn something new every day.
Wow really?
Why?
There are no goalposts...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crete ?
It's called Operation Mercury.
Mercury Bay is also north of Thames, which gave me more hope for it to be correct. But I also don't see/can't find anything there
Presumably, the vast majority of american football fields will be in the northern hemisphere, so the team going south may still get the sun in their eyes, especially in northern climes in the winter.
even aside from that - say you go out to receive a pass, if you are running a wide route, you will be looking east-west to your quarterback and so will run the risk of losing the ball in the sun.
I know it isn't your rule - I am just hoping (for the sake of national pride) that it is an old wives' tale.
edit: spelling
Presumably, the vast majority of american football fields will be in the northern hemisphere, so the team going south may still get the sun in their eyes, especially in northern climes in the winter.
even aside from that - say you go out to receive a pass, if you are running a wide route, you will be looking east-west to your quarterback and so will run the risk of losing the ball in the sun.
I know it isn't your rule - I am just hoping (for the sake of national pride) that it is an old wives' tale.
edit: spelling
I think it makes sense. It's not clear from what you've written if you know that they switch ends of the field mid-game. It's not perfect, but it evens things out. I can imagine that passing and running on the axis of the sunset would be kind of terrible.
In fact, I never understood why they switched sides (since the grounds presumably can be maintained/controlled at the NFL level so that one side of the field doesn't have some advantage) but this makes a lot more sense.
Triple post but... I think the fact that there are 2 AF fields in the picture might be helpful afterall. If this place has (at least) 2 fields, then they must expect to have (at least) 2 games going on at the same time, at some point. Because of this, I'm pretty sure we need to be focussing on North America, because I don't think the sport is popular enough anywhere else in the world.
Triple post but... I think the fact that there are 2 AF fields in the picture might be helpful afterall. If this place has (at least) 2 fields, then they must expect to have (at least) 2 games going on at the same time, at some point. Because of this, I'm pretty sure we need to be focussing on North America, because I don't think the sport is popular enough anywhere else in the world.
Actually, as I was thinking about this, that probably means it's not a school.
maybe a ymca or something...(dunno what it would be called in other parts of the world)
Looking at a ymca in Hastings NE, the fields look similar (as opposed to high school fields which pretty much all had yards marked and bleachers).
By the way, don't even bother looking north of Hastings. I found it through another lead I was persuing...Well, Hastings NE should be sufficient for any proficient Googler.
The quest was very interesting indeed.Huh, not what I would have thought of as messenger.
I found one that looks veeery similar to the photo, but not identical.
By the way, don't even bother looking north of Hastings. I found it through another lead I was persuing...Well, Hastings NE should be sufficient for any proficient Googler.
I found it easily from that info.
The quest was very interesting indeed.Huh, not what I would have thought of as messenger.
Yes, but some extra differences were there too.I found one that looks veeery similar to the photo, but not identical.
Was the difference it didnthave the big Red X in it?
The quest was very interesting indeed.Huh, not what I would have thought of as messenger.
Yes, but some extra differences were there too.I found one that looks veeery similar to the photo, but not identical.
Was the difference it didnthave the big Red X in it?
Aw, come on, post the answer!
Another way to be certain it's a US football field: the distance between the two goal lines is shorter than the distance for the 100m race on the track.
Aw, come on, post the answer!
Another way to be certain it's a US football field: the distance between the two goal lines is shorter than the distance for the 100m race on the track.
I'm too dumb. I don't get it. :(
Got this too.
Did you find any sites of old world battles?
I found a city named after a American revolutionary war battle