Football Field
Football is a team sport. There is no one person that can win a game
alone, however, there are definitely positions that get more of the lime
light than others get. Quarterbacks for instance are some of the
players that will get the most attention when it comes to football.
Football is a big dollar sport in America, but chances are some people
don't know that much about the places that hold the games.
Football is played on a field that is 120 yards long. The playing field
is 100 yards. The stadiums that house the fields come in all sorts of
varieties. The first variations of stadiums are if it is indoors or
outdoors. An outdoor stadium can sometimes lead to the players playing
in brutal winter conditions or a down pour of rain. There is really no
stopping a football game
There have only been a few recorded games that have been canceled or
moved because of the weather. The most recent was when a dome collapsed
under the weight of the snow on top of it. The game was postponed and
moved to a neighboring city so that the teams could play. In other words
it takes quite an under taking to stop a football game.
The field itself can come in many different variations also. The basic
break down of the field is if it is real or fake. There aren't to many
stadiums that have real grass anymore. Hienz Field in Pittsburgh is one
of the only big name stadiums were the field is made up of real grass.
This in and of itself can be quite a challenge to the players.
The other kind is fake grass. This is also known as Astroturf. Over the
years Astroturf has gone through many different updates. The fake grass
that they now use today is much more realistic and forgiving than the
old grass was. The old Astroturf was hard to land on and created nasty
burns on any part of your body that was not covered.
