Comments on: How the Football Field Was Designed, from Hash Marks to Goal Posts http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2012/09/how-the-football-field-was-designed-from-hash-marks-to-goal-posts/ Thu, 16 May 2013 20:56:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Lance http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2012/09/how-the-football-field-was-designed-from-hash-marks-to-goal-posts/#comment-296 Lance Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:55:15 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/?p=1655#comment-296 Canada also uses the "slingshot" goal post and although the crossbar is on the goal line, the post is not. The endzones in the Canadian game are twice as deep as the American and the field is 10 yds longer and 12 yds wider with only 3 downs and 12 players. Canada also uses the “slingshot” goal post and although the crossbar is on the goal line, the post is not.
The endzones in the Canadian game are twice as deep as the American and the field is 10 yds longer and 12 yds wider with only 3 downs and 12 players.

]]> By: David Morgan http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2012/09/how-the-football-field-was-designed-from-hash-marks-to-goal-posts/#comment-295 David Morgan Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:22:46 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/?p=1655#comment-295 Hash marks are mentioned but their origin is not explained. The story I heard is they were the invention of George Halas. At the very beginning the Chicago Bears were playing in an armory with the sidelines literally up against the walls. This was awkward and, of course, dangerous for play. So he created "hash-marks" a certain distance from the walls to place the downed ball in a safe position to resume play. Correct me if I am wrong. Hash marks are mentioned but their origin is not explained. The story I heard is they were the invention of George Halas. At the very beginning the Chicago Bears were playing in an
armory with the sidelines literally up against the walls. This was awkward and, of course, dangerous for play. So he created “hash-marks” a certain distance from the walls to place the downed ball in a safe position to resume play. Correct me if I am wrong.

]]> By: Adrian http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/2012/09/how-the-football-field-was-designed-from-hash-marks-to-goal-posts/#comment-288 Adrian Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:48:38 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/design/?p=1655#comment-288 Thanks for the interesting article. I did want to dispute this misconception in the article, though: "soccer – also known as football to everyone else in the world". That's simply not true. In many countries with other strong football traditions (rugby union or league, Australian rules, etc), association football is called soccer. There's an entire wikipedia article on this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_association_football Thanks for the interesting article.

I did want to dispute this misconception in the article, though: “soccer – also known as football to everyone else in the world”. That’s simply not true. In many countries with other strong football traditions (rugby union or league, Australian rules, etc), association football is called soccer. There’s an entire wikipedia article on this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_association_football

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