Today's Tidbit... It Wasn't Always A Level Playing Field
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Football fields today are generally well-manicured or have artificial turf, and we reasonably assume the fields are level or properly crowned from one end line to the other. But that was not always so. For example, the image shows Ohio Wesleyan's field during the 1918 season, when the goal posts were still on the goal line.
Today's Tidbit... It Wasn't Always A Level Playing Field
Today's Tidbit... It Wasn't Always A Level…
Today's Tidbit... It Wasn't Always A Level Playing Field
Football fields today are generally well-manicured or have artificial turf, and we reasonably assume the fields are level or properly crowned from one end line to the other. But that was not always so. For example, the image shows Ohio Wesleyan's field during the 1918 season, when the goal posts were still on the goal line.