The UFL gives football fans something to watch in the spring and does not compete with the NFL. They are not legally tied to the NFL but help showcase borderline talent, so they function as a minor league in practice. They also been a laboratory for potential rule changes.
TLDR, they experimented with different widths, eventually settling on a width and then modified it to account for American sawmills not producing lumber longer than 24 feet.
Im aligned with you on the UFL rule, tho it is fascinating to consider if Thompson had been successful how the game would have changed. It definitely seems like the passing game succeeded in "opening" the game based on old scores compared to modern scores, but it is interesting to think of the strategy had been to kick so much more often and a TD was less important than a kick...would teams basically try to down the ball inside the five?
Is this UFL thing meant to be a competitor to the NFL, like how the ABA and the WHA challenged the NBA and the NHL in the '70s?
The UFL gives football fans something to watch in the spring and does not compete with the NFL. They are not legally tied to the NFL but help showcase borderline talent, so they function as a minor league in practice. They also been a laboratory for potential rule changes.
Minor league football. Nice.
What's the history behind the widths of the goal posts? They seem very specific, rather than an even 20 or 22 feet. Thanks.
I think an early article will answer your question. https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/todays-tidbit-setting-new-standards
TLDR, they experimented with different widths, eventually settling on a width and then modified it to account for American sawmills not producing lumber longer than 24 feet.
Im aligned with you on the UFL rule, tho it is fascinating to consider if Thompson had been successful how the game would have changed. It definitely seems like the passing game succeeded in "opening" the game based on old scores compared to modern scores, but it is interesting to think of the strategy had been to kick so much more often and a TD was less important than a kick...would teams basically try to down the ball inside the five?