Cfl Field Size
CFL Alumnus Prince McJunkins Passes Prince McJunkins a former quarterback in the CFL passed away at the age of 60. No quarterback in NCAA history before McJunkins – who played at Wichita State for coach Willie Jeffries from 1979-82 – rushed for more than 2,000 yards and passed for more than 4,000 during their career. Canadian football (French: football canadien) is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play 110 yards (101 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area. The CFL football dimensions are defined in Rule 1, Section 2 of the Rulebook. The official CFL ball is 11 to 11 1/4 inches long with a short circumference range of 21 to 21 1/4 inches and long circumference range of 28 to 28 1/2 inches.
CFL (Canadian Football League) Excerpts from rules and regulations pertaining to kicking. RULE 1 - CONDUCT OF THE GAME SECTION 1 – THE FIELD Article 1 – Regulation Fields. Vertical posts (goal posts) shall be placed and centred on each Goal Line. The CFL field is 53% bigger than the NFL and only two additional players. Often receivers just coming from the NFL, experienced leg pains in the CFL. In terms of faster pace and endurance, the CFL is much more demanding. For the most part, considering the rules and size of the field, CFL and NFL teams are seeking a different style of athlete.
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Cfl Football Field Size
Football fans watching the Canadian Football League games starting in the 2015 season will see a few changes related to the field of play.
CFL officials are citing these changes as “improvements to the game,” and will start with a complete alteration to the size of the playing field – They will be introducing the world’s first and only metric football field. The customary 110-yard long field will change to 110-metres which is 120.2 yards. The 20-yard end zones increase to 21.8-yards (20-metres) and the field width will change from 65-yards to 71-yards (65-metres).
Other alterations coming to the CFL include a change in the color of the grass from green to magenta (hot pink), with the lines and markings on the field changing from white to brown. League officials claim the color changes will make the game easier to follow on live television and will not interfere with various forms of colorblindness.
“What a crock!” Stated a representative from the players union. “The changes have nothing to do with the fans. The league has been pissed off at players filing grievances during the off-season regarding the distance they run in an average game.”
CFL officials stick by their plan to make the game more fun for fans with vision problems, and explained it in a news release with the statement: “The Canadian Institute for the Blind has endorsed these enhancements and fully support the CFL in leading the way in addressing these issues.”
Former Toronto Argonaut running back Michael “Pinball” Clemons agrees with the CFL union, saying the white- on-green combination has always been the recognized standard in the world of football. “These horrible colors the league is trying to use do nothing more than ‘gay up’ the game. As for these distance changes, clearly the CFL does not want any more records set or broken.” Clemons currently holds a number of those records. “It is a sad day for football when you have to try to figure out where your 30-metre line seat is and why the players are on their fourth down with centimeters when they should be on fourth and inches.”
There has not been a statement made by the union representing the CFL officials, although Clemons speculates that “…The only blind ones on the field are the officials, and colors aren’t going to fix that.”