In North America, the game of football is played primarily in the winter time which means sometimes we have football in the snow. For me, this is the best type of football. It is also a lot of fun when it is raining and the field gets all muddy and slippery but it is just something about football in the snow that makes me smile. Perhaps it is because I am sitting at home watching it from my warm sofa or at the local casino sports book or sports bar sipping a cool and refreshing non-alcoholic St. Pauli Girl beer or hot chocolate or coffee and not there freezing.
Now to be clear, when I am talking about football, at least for this discussion, I am talking about the National Football League (NFL) and the game played with the oval ball, not the round ball. American football evolved in the United States and originated from the sport of rugby football. The first game of American football was played on November 6, 1869, between two college teams, Rutgers and Princeton, using rules resembling a mix of rugby and soccer. The National Football League, the most popular American football league, has the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world while the championship game, the Super Bowl, ranks among the most-watched club sporting events in the world. Can you believe the NFL has an annual revenue of around $10 billion USD.
Football games are played on a rectangular field that measures 120 yards (110 m) long and 53.33 yards (48.76 m) wide. White lines marked along the ends and sides of the field are known respectively as the end lines and side lines, and goal lines are marked 10 yards (9.1 m) inward from each end line. There are a bunch of other lines and markings on the field, also in white. Now when these are covered in snow or mud they are obviously hard to see. For some reason, when they build new stadiums in cities like Chicago or Green Bay, they build these stadiums with an open roof. Of course this lets all the weather elements in and we get football in the snow or rain and mud. I don’t know why they do this. Oh sure there is the point of no roof lowering the cost of construction but still, how much can a roof cost really? For some reason they are building a new stadium here in Las Vegas and it will have a roof so why not in Chicago or New England or any of these other cold and snowy places? When you put a roof on you can have events year round regardless of the weather. If I were to build I stadium I would have a retractable roof where I could open it on sunny days and close it on snowy days. Oh wait! Unless it was a football game and then I would leave it open. Yes, when I am in charge things will be different.
Ok, off my soap box now…
In 2015 I was thinking about Super Bowl XLIX, or the Big Game or whatever they are calling it, and wondered if there would be snow that year. I quickly remembered it would be played in Arizona and they do not get much snow there so… Plus the stadium the Arizona Cardinals play in has a roof for some reason.
I guess I really should be asking why they put roofs on at all? Less roofs means more chance of football in the snow and more smiles for me!
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Cool, I really love football, most especially if I saw someone who plays in the snow, I think its really fun even though I didn’t experience it :). Nice post!
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Where do you live Edward? Is it a city with cold and snow? You could always check out that book I linked to at the end, pick up a football as well, grad a few friends and try it yourself. 🙂
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Sad to say, but no, the place where I live doesn’t have a winter season, but it is still cold :D. Well, I will be traveling soon with my friends in a country where there’s a winter season, and I will surely try this one. 🙂
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I have never experienced this but an awesome way to have fun and get paid.
Yes, I live in the desert so not much snow here but it is fun to watch on the television.
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Hello Troy, thanks for letting know about such awesome gaming experience of rugby during snowing time. I don’t want watch rugby but whenever I’ve seen so far not seen anything as you mentioned.
Yes I’ve seen soccer game while snow storm is running, so it’s a bit different experience. However, have you tried bubble soccer! It’s an another fun game to play.
I will look into ‘bubble soccer’. Thanks for the heads up.
Isn’t ‘rugby’ generally played in the summer months? American ‘football’ is played mostly through early winter with the championship game played in February.
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In north America and most of European country people like football very nuch.
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I linked to at the end, pick up a football as well, grad a few friends and try it yourself. ?
If you do, let us know how it worked out.
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I think its really fun even though I didn’t experience it :). Nice post!
I think its really fun even though I didn’t experience it :). Nice post!
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Just a few more games this season. Who do you think will be Champs this year?
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Since our Bears are out of it… LOL! So, Patriots. Sounds good.
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I love Soccer. And watching soccer at any time is really exciting. But only for fun you can play and watch soccer in winter. I don’t allow serious soccer in winter.
I agree! There was so much energy in that place, with a lot more fast action than regular football.
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I like the idea of having a stadium with retractable roof. It makes it a perfect venue for playing football or soccer whatever the weather.
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Playing football in rain and snow is a feeling that every Footballer wants to feel.
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The article is very informative. Football is very interesting game. I prefer it on the snow or dry field. I especially like to play football in the rainy day. But it seems playing football in the snow is best.
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