Monday, I'm tired.

Re: Monday, I'm tired.

Not sure if this is correct, Gary, but didn't they go from a more or less H shape to the current Y shape?

Re: Monday, I'm tired.

and they went from straight up and down to "offset" so that the posts are back from the upright(s)

Re: Monday, I'm tired.

I think they are taller. Or maybe the players are getting shorter? ;-)

Tom

I think I know the three

I've seen old videos, and aside from the H to Y shape and what appears to be a lower height, the positon in the back of the end zone should be the last thing you need.

Steven

Re: Monday, Most but not all.

Jim, John, Tom and Steve get stars for their observations but there is still one item on my list that needs mentioned. Remember, American Footall.

OK

H to Y look

Offset so that crossbar is over rear end zone line but post further back

Taller uprights height

Moved from goal line to rear of end zone.

WAG

Were they perhaps, way back in the leather helmet days, made of wood?

Re: Monday Answer(s)

I called attention to American Football not just NFL football. And yes, they were wood early on.

� In 1991 the college goalposts were reduced in width to 18'6", the width of NFL goal posts. In 1991 and 1992, this meant severe angles for short field goal attempts, since the hashmarks were still located 53'4" apart. In 1993, the NCAA narrowed the distance between the hashmarks to 40' (which was the width of hashmarks in the NFL until 1972, when they were narrowed to 18'6").

� Like the collegiate goalposts, the NFL goal posts were located on the goal line. They were moved to the rear of the end zone in 1974, as a result of the narrowed hashmark distance of 1972, which had made for easier field-goal angles.

� In 1967, the NFL adopted the "slingshot" (Y) goalpost, with a single post curving to support the crossbar. The NCAA later adopted the same rule, but later allowed the use of "offset" goalposts, with two posts rather than one. Three schools in Division I-A currently use two posts instead of one for goalposts in their stadiums: Florida State, LSU, and Washington State. A special exemption was allowed by the NFL for the New Orleans Saints to use the offset goalposts during their 2005 season, when they used LSU's stadium for home games in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

� The goalposts were originally located on the goal line; this led to many injuries and sometimes interfered with play, and the NCAA moved the goal posts to the rear of the end zone in 1927. The NFL, however, had goalposts on the goal line until 1974.

� In 1959 the NCAA goalposts were widened to 23'4". But since placed at 18�6�.

The standard upright dimensions are:

� NFL, CFL, and NCAA (since 1991): height - 10 feet (3.0 meters), width - 18 feet 6 inches (5.64 meters)

� High School: height - 10 feet (3.0 meters), width - 23'4" (7.11 meters) (games may be played on fields with uprights by state adoption)

� Arena Football: height - 15 feet (4.57 meters), width - 9 (2.74 meters)