Why not make the brooms 5 yards wide and have each guy go across the field then back, and you'd have a clean field instead of just clean lines?
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15 foot wide broom
Yea.. that would be really easy to pushComment -
Err... because it continues snowing? Now, even with a little new snow on the line, the line still stands out.
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Plus who wants a clean field anyway! . . . It football BaBY! . . and nothing is better then some snow. . .Comment -
i think there is also some rule against this practice because you cannot clean off the whole field at once, and cleaning part of the field but not another could be construed as favoring one team over another.Comment -
lol....good teams win, great teams cover.Comment -
There was a game when i think it was the pats were kicking a game winning field goal, and the snow plower just took it upon himself to turn the plow and remove the snow where the ball was too be placed. . . Alot of controversey over thisComment -
In National Football League lore, the Snowplow Game refers to a regular-season game played between the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots on December 12, 1982.
Playing in a heavy snowstorm at New England's Schaefer Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, the two teams remained scoreless late into the fourth quarter. With 4:45 left to go in the game and on-field conditions worsening, Patriots coach Ron Meyer summoned Mark Henderson, who was a convict on a work release program, and was the stadium's snowplow operator that afternoon - and in the face of furious protests from Miami coach Don Shula - was directed to veer off course and clear a spot on the field for placekicker John Smith, with Matt Cavanaugh putting down the hold. Henderson was released from prison a few years after the game, and currently works in the construction business.
Henderson's plow was actually a John Deere Model 314 tractor with a sweeper attached. When he was being interviewed by a TV reporter about the controversy, Henderson jokingly replied, "What are they gonna do, throw me in jail?" Smith's subsequent field goal gave the Patriots a 3-0 lead that held until the final gun. The following year, the NFL banned the use of snowplows on the field during a game. The moment will be an interactive feature of the new Hall at Patriot Place when it opens in 2008 next to Gillette Stadium.Comment -
Thanks JDComment -
You can make the same arguement about rainy weather. Why don't they pump the water out and throw sand in the field to dry the mud? Football is played in any kind weather and field conditions should not be changed on game time.Comment -
Agree with those that say just clean the yard lines and let mother nature play her part. Love it!Comment
Hell yes...Only clean the neccesary lines for first down, end zone, etc. I dont even think football should ever be played in a dome, weather is part of the game!