Only one endzone will be used for offense at the Northwestern/Illinois game at Wrigley field Saturday because the field is not actually big enough. It seems that the seond endzone would have about six inches before a wall making it an almost certainty that players would break their necks. Of course, the game has been on the schedule for a year meaning that the problem could have been, if not solved, at least noticed by anyone who bothered to measure.
For Northwestern Wildcats-Illinois Illini game at Wrigley, offense will use one end zone - ESPN Chicago
Saturday, November 20, 2010
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I wish I had ESPNU so I could watch this game. The idea of playing a football game there again is really neat. It's good to see player safety is a major concern, but I feel bad for the fans who bought seats closer to the East end zone. They won't be seeing a lot of action on that side of the field.
It's because they expanded the bleachers in the 1960s. My dad attended Chicago Cardinals and Chicago Bears games at Wrigley in the 1950s, when football fields fit fine.
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