There are colored football fields, then there's this.

[Midway]

Sublimate it and we might have something. We actually could be looking at what is the start of a new big trend in college football and I'm not sure how to feel about that.

[BrianLion]

that field will look cool up until the point the school's QB starts missing wide open WR's downfield because their uniforms blend in with the turf and he can't see them. .

Using this logic, teams with Green uniforms should've had this problem for years.

No, that wouldnt be the case. You're talking about a distinct color pattern of multiple colors that exactly matches the school's colors. That's not even remotely the same as a green uniform on grass/turf. (not to mention team uniforms are rarely the same color as grass/turf).

[-kj]

Seriously. Just stop already.

[yh]

You know, a similar design without the pattern could work for a school like Illinois:

(Based on Mr. Nascar's template)

Wha??? There's no "H" in "Illinois."

[pcgd]

Reminds me of this:

Any Given Sunday for those that don't remember your football movies.

[slapshot]

It's stupid. It makes it very difficult to spot a penalty flag on the field.

It's one thing to have a mid-field logo, where there's plenty of surrounding room to place a penalty flag. But to cover up the entire area between the hashmarks with a yellow/black pattern is just dumb and shortsighted. Games would be slower because of the extra double-checking to see if someone forgot a flag that landed inside the yellow.

I've had this issue before with yellow cleats. I worked a game where one of the players had cleats that were mostly yellow, then fading to a dark blue (UnderArmour cleats). Every time I saw the yellow, I had to do a double-take to make sure it wasn't a flag thrown by one of my crew.

Most people may consider this a non-issue. But as an official, anything that may slow up a game makes a huge difference in game flow. And everyone notices game flow.

[pianoknight]

It's stupid. It makes it very difficult to spot a penalty flag on the field.

It's one thing to have a mid-field logo, where there's plenty of surrounding room to place a penalty flag. But to cover up the entire area between the hashmarks with a yellow/black pattern is just dumb and shortsighted. Games would be slower because of the extra double-checking to see if someone forgot a flag that landed inside the yellow.

I've had this issue before with yellow cleats. I worked a game where one of the players had cleats that were mostly yellow, then fading to a dark blue (UnderArmour cleats). Every time I saw the yellow, I had to do a double-take to make sure it wasn't a flag thrown by one of my crew.

Most people may consider this a non-issue. But as an official, anything that may slow up a game makes a huge difference in game flow. And everyone notices game flow.

Thank you.

This puts even more weight to the argument that funky-ass field colors should be abolished.

[SJAnfield]

It's stupid. It makes it very difficult to spot a penalty flag on the field.

It's one thing to have a mid-field logo, where there's plenty of surrounding room to place a penalty flag. But to cover up the entire area between the hashmarks with a yellow/black pattern is just dumb and shortsighted. Games would be slower because of the extra double-checking to see if someone forgot a flag that landed inside the yellow.

I've had this issue before with yellow cleats. I worked a game where one of the players had cleats that were mostly yellow, then fading to a dark blue (UnderArmour cleats). Every time I saw the yellow, I had to do a double-take to make sure it wasn't a flag thrown by one of my crew.

Most people may consider this a non-issue. But as an official, anything that may slow up a game makes a huge difference in game flow. And everyone notices game flow.

You have more experience than me with play on the field, but how much will it truly slow the game? If an official throws a flag, he'll stop the progression regardless, right? I may be wrong, but it doesn't seem like it would be a momentum stopper from my point of view (point of view as a fan)

[Milkman14]

It's stupid. It makes it very difficult to spot a penalty flag on the field.

It's one thing to have a mid-field logo, where there's plenty of surrounding room to place a penalty flag. But to cover up the entire area between the hashmarks with a yellow/black pattern is just dumb and shortsighted. Games would be slower because of the extra double-checking to see if someone forgot a flag that landed inside the yellow.

I've had this issue before with yellow cleats. I worked a game where one of the players had cleats that were mostly yellow, then fading to a dark blue (UnderArmour cleats). Every time I saw the yellow, I had to do a double-take to make sure it wasn't a flag thrown by one of my crew.

Most people may consider this a non-issue. But as an official, anything that may slow up a game makes a huge difference in game flow. And everyone notices game flow.

I am no official so I am not going to pretend to be an expert as to what an officials experience would be like. But you should take a look at North Dakota State's turf. Both Endzones are completely yellow. Midfield logo is yellow and the FargoDome logo is yellow. I know its not the same as a strip of yellow down the center of the field but I would love your opinion on what it would be like to ref on that field.

[BrandMooreArt]

it would make some awesome end zone art, but that would be painful to watch as a fan

[jaha32]

If the pattern was grass-colored like some of the examples in the previous posts, this would be excellent, but that wouldn't get them on front page Yahoo news. I have a hard time believing these types of fields/courts are nothing more than short-lived publicity stunts leaving the fans with the eye-sore of having to look at that gaudy yellow long after the news goes away.

But whatever, it is just high school and most of us will never have to see it again, as long as it doesn't inspire more noteworthy fields.

[slapshot]

It's stupid. It makes it very difficult to spot a penalty flag on the field.

It's one thing to have a mid-field logo, where there's plenty of surrounding room to place a penalty flag. But to cover up the entire area between the hashmarks with a yellow/black pattern is just dumb and shortsighted. Games would be slower because of the extra double-checking to see if someone forgot a flag that landed inside the yellow.

I've had this issue before with yellow cleats. I worked a game where one of the players had cleats that were mostly yellow, then fading to a dark blue (UnderArmour cleats). Every time I saw the yellow, I had to do a double-take to make sure it wasn't a flag thrown by one of my crew.

Most people may consider this a non-issue. But as an official, anything that may slow up a game makes a huge difference in game flow. And everyone notices game flow.

I am no official so I am not going to pretend to be an expert as to what an officials experience would be like. But you should take a look at North Dakota State's turf. Both Endzones are completely yellow. Midfield logo is yellow and the FargoDome logo is yellow. I know its not the same as a strip of yellow down the center of the field but I would love your opinion on what it would be like to ref on that field.

End zones are different. Any play that lands in the end zone will stop the clock on its own.

The emblem in the middle of the field is just that: the middle of the field. Not the full length of the field. So you're looking at one small area where there might be a flag.

Someone else mentioned how it slows the game. If one official throws a flag, mechanics dictate for multiple officials to signal to stop the game clock. Just because the back judge throws a flag, doesn't mean the clock operator will see him immediately to stop the clock. But if multiple officials signal, it's more likely the clock operator sees it.

It may seem like I'm over thinking things. But anything that can cause a delay in normal routine (like hesitating the start of the play clock or game clock because you can't tell a flag has been thrown because everything looks yellow) will ultimately slow the game down.

[debo0775]

I'm not a fan of crazy field designs (even endzones that go beyond colored wordmarks and use a colored background bother me), but I love this idea.

Unfortunately, it'll probabaly spawn some :censored:ty wanna be design in the near future.

[buzzcut]

That field looks awful. In fact, it's puke-worthy awful.

There. I've officially outed myself as a curmudgeonly troglodyte, totally incapable of accepting anything new. All thanks to some dumb school official who thought it was a good idea to adopt snake striping for his team's football field.

[leopard88]

Reminds me of this:

Any Given Sunday for those that don't remember your football movies.

I hated that field design. Every time somebody entered it during a (relative) close up, I thought they were in the end zone.

[goforbroke]

If anyone's ever stood on a football field that has markings, colors, etc... your vision is perpendicular to the field. ie... the field doesn not interfere in anyway with the visibility of players on the field. If anything, the stadium wrap around the boards which from the vision of a player would be directly behind them would have more "blend-in" concerns than the color of the field. And virtually every pro and college team has some markings on the walls that are team colors and there never been a problem.

From above id a different story, press box or fans. But on the field it has no bearing at all.

[SiLeNt WaVe]

Nothing worse than this thing. NOTHING.

[Soarindude]

Nothing worse than this thing. NOTHING.

I actually like that a lot more then this... This high school look is obviously a publicity stunt.

[wonderbread]

Nothing worse than this thing. NOTHING.

I actually like that a lot more then this... This high school look is obviously a publicity stunt.

and this isn't?

[Tynamo]

You know, a similar design without the pattern could work for a school like Illinois:

(Based on Mr. Nascar's template)

Wha??? There's no "H" in "Illinois."

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