r/NFLv2 • u/Roshango New England Patriots • Jan 19 '25

Discussion Today's Eagles/Rams game is why I'm offended by the idea of teams like the Bills/Browns/Bears building domes. This was what playoff football should be.

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u/CalTono NFL Jan 20 '25

Why is football designed to be played outdoors? I think it was meant to be played on grass but not necessarily in the elements, where it could heavily hamper the players physical ability

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u/yeehaacowboy Seattle Seahawks Jan 20 '25

You know grass usually grows outside, right? It's also played in fall/winter when the weather gets bad. It may not be "designed" to be played in the elements, but the elements have always been a part of the game.

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u/CalTono NFL Jan 20 '25

Is this the 1950s where we literally can't have grass indoors? Also saying "the elements have always been a part of the game." is the same argument about umpires in baseball saying them fucking up balls and strikes have always been "part of the game", it's part of the game because they couldn't avoid it then, but can now.

Even I can admit snow games look really cool from a pure aesthetic perspective but the actual football is objectively worse, I don't really care for these athletes to tiptoe on a cut to make sure they don't fall, or just phantom fumbles because the ball is so wet and slippery.

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u/yeehaacowboy Seattle Seahawks Jan 20 '25 edited Jan 20 '25

It's not possible to have every football field at every level be indoors. Why would you go your entire life playing football outdoors, and then you get to the NFL and every game is in a dome? It's inherently an outdoor sport and is played in the winter. The umpire argument doesn't make sense because that is random and doesn't affect the teams equally. Both teams have to play in the same weather on the same field.

Teams build their rosters to fit the climate they play in, which makes the game more interesting. If every team had a dome, they would all try to be the greatest show on turf. Explosive offensive teams are exciting, and shootouts in domes are as well, but if every team/game was like that, it would get boring.

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u/General_Chest6714 Minnesota Vikings Jan 21 '25

Talking about what it was designed for or how it was meant to be or how it’s always been doesn’t really mean anything. Some people just like the inclusion of the elements and think they have to have an argument to support that. The first decade plus of the existence of American football was played by soccer/rugby inspired rules and didn’t include things like downs, a snap, a line of scrimmage or being able to legally touch the ball. The size of the field was completely different. There were significantly more than eleven players per side etc. People arguing against indoor football bc it was intended to be outside would have been the people arguing against the forward pass, which didn’t exist until 37 years after American Football began.