You know, I’ve always been curious about those NFL goal posts. Like, how wide are those things anyway? So, I went on a little mission to find out.
First, I grabbed my phone and started searching online. You won’t believe the stuff you find on the internet! There were tons of articles, all with different numbers. It was a bit of a mess, honestly.
After digging through a bunch of them, I noticed that most of them were talking about the same thing – professional NFL goal posts. It seems those are the standard, the ones you see on TV during those big games.
Here’s what I found out: the crossbar, that’s the horizontal part, is 10 feet off the ground. Not too shabby, huh? And get this, the distance between the two uprights, the vertical parts, is 18 feet, 6 inches. That’s for the pros!
Then, I stumbled upon some info about high school goal posts. They’re a bit wider, at 23 feet, 4 inches. Can you imagine trying to kick a field goal through those? College ones are the same as the NFL, from what I gather.
What a mess
- I checked some more, and it seems like these sizes are pretty standard.
- They even have different names for them like “high school width” and “college/NFL width.”
- It is crazy to me that there is that much variance between high school and college/NFL.
So yeah, that’s the story of how I figured out the width of NFL goal posts. It was a bit of a wild goose chase, but hey, I learned something new, and that’s always a good thing, right?
At the end of the day, knowing how wide they are probably won’t change my life, but who knows, maybe one day it’ll be a winning trivia question! Anyway, stay curious and keep on exploring.
