When did a football field become a standard of measurement?

[MorningGlow]

I don't get it--anything large is measured not in feet or yards, but "as big as (two, three, ten) football fields." WHY? And since when? :shrug:

[NJmaverick]

1. It's a visual aid. Few people can picture 100 yards, it's just an abstract measurement

however most people can relate to the length of a football field.

[MorningGlow]

2. I'm not a football fan, so it's lost on me

I couldn't visualize two or three football fields if you paid me! :D

[NJmaverick]

3. lol, didn't they have a field in the high school you went to?

didn't you spend some time on it, in gym class?

[MorningGlow]

4. Nope!

Catholic girls school. No football! :hi:

[NJmaverick]

5. Ah ok, so you get a pass then

:hi:

[MorningGlow]

6. Wait, wait...that's a football term, right?

I think I've heard that somewhere...maybe when my dad was watching "da Bills" on the TEEvee way back when...
:rofl:

[leftyclimber]

7. Because if you take off the end zones, it's about an acre.

And very few people know what an acre is any more. A lot more know about football fields. :)