[NU Sports] Mandel doesn't like the change in the Wrigleyville rules

[Jonathan Hodges]

Reasons why the field is configured east-west instead of north-south (like
the Bears did until they moved out after the 1970 season):

- Recently, seats have been added in left field (along the baseline) which
make it impossible to fit the field in that direction.
- Also, in 1970 (and before) the NFL field end zones were just 8 yards deep.
- And the field had the southeast corner of the south end zone cut off by
the 1st base dugout.

The Cubs and NU did an extensive analysis and this east-west configuration
was the only way the field would fit.  And, everyone was made aware of the
dimensions months before this was all approved (the conference & both
universities signed off on it before it was officially announced).


Jonathan

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:28 PM, <neonrye at aol.com> wrote:

> As a follow-up, can anyone answer as to why the field wasn't laid out the
> way the Bears did for decades--home plate out to left field--see photo here
> showing same--were seats added?????
> http://www.stadiumsofprofootball.com/past/WrigleyField.htm
> ?
> Paul
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: neonrye at aol.com
> To: rstetson at capps-assoc.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 4:03 pm
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Mandel doesn't like the change in the Wrigleyville
> rules
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> Stewart (a good man and a good writer) is spot on about how this undermines
> the
> "good vibes" and buzz for Wrigleyville Classic, but isn't it better to
> ensure
> the safety of Coach Fitz's (and Zooker's) "young men", than to risk a
> tragedy in
> the name of protecting the honor of the Big 10, NU and/or Illinois?? If
> anyone
> doubts that, ask the Rutgers player who is facing life in a wheelchair.?
> The
> protruding wall was a broken neck waiting to happen--and not just for the
> pass
> receivers--what about the DB's who have to cover, often with their backs
> turned?? Better to have this backyard rivalry game turned into a backyard
> game
> period than to have it marred with a sickening injury.?
> ?
> Clearly, as a lawyer, it appears to me that somebody (perhaps a number of
> individuals involved) dropped the ball on the measurements of the field vs.
> the
> NCAA rules.? Should the game have gone on and some player (or official)
> slammed
> into the abutting wall, the liability implications would have been
> overhwelming.? ?But fortunately this is one of those classic cases where
> the old
> maxim "When in a hole, stop digging,"?is not only appropriaate, but was, in
> the
> end, adhered to.
> ?
> Paul Levinson
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy S. Lamberton &lt;rstetson at capps-assoc.com<lt%3Brstetson at capps-assoc.com>
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> Subject: [NU Sports] Mandel doesn't like the change in the Wrigleyville
> rules
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> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/stewart_mandel/11/19/wrigley/index.html?eref
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> neither do I
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