67Cup
Active Member
I played both football and rugby on that field in my day. I've seen drier and firmer swamps than that field in a typical wet November. I remember one football game that the field was so deep in mud that the referee refused to ask the officials to come out with the chains for first down measurements. The captains had to fetch the chains. Of course, with no visible lines, the measurements were pure guesswork anyways. And there was imminent danger for us forwards of drowning in a rugby scrum!
The general architectural ethos of the U of T is an imitation of Oxford or Cambridge. But that field was never intended to resemble the immaculate lawns of an Oxbridge quad or court, on whose sacred space only college dons may tread. They were always meant to be athletic fields. An artificial turf field will be far more useful for the field's primary purpose.
The general architectural ethos of the U of T is an imitation of Oxford or Cambridge. But that field was never intended to resemble the immaculate lawns of an Oxbridge quad or court, on whose sacred space only college dons may tread. They were always meant to be athletic fields. An artificial turf field will be far more useful for the field's primary purpose.
