Soccer goal posts are 8 yards apart. Someone else care to document distance between American football posts?
20 meters
An ambiguous question. Posts of the same goal or posts from opposite goals?
About 6.1 meters.
Most football goal posts are made of some type of metal. Football goal posts for the NFL are made out of steel with a mixture of aluminum. Soccer goal posts are usually aluminum or plastic with a net in between the posts.
25metres
There is no set distance between lamp posts, so it varies by road. The highway code states that when streetlights are present, the speed limit is 30 mph unless signed differently.
both are 100yrds
(*)The distance between the two goal posts is 5.6 metres. (*)The crossbar is placed between the two goal posts so that its top edge is 3.0 metres from the ground. (*)The minimum height of the goal posts is 3.4 metres. (*)When padding is attached to the goal posts the distance from the goal line to the external edge of the padding must not exceed 300mm
In American football, the distance between the goal lines is 300 feet and the distance between the sidelines is 160 feet.
I think this is to do with that strange game the Americans call football: Yards between the Goal Posts.
From the International Rugby Board's website... 1.4 DIMENSIONS FOR GOAL POSTS AND CROSSBAR(a) The distance between the two goal posts is 5.6 metres.(b) The crossbar is placed between the two goal posts so that its top edge is 3.0 metres from the ground.(c) The minimum height of the goal posts is 3.4 metres.(d) When padding is attached to the goal posts the distance from the goal line to the external edge of the padding must not exceed 300mm.