The Inexperienced Bay Packers are sitting 33 gamers for Thursday’s recreation in opposition to the Oakland Raiders that will likely be performed on an 80-yard discipline attributable to issues over discipline situations in Canada.
No kickoffs, quick discipline
The sport will likely be performed with out kickoffs and the 10-yard lines will act as end zones due to the turf subject.
Packers president Mark Murphy stated earlier Thursday that the sport would go on regardless of the issues, Green Bay’s WBAY reports.
The sport is being performed at IG Subject in Winnipeg, Canada, house of the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Transferring the goalpost brought about downside
Considerations arose Thursday afternoon, drawing consideration of coaches and managers from each groups. The usual CFL objective posts needed to be moved to accommodate the totally different dimensions of an NFL discipline, leaving a unfastened patch of turf in an finish zone.
The patch of turf that brought about concern will be seen behind the left finish zone on this tweet.
NFL Community’s Mike Garafolo reported earlier that the Packers were considering sitting their starters as a result of discipline situation issues. The Raiders had not deliberate to play their starters for the Week three preseason recreation.
One other worldwide turf downside
The difficulty remembers final 12 months’s common season recreation between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams that was scheduled for Mexico Metropolis however finally moved to Los Angeles attributable to poor discipline situations.
In 2016, the NFL canceled the preseason Corridor of Fame recreation between the Inexperienced Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts due to issues over paint on the sector presenting a slipping hazard.