There are several sayings in sports and life that at the surface make sense but if you think about them they are rather flabbergasting. None more than – He is a Down Hill Runner…
Broadcasters love the saying – you need to run North and South; which in itself is puzzling. As a viewer, the play on the field is always left to right (or right to left). However as all NFL Fields are built North and South their statement actually is correct.
Those same Broadcasters freely interchange the sayings of a North South Runner and a Down Hill Runner. But isn’t rushing up the middle an uphill battle? Further more due to the crown of the field if you were to literally run down hill you would run East or West.
Though I understand the meaning of the saying I just think it’s time we crown a new one. Depending on the direction of play I either want an Up Hill Runner or a Down Hill Runner. You thought Walter Payton was running up that hill to train - He actually was just practicing.
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