Question Number: 13016

Law 1- The Field 6/12/2006

RE: etc

can the goal posts be either square or round,brian

Yes they can. They can even be amphibeous landing craft shaped, as long as they both are the same.
Thanks for writing.

Round, oval, square, rectangular, hexagonal as long as they and the cross bar are the same width and depth and white.

Regards,

They can be square or round or another shape. They must be the same width as the cross bar and also must be white.

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