College football increased in popularity through the remainder of the 19th century. It also became increasingly violent. In 1905, President National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ), which set rules governing the sport. The rules committee considered widening the playing field to "open up" the game, but Harvard Stadium (the first large permanent football stadium) had recently been built at great expense; it would be rendered useless by a wider field. The rules committee legalized the forward pass instead. The first legal pass was thrown by Eddie Cochems , who developed an early but sophisticated passing offense at Saint Louis University . Another rule change banned "mass momentum" plays (many of which, like the infamous "flying wedge ", were sometimes literally deadly).
Even after the emergence of the professional National Football League (NFL), college football remained extremely popular throughout the U.S. Although the college game has a much larger margin for talent than its pro counterpart, the sheer number of fans following major colleges provides a financial equalizer for the game, with Division I programs the highest level playing in huge stadiums, six of which have seating capacity exceeding 100,000. In many cases, college stadiums employ bench-style seating, as opposed to individual seats with backs and arm rests. This allows them to seat more fans in a given amount of space than the typical professional stadium, which tends to have more features and comforts for fans. (Only one stadium owned by a U.S. college or university Papa John's Cardinal Stadium at the consists entirely of chairback seating.)
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