The phrase ‘Level Playing Field’ refers to a fair competition.
Example of use: “I feel like there’s a level playing field as far as my opportunities for job advancement go.”
Interesting fact about Level Playing Field
The origin of the phrase ‘level playing field’ can be found in team sports that are played on perfectly level fields without a slope that would give one team an advantage over another one. The first record of the term’s use in print comes from a January, 1977 issue of the Tyrone Daily Herald: “Our philosophy is that we have no problem competing with the mutual savings banks if they start from the level playing field,” Bolger said. [John Bolger, lobbyist for the U.S. Banker’s Association]
