Re: Fargodome officially getting new turf
Originally Posted by
southcliffbison
Even in high school football, most chain crews do an excellent job of establishing the line to gain. Not to belabor this discussion.......it's been my experience as a head linesman that the stake is placed down at/on the sideline and yard line intersection, the clip is then attached a few yards up the chain at the edge (front or back) of the yard line. After this task is completed, then they move back 3 to 4 yards from the feld of play. If whoever places the clip on the chain 4 to 6 inches from where it should be placed......well, that person needs to be replaced. It's not that hard to do it right. Thanks for your input.
The fact that the NFL still uses this archaic tech to measure first downs is silly international soccer level thinking. The game isn’t the same at every level. It’s not a bad solution, it works fine most of the time but for a multibillion dollar enterprise you’d think a better solution could be implemented.
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