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Originally Posted by Mregor
I did a search and didn't find any thread on this topic. This has always bugged me, must be my OCD.  We all know the field is 100' long. The yard lines are measured from the front edge of the respective goal line. The yard lines are all 4" wide. This is all fine and dandy until you get to the 50' line. In order to maintain the measurements from the goal line, the 50' line would need to be 8" wide, but it's not. Where do the extra 4" go? |
This topic has been mentioned before on the forum. The 4" are sucked into the stats of those RBs who have 55+ yard runs (50+ yard runs in the US).
The same issue happens in Canada, at the 55 yard line, commonly called Centre Ice, since the CFL plays when hockey is in the off-season.
As a hockey side bar, it was 20 years ago that Gretzky was traded away from Edmonton. Gretzky is still the world's best hockey player to have ever played the game.