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Old Wed Oct 08, 2008, 08:21am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee View Post
OP is correct, just like are football fields really 110 yards (or 100 for you yankees) long? The 55 yard line (50 for yanks) should be infinitesimally thin, or the middle of the line is what is used.

The math might be right, but the premise ("a constant 19' 9" ") is wrong. Coach P has the correct premise -- an arc of 19' 9" intersecting with lines straight from the end line.
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