The Football Field is only 99 and 8/9 yards in Length!

[CBrockett]

Everybody knows that the endzone plane is the part on the goal line that is closest to the field of play.

Now if you go five yards from the that plane... you should be on the back of the five yard line..... Keep on doing this and enventually you are on the back of the 50 yard line. Now offset 5 yards from the other endzone, and you eventually end up on the back side of the 50 yard line.

Thus you have an overlapping of 4 inches. This 4 inches is 1/9 of a yard, so the football field is 99 and 8/9 yards.

C. Brockett
What you got to say about that!

[ref5678]

"What you got to say about that!"
somebody has to much time on their hands

[CBrockett]

I had my varsity game moved to Thursday night. So I had all of friday night, with nothing to do.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally posted by CBrockett
Everybody knows that the endzone plane is the part on the goal line that is closest to the field of play.

Now if you go five yards from the that plane... you should be on the back of the five yard line..... Keep on doing this and enventually you are on the back of the 50 yard line. Now offset 5 yards from the other endzone, and you eventually end up on the back side of the 50 yard line.

Thus you have an overlapping of 4 inches. This 4 inches is 1/9 of a yard, so the football field is 99 and 8/9 yards.

C. Brockett
What you got to say about that!

I've actually thought about the same thing, but on the Canadian field. I guess we'll have to adjust all the record books.

And when applying a penalty that's restricted, do we go half-the-distance minus two inches? I think we have to.

[Bob Mc]

Wow! Don't know about the rest of you, but the next time I have to cover a long run down the sideline I'm gonna be breathing easier. A whole 1/9th of a yard. For some of us not in the best of condition that's huge!

[Theisey]

Originally posted by CBrockett
Everybody knows that the endzone plane is the part on the goal line that is closest to the field of play.

Now if you go five yards from the that plane... you should be on the back of the five yard line..... Keep on doing this and enventually you are on the back of the 50 yard line. Now offset 5 yards from the other endzone, and you eventually end up on the back side of the 50 yard line.

Thus you have an overlapping of 4 inches. This 4 inches is 1/9 of a yard, so the football field is 99 and 8/9 yards.

C. Brockett
What you got to say about that!

### WRONG... 5 yards from the front edge of the goal line puts you smack dab in the middle of the 5 yard line. That's the way it is. Yes, all major yard line are four inches wide. The center point for all is the the basis for the markings until you get to each goal line. The entire goal line is in the end zone.
As my buddy Forrest Gump would say, that's all I have to say about that.

[Warrenkicker]

Originally posted by Theisey

### WRONG... 5 yards from the front edge of the goal line puts you smack dab in the middle of the 5 yard line. That's the way it is. Yes, all major yard line are four inches wide. The center point for all is the the basis for the markings until you get to each goal line. The entire goal line is in the end zone.
As my buddy Forrest Gump would say, that's all I have to say about that.

Even though this is really a pointless discussion you just actually helped Brockett's arguement just not in the way he might think. I agree with Theisey that properly marked fields have the edge of the goal line five yards from the center of the five yard line. With that being the standard layout that we can all agree upon here is the problem. Where should the ball be spotted after a touchback? Based on a perfectly marked field the nose of the ball should be at the center of the 20 and not at the back edge of the line. The middle of each yard line is the actual line. How often is a touchback placed at the back of the 20? Now A has to go 80 yards and 2 inches to score. Ask the Titans if 2 inches can make a difference in the outcome of a game.

Now my guess is that few high school fields are actually marked correctly like this perfect field so it doesn't really make us much difference.

[Mark Dexter]

Who measures in ninths of a yard?

Just askin'.

[mikesears]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter
Who measures in ninths of a yard?

Just askin'.

Isn't that the metric system or something

[JugglingReferee]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter
Who measures in ninths of a yard?

Just askin'.

A few unlucky guys measure in ninths of a yard.

[ref18]

Originally posted by mikesears

Isn't that the metric system or something

That would be 1/10ths of a yard

[Jim S]

Dylan, how far is it from home to 1st on the pony field?

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by JugglingReferee

A few unlucky guys measure in ninths of a yard.

Unless you have two or three-ninths of a yard.

[ref5678]

70 ft i think

[Theisey]

Originally posted by Warrenkicker
[Even though this is really a pointless discussion you just actually helped Brockett's arguement just not in the way he might think. (snip)[/B]

### Just how to I help is arguement? I showed his arguement is flawed.
You're right about this being pointless and yes, I see Umpires placing the ball at the rear edge of the 20. Again, pointless but incorrect on their part.