This is probably a dumb question...

[DrumminBoy]

it amazes me...its stays perfectly angled across the field, and the players show up over it...how the heck do they do it?

 

[MrDingleDangle]

google is amazing
http://www.messenger-inquirer....eatures/go/7851317.htm

 

[shuan24]

its done with spray paint. then on commercial break, they respray the new first down line and erase the old one. they do it really really quick.

 

[pulse8]

http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/first-down-line.htm

 

[laurenlex]

Originally posted by: shuan24
its done with spray paint. then on commercial break, they respray the new first down line and erase the old one. they do it really really quick.

LOL. Fking smart a$$.

 

[Ikonomi]

I remember when that started showing up... Man, that was crazy.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: pulse8
http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/first-down-line.htm

wow, thats complicated.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi
I remember when that started showing up... Man, that was crazy.

it was soooooo much better than fox's attempt to make the hockey puck more visible in nhl games. that was awful.

 

[MikeMike]

holy crap thats sophisticated.

MIKE

 

[johnjbruin]

Cool stuff - you learn something new everyday.

 

[Furyline]

Wow. That's a lot more complex than what you first might think. Cool.

 

[Jassi]

Gotta love technology.

 

[SchrodingersDog]

I could save The Man a few million bucks if they'd let me go to every game wearing a yellow jumpsuit and spazzing out by the first down marker.

 

[SP33Demon]

The cameraman holds a tiny yellow ruler over the lens.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: pulse8
http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/first-down-line.htm

wow, thats complicated.

So what happens if the Packers are playing... does the line get painted over their uniforms?