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>>476430 I haven't been to a sideline at a football game. Are you just referring to the individual yard hash marks?
BTW, all I'm really asking about is when they spot the ball on an extremely close play, how can they possibly be accurate enough to determine whether it should be a first down or not? I mean, for nearly all plays, it's obvious where the ball should be spotted and a foot here or there won't make much difference. But when they measure the spot and the ball is, say, just a couple inches in either direction, doesn't that basically come down to chance?
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