With all the advancements in sports in recent years, it seems almost laughable that the game of football still used a pair of old men carrying a ten yard chain out to the middle of a field to make a call that could determine a game.
With four minutes left in the fourth quarter during Cowboys-Raiders on SNF, head official Gene Steratore had the chain crew come out to measure a crucial spotting following a 3rd down play for Dallas. The spot was so close, he used a piece of paper to gauge if the nose of the football had crossed the first down line.
With millions of dollars in technology … the @NFL officials are now using a folded over piece of paper to determine first downs 😂😂. pic.twitter.com/VL0WNTRYxy
— uSTADIUM (@uSTADIUM) December 18, 2017
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