09-16-2010, 02:56 PM
(09-16-2010, 01:59 PM)TheDragoon Wrote: There is no way that measuring the field in metric units (meters/centimeters/etc) would make sense. The field was defined at 100 yards long, broken up into 10 yard intervals. It certainly makes more sense to say that it's 10 yards for a first down rather than 9.144 meters for a first down.
That's why you need an extra 10 yards.
-Jester