Just How Do They Get That Yellow Line on The Football Field?

Athens, GA (Jan 8, 2009) - Chris Pika, a colleague doing statistics on many broadcasts and an NFL Blogger sent a link to this video on FanDome a little ago. It explains, in a general but sort of specific way, exactly how the yellow first down marker is generated for television broadcasts. What is does not explain is why, on occasion, some SportsMedia crews just cannot get it to work when called for in a broadcast by the producers,especially when it is tied to a sold sponsorship. Maybe that will be the next video in a series?

Related Link(s)

• FanDome: The Mystery of the Yellow Line
• SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation