KEVIN NELSON | MANAGING EDITOR | @knel17
The famous yellow line: this is the line that appears during every football game showing audiences at home how far the offensive team has to go to get a first down.
As kids, fans looked on in amazement and now regular viewers count on it as a basic necessity for watching football. But how did the yellow line become a staple of every game?
The yellow line has come a long way since it was first introduced in 1998. Today we also see the line of scrimmage, play clock, field goal distance, and much more.