For the inaugural post, an article from UniWatch on various historical attempts to more precisely measure progress toward the 10 yards required for a first down in football.
Consider it just the first piece of evidence for a characterization of football I hope to better support over the life of this blog, that is, as a sport which shows perhaps less shame than any other modern spectator sport for the high degree of material technological innovation required for play in its most typical form.
UPDATE: To better understand what I mean, consider what a high school soccer coach once said to eliminate any excuses we may have had for the stagnation of our varsity program.
It's the easiest game in the world to practice. All you need is a ball.
