It started years ago with the hockey puck being highlighted in the U.S. and now a similar technology has migrated to Canadian football on TSN. Beginning Friday on TSN’s Friday Night Football featuring Montreal at Ottawa the ‘virtual’ first-down marker will make its debut.
The graphic, which is a broadcast enhancement that lays a yellow line on the football field at the location of the first-down marker, allows viewers to see how far the offence needs to move the ball to achieve the first-down.
