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Description Screenshot from a WFL game in 1974. The sideline official is holding a dicker-rod, a device to measure 10-yard distances, which was used by the WFL rather than the more common 10-yard chain. Also seen is quarterback Dave Mays, running with the football.
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copyright owner
ESPN
Source (WP:NFCC#4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkfb7dwT4IQ
Date of publication 2001
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Dicker-rod
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) This screenshot shows the use of a dicker-rod, a device used during by the WFL during its 1974 and 1975 seasons to indicate and measure 10-yard distances instead of the more common 10-yard chain.
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free media because
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The software or website from which the screenshot is taken is copyrighted and not released under a free license, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Not replaceable with
textual coverage because
(WP:NFCC#1)
The dicker-rod is an uncommon mechanical device used during gridiron football games; its physical appearance is readily conveyed to readers through the use of an image, which is far superior to a text-only description.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) For visual illustration of the device in question, on the page about this device.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The use of a low resolution screenshot from software or a website will not impact the commercial viability of the software or site.
Other information Image comes from 21:04 of the video clip on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkfb7dwT4IQ

There are no known gridiron football leagues that currently use this device, thus there is no contemporary opportunity to acquire a new image of one.

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