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- Published on 20 August 2015
In the NFL, distance matters.
In Super Bowl 49, three feet was the distance between the Seattle Seahawks and the end zone and for the Lombardi Trophy.
It’s also the distance between Bose headsets worn by coaches and their belt packs. The sets are used to communicate with other coaches on the sideline and others seated in two small boxes above the top deck of most NFL stadiums.
One yard can make all the difference when coaches are trying to communicate – and be heard clearly – when home or away and screaming fans can raise noise to over 100 decibels, probably about the same level as the very first row in a rock concert.