{
  "id": 76159,
  "title": "Why Convert Yards To Meters?",
  "url": "/competitions/NFL-Punt-Analytics-Competition/discussion/76159",
  "author_name": "mtodisco10",
  "post_date": "2018-12-29T23:30:51.517000",
  "votes": 4,
  "comment_count": 6,
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  "content": "<p>In the Data section for the Next Gen Stats, there is a sentence that reads - \"The NGS data is in units of yards, so the final analyses should be converted to meters.\"  Why is this necessary?  Will a submission be disqualified or deducted from if it reports the analysis in yards?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 447492,
      "postDate": "2018-12-29T23:30:51.517Z",
      "content": "<p>In the Data section for the Next Gen Stats, there is a sentence that reads - \"The NGS data is in units of yards, so the final analyses should be converted to meters.\"  Why is this necessary?  Will a submission be disqualified or deducted from if it reports the analysis in yards?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "In the Data section for the Next Gen Stats, there is a sentence that reads - \"The NGS data is in units of yards, so the final analyses should be converted to meters.\"  Why is this necessary?  Will a submission be disqualified or deducted from if it reports the analysis in yards?",
      "votes": 4
    },
    {
      "id": 449287,
      "postDate": "2019-01-02T22:49:45.463Z",
      "content": "<p>Good question. I'm not sure why meters are necessary, but I also can't remember the last time I read a scientific paper that measured in yards...</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Good question. I'm not sure why meters are necessary, but I also can't remember the last time I read a scientific paper that measured in yards...",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 449793,
          "postDate": "2019-01-03T18:55:19.063Z",
          "content": "<p>Thanks Chris.  Assuming the judges/audience is the NFL I'm going to stick with yards, since it's the native unit of measure.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Thanks Chris.  Assuming the judges/audience is the NFL I'm going to stick with yards, since it's the native unit of measure.",
          "votes": 4
        },
        {
          "id": 449834,
          "postDate": "2019-01-03T20:30:03.187Z",
          "content": "<p>Just to be clear, if it says you should convert to meters, you should probably convert to meters. </p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Just to be clear, if it says you should convert to meters, you should probably convert to meters. "
        },
        {
          "id": 449971,
          "postDate": "2019-01-04T03:47:52.370Z",
          "content": "<p>Hmm, ok.  thanks.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Hmm, ok.  thanks.",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 447500,
      "postDate": "2018-12-29T23:55:36.453Z",
      "content": "<p>Good question. I completely forgot that it said that.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Good question. I completely forgot that it said that."
    },
    {
      "id": 447772,
      "postDate": "2018-12-30T14:17:36.310Z",
      "content": "<p>I'm thinking maybe it was for speed computations because it stated something about velocity. It will be hard to explain position data like scrimmage line in meters when the playing field is clearly in terms of yards.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I'm thinking maybe it was for speed computations because it stated something about velocity. It will be hard to explain position data like scrimmage line in meters when the playing field is clearly in terms of yards.",
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 449287,
      "author_name": "Chris Crawford",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-01-02T22:49:45.463000",
      "content": "<p>Good question. I'm not sure why meters are necessary, but I also can't remember the last time I read a scientific paper that measured in yards...</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 449793,
          "author_name": "mtodisco10",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-01-03T18:55:19.063000",
          "content": "<p>Thanks Chris.  Assuming the judges/audience is the NFL I'm going to stick with yards, since it's the native unit of measure.</p>",
          "votes": 4,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 449834,
          "author_name": "Chris Crawford",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-01-03T20:30:03.187000",
          "content": "<p>Just to be clear, if it says you should convert to meters, you should probably convert to meters. </p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 449971,
          "author_name": "mtodisco10",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-01-04T03:47:52.370000",
          "content": "<p>Hmm, ok.  thanks.</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 447500,
      "author_name": "Garry",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2018-12-29T23:55:36.453000",
      "content": "<p>Good question. I completely forgot that it said that.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 447772,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2018-12-30T14:17:36.310000",
      "content": "<p>I'm thinking maybe it was for speed computations because it stated something about velocity. It will be hard to explain position data like scrimmage line in meters when the playing field is clearly in terms of yards.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "447492": "In the Data section for the Next Gen Stats, there is a sentence that reads - \"The NGS data is in units of yards, so the final analyses should be converted to meters.\"  Why is this necessary?  Will a submission be disqualified or deducted from if it reports the analysis in yards?",
    "449287": "Good question. I'm not sure why meters are necessary, but I also can't remember the last time I read a scientific paper that measured in yards...",
    "447500": "Good question. I completely forgot that it said that.",
    "447772": "I'm thinking maybe it was for speed computations because it stated something about velocity. It will be hard to explain position data like scrimmage line in meters when the playing field is clearly in terms of yards."
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