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Originally Posted by JollyElm
It's most likely for football, as there are only 2 slots for numbers. It is a rare day indeed when a football team goes into triple digits. (Obviously, it could be easily used for baseball, too.) At lower levels, basketball games don't usually go past the 100 point mark (no, I don't have any hard data to 'prove' that), but if you were creating a scoreboard for a hoops team, you would undoubtedly give it three number slots. (And I won't even mention the outdoor wear on this sucker.)
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When I was a kid all the basketball scoreboards in High schools only had two digits. When the team went over 100 they just left the one off. So the scoreboard might read as 97-05.
Steve B