Rugby made the change from yards to meters without dumbfounding the players
or the fans.
Ed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne T. Armbrust" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: t-and-f: Imperialist
> Changing the dimensions of a football field, or any of the measurements
> used in football would be just as absurd as not using metric
> measurements in track and field. All the rules of football were
> originally written using yards; it should stay that way. By the same
> token, the international rules of track have been all in metric since
> the founding of the IAAF in 1912 and therefore metric measurements
> should be the only ones use in that sport.
>
> I have heard, however, that in the NFL Europe the fields are 100 meters
> long and teams have to go 10 meters for a first down. Does anyone know
> if this is this true? I think European American football fans should
> learn yards for football, just as American track fans should have to
> learn meters for track.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I can't wait to be watching a National Football League telecast some
> > Sunday
> > afternoon and here Pat Summerall say, "It's first down and 9.14 meters
> > to go
> > for the Giants." I doubt anybody on this list or any of our children
> > will
> > live long enough to hear that. Somehow this is tied into the future of
> >
> > metrics in this country. Or the lack of that future. Of course, maybe
> > the NFL
> > will change and it will be first down and 10 meters to go. And players
> > will
> > play for free. Just as likely.
> >
> > Steve
>
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