"kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In American football, yards are a very important part of that game. People > who follow football are interested in how many yards someone has done > something, not how many lines. If football was changed to metres, people > would have to get use to those lines being in metres (e.g.. 10 m instead of > 10 yards per line) and that would be a learning experience for the whole > country.
Both countries. I've often wondered why the Canadian Football League (which plays its own variant of American football) hasn't changed its fields to have 100 metres, rather than the present 110 yards, between end-lines. This would be a much smaller difference than from the US version, and maybe the NFL will eventually see the wisdom of following suit.
