Most stadiums would have to be drastically altered to fit a 120 by 50 meter field.

>>> "Michael-O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/08/03 04:55AM >>>
I dont see a reason not to move football to metric

length 100 yards to 100 meters
width 160 feet to 50 meters

every 10 meters a line!

Han Maenen wrote:
> American football in Europe uses yards, it simply follows the
> original rules of the game. That is a reason why I hope that it will
> not catch on in Europe,
> 
> Han
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, 2003-09-07 19:40
> Subject: [USMA:26889] RE: Metric football
> 
> 
> john mercer wrote:
>> The national Football League has a league in Europe
>> called N F L Europe. Does anyone know if N F L Europe
>> use yards or meters in their games?
> 
> Google is your friend.
> 
> Europe:
> http://www.nfleurope.com/play/guidenew1.html 
> 
> UK:
> http://www.nfluk.com/aboutthegame/aboutthegame-rules.php 

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