On 2009/01/31, at 3:44 PM, Jeremiah MacGregor wrote:
Pat,
Does Australian Football use yards or meters?
Jerry
Dear Jerry,
All Australian football only uses metres for all measurements. For
example, a ball must travel 15 metres before a 'mark' (a clean catch)
is awarded a free kick. This might give you a feel for the rules http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA4gmMvye5M
although there's nothing like seeing a game live, especially if the
Geelong Cats are playing — and winning.
And you might observe that Australian Rules football has nothing
whatsoever to do with any other football played anywhere else in the
world.
From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:20:54 AM
Subject: [USMA:42625] Geelong at the Super Bowl
Dear All,
This is completely off topic, but those of you who watch the Super
Bowl might be interested to see a player from Geelong playing for
the Cardinals in that game. Ben Graham used to be the captain of the
Geelong team who played in the Australian Football League. Graham is
the first ever Australian to play in the Super Bowl. Australian
football is quite unique and it is nothing like the football played
in the USA. See http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2009/01/29/Cardinals_coach_praises_Ben_Graham_on_Super_Bowl_eve
for details, and I suspect that many Geelong Cat's supporters will
be watching their first ever Super Bowl this year.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
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