I don't get it either ... Why change the false start rule ??? To copme into
conformity withthe NCAA ??? They need to be more concerned with making sure
that starters are less reliant on that "beep" in their ear, as eveidenced in
last years Olympics and US Olympic Trials .. The one falsel start rule
hasn't improved the NCAA nor California High School Sprinting ...
And why on earth change the relay zones ??? This would necessitate an entire
revision of the relay records/lists as the race would be tremendously
altered ... Or at least should be given additional time to build speed
through the zone ... Teams would still have to execute passes .. But the
record in the men's race would definitely drop below 37.00 ...
Does anyone know why these changes have been suggested ???
Conway Hill
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: t-and-f: Proposed rule changes-IAAF
>Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:45:07 EST
>
>Are these proposed changes for the speed of the sport?
>I do not get it.
>Reducing the pegs of the PV serves who? I see very little wrong with the
>current state of the PV. What I do see is less clearances in the future.
>So
>what if the bar bounces and stays, that is part of the drama of the event.
>There is nothing like the bobbing of the crowd with the bar, as it bounces,
>not knowing whether it will stay or fall. Why minimize that occurrence?
>The false start rule I see the point, but I honestly think the elimination
>of
>the competitors is not a good alternative. Yes, the sprinters need to stop
>jumping, but no matter how many false starts, once the race is of no one
>remembers who jumped or how many times. Further, there is no guarantee
>that
>this will solve the problem. A perfect example is the US indoor nationals.
>The starter was holding an extraordinary amount of time, prompting some to
>get their rule books out. The scary part about it all is that, after a
>competitor jumped out of the race, the starter had a quick gun on the
>subsequent start. As long as, a human is starting the race, and humans are
>running the race we will have false starts. With one false start, you
>could
>conceivably have the elimination of the best in the field. In other words
>the race is taken off the track.
>
>D'
>Faith is a road seldom traveled
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