but 11-meter shot remains 11 meters :-D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis JOURDAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 11:13 PM Subject: [USMA:20592] Re: Dutch company builds road in the USA
> At 14:54 -0400 02/06/23, kilopascal wrote: > >Also, football (soccer) may be played on a 100 m field in most cases, but > >the rules allow for it to be played on a field varying from 90 m to 120 m > >and from 45 m to 90 m wide. So, an American football field can be used to > >play standard football and still be within the required specifications of > >the field. I'm sure if football ever becomes popular in the US, like > >American football, basketball, baseball, etc., the Americans will play it > >with an FFU bias. Football will not metricate America. > > Certainly not, especially because football fields dimensions are not > metric! Just consider the goals: FIFA specifies their dimensions as > 7.32 m wide and 2.44 m high. Which are exactly 8 yards and 8 feet... > > See > http://a1801.g.akamai.net/f/1801/2004/3d/www.fifa.com/fifa/pub/lotg/Laws01en 1-39.pdf > > Louis >
