2002-06-30 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/germany_v_bra zil/newsid_2067000/2067939.stm
It is too bad that football/soccer has FFU roots. It could be another poster boy for metric in sports, but American commentators on the game never speak the "M" words. It is almost a joy to them to be able to speak FFU in a world sport. If FFU can feel at home in football, then maybe the Americans can reintroduce the mile, yard, foot and more into all international sports. Maybe even the olympics. Wouldn't they love it more then? I even saw on ESPN a few weeks ago the NFL sponsored a an American football match in Germany. A match between a "Frankfurt" team and a "Berlin" team. The jerseys all had American names on them, so obviously the players were all Americans. But, what a subtle way to introduce FFU into European sports. Those who think the US is just going to roll over and go metric are very sadly mistaken. They will do everything in their power to see that FFU not only does not disappear from the world scene, but becomes the dominant system worldwide. FFU is gaining more ground then it is losing and even establishing footholds in many markets, relying on the apathy of people towards measurement systems. While our members get a thrill over drips and drops, FFU supporters are rejoicing over torrents. As I said before, until the EU becomes a viable world power, the diminishing of FFU is only a dream among us supporters. As long as the US has control and the dollar remains the currency of choice in the economy of the world, FFU will spread it's influence like a cancer. Mark my word! John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-06-30 09:19 Subject: [USMA:20731] RE: Off topic > Of kilopascal > >Brasil has won the World cup 2:0 against Germany. > > There was a bit of a dilemma in the UK media about who to support. See: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/germany_v > _brazil/newsid_2071000/2071683.stm > > > >I would hope that by the next World Cup that the Europeans would > >play as a Unified team. > >Maybe a pipe dream on my part, > >but in my opinion a better situation > > I am still dreaming that one day there will be a UK team. > -- > Terry Simpson > Human Factors Consultant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.connected-systems.com > Phone: +44 7850 511794 > >
