"Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:15:32 -0500
> From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Thank you, Marcus, you're quite right.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 6:26 PM
> Subject: [USMA:25950] Re: point #3
>
> > Just a small addendum/correction on your sentence below, Paul, with your
> forbearance, please.
> >
> > On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 15:28:24
> > Paul Trusten wrote:
> > >3. Rational.
> > >... This list saw a huge discussion over the implications of changing the
> dimensions of the game of football to meters, and such a change ought to be
> well-debated in light of the furor it might cause in the sports world...
> >
> > Since football (the one as known in the US, or American football as known
> practically everywhere else!...) is an American sport, it probably would
> have been more accurate to restate the above sentence to read: among
> Americans, instead of 'in the sports world'.
Interestingly, since real 'football' was developed in England,
everything on the pitch is laid out in hard yards. A while back, FIFA
looked into redimensioning the lines and goals in hard meters, but
determined that any such changes would affect the play of the game too
much and that proposal was subsequently abandoned, EXCEPT for the
corner-kick arcs, which are now 1 meter in radius.
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