> Hey Euric, what about basketball?
> The court is 94 FEET long, the basket is 10
> FEET high, the three point line is 25 FEET
> out, and the free
throw line is 10 FEET out.
> And the United States wins every year
bitch!
That may be the size of the courts in the US, but not
elsewhere.
> And then there is baseball.
american baseball is not an Olympic sport. If it was,
the size of the field would be metricated to conform to IOC standards.
> It is 90 FEET btween each base, 60 FEET from
> the pitcher's mound to home plate, and the
> the fence is
about 300 FEET out.
> And don't forget football.
> The field is 100 YARDS or 300 FEET long, and
> the goalposts are 10 FEET high.
> I think I've made my point- not everything
> in the Olympics is metric.
Does anyone know if any of these
sports have a metric version of their
dimensions? I do not mean a soft conversion. I mean an actual
metric playing field. Like football
