So Americans would hold the world records for the 100 yd, 220 yd, 440 yd, 880 yd and one mile events, but no Americans would hold world records for the 100 m , 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m events? What's the matter with you guys (USMA members excepted) - are you scared of competing on the world stage?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Armstrong Sent: 14 June 2007 19:11 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:38905] Re: NCAA reversion to non-metric units On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 10:33:47AM -0500, Paul Trusten wrote: > > It has been reported to me that the National Collegiate Athletic > Association (NCAA) is moving to drop meters from its events and revert, > for example, from 1500 m to one mile, and meters back to yards, in track > events. I looked and searched on the NCAA Web site, but found no > reference to this reversion. While sports may be outside commerce, a > rejection of metric units in athletic events is a step backward for U.S. > metrication as well as a rejection of the measurement system used in > international athletics. Does anyone have more information on this? About half way down on http://gometric.us/jforum/posts/list/15/8.page -- End dual-measurement, let's finish going metric! http://gometric.us/ http://www.metric.org/
