Yeah, I just though is was a rumor or mere speculation. Hard to believe that the NCAA would even think about this.
I've wondered what distances medium track events would be if there never was FFU units. Instead of the 400, 800, and 1500, would there be 500, 1000, or 2000 meter races? High schools here in Washington run the 1600 meters, instead of 1500. Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Hudnall Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 14:38 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:38909] Re: NCAA reversion to non-metric units It seems as if the last post on that thread was in late 2005. The thread mentioned that it was a RUMOR - and I think it is probably just that. Measuring in metric, but converting to imperial for display is unworkable, unless measurements are taken at multiple points along the way, since the winner at 100 yds might not be the first to cross the finish line at 100 m. Simple conversions only work when constant velocity is assumed. This collegiate association only needs to study freshman calculus to understand just how unworkable this proposal/rumor really is. Scott On Thursday, June 14, 2007, at 02:00PM, "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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/ > > >
