I think that the answer might be “Rugby Football” played under Rugby Union rules. In Rugby Union, the distance between the two try lines is between 94 and 100 metres with a further playing area that is between 6 and 22 metres behind the try line before one gets to the dead-ball line. The overall distance between dead-ball line and dead-ball line is therefore between 106 and 144 metres.
From: USMA <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Michael Payne Sent: 23 May 2021 08:29 To: USMA List Server <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA 1721] Associated Press After retiring to France 7 years ago I subscribed to the Washington Post for a few years, then the New York times for a year and have been trying to find a decent English language newspaper that does not censor out metric units, particularly annoying when it’s a scientific article where the original unit was metric. The BBC is a total mish mash of units even in the same program, apparently it’s in their manual of style to be inclusive to everyone. Mostly though, I find the website new-light with nothing substantive. Yesterday I came across the AP website https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C3e3549f3b0454fcd5cc708d91dd8e814%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637573639716006212%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=qb8XwBQioHYDUXzF9Ez6Dc7Va7V%2BLIfXCKIlEQe7eKk%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C3e3549f3b0454fcd5cc708d91dd8e814%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637573639716006212%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=qb8XwBQioHYDUXzF9Ez6Dc7Va7V%2BLIfXCKIlEQe7eKk%3D&reserved=0> They have been the bogeyman for the metric reader and were supposedly the reason US newspapers never included metric as they used the AP Style guide. I’ve now read a few articles and found the AP includes metric units in most articles, even US ones, it’s apparently the editor's of US newspapers that are filtering out the metric units in AP articles. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Flifestyle-technology-government-and-politics-business-342efd48a53b7b3f1e9b2df3f79d312c&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C3e3549f3b0454fcd5cc708d91dd8e814%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637573639716006212%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=9rhoeEbH7HiwBx4DZ3Yq%2Fu4IXwkvmWWTBfblSc9pmqU%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Flifestyle-technology-government-and-politics-business-342efd48a53b7b3f1e9b2df3f79d312c&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C3e3549f3b0454fcd5cc708d91dd8e814%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637573639716006212%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=9rhoeEbH7HiwBx4DZ3Yq%2Fu4IXwkvmWWTBfblSc9pmqU%3D&reserved=0> Some articles don’t include metric, this container ship https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fbusiness-health-coronavirus-pandemic-19526b24153b16744b5f727ae7c8705d&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C3e3549f3b0454fcd5cc708d91dd8e814%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637573639716006212%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=y6xDmJD1MUfL1%2BwpDKrlQfs9wgCyttuFsBU5yerTKIk%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fbusiness-health-coronavirus-pandemic-19526b24153b16744b5f727ae7c8705d&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C3e3549f3b0454fcd5cc708d91dd8e814%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637573639716006212%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=y6xDmJD1MUfL1%2BwpDKrlQfs9wgCyttuFsBU5yerTKIk%3D&reserved=0> was apparently three and a half football fields long (the only measurement), I had to check this out on Wikipedia, it’s 396 metres long, I’m not sure which football field is 113m long. American football is 91,44 m, Association Football played worldwide is 105 m long. But in general I’m please to see that the Associated Press includes metric in articles. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fspacex-new-mexico-science-lifestyle-travel-270731f7e868d8ae332182800efaf5f5&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C3e3549f3b0454fcd5cc708d91dd8e814%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637573639716006212%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=OWgQvJU3Ez2yZt8fiU293P%2B16IjUKj6UKDBgwH3Ysb8%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fspacex-new-mexico-science-lifestyle-travel-270731f7e868d8ae332182800efaf5f5&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C3e3549f3b0454fcd5cc708d91dd8e814%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637573639716006212%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=OWgQvJU3Ez2yZt8fiU293P%2B16IjUKj6UKDBgwH3Ysb8%3D&reserved=0> Mike Payne France
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