Proof positive that there are way too many administrators out there. In mour mind, at all US meets, only feet and inches should be announced (unless someone is going over a barrier like 5 meters).
Proof positive that there are way too many administrators out there. In mour mind, at all US meets, only feet and inches should be announced (unless someone is going over a barrier like 5 meters).
The metric system is taught in elementary school in Florida
So they've indoctrinated the youth.
nice to see you're slowly catching up with the rest of the world
President Trump is already making America greater.
Lets stick to that sorry old Imperial system. That's what makes America great!
Are you serious Letsrun??? All measurements for track should be meters and cm. Its absurd watching olympic shot put or Lj and NbC is telling me results in feet.
Heres an analogy you might make: Should NFL europe have field measurements in meters??? That was a great 10m field goal!
When I officiate NCAA meets, I always make it a point to call out the metric (required) and then flip the tape and call the imperial. I think it's especially important if the crowd is seated within earshot of my calls. A shot putter will immediately know 18.29 is a helluva throw but to the crowd it means nothing. They hear "60 feet" and they know it was huge.
Economic psychologist wrote:
Heres an analogy you might make: Should NFL europe have field measurements in meters??? That was a great 10m field goal!
Err, I don't think a FG can be that short...
Rock and roll!
In before Dumb Wigins appropriates this thread. I won't be back.
call 'em both wrote:
When I officiate NCAA meets, I always make it a point to call out the metric (required) and then flip the tape and call the imperial. I think it's especially important if the crowd is seated within earshot of my calls. A shot putter will immediately know 18.29 is a helluva throw but to the crowd it means nothing. They hear "60 feet" and they know it was huge.
The NCAA rule for announcing meets requires it actually. Not for the event officials like you guys, but for the official meet announcer.
Rule 3-14-3.f:
ARTICLE 3. Relevant information shall include:
f. Results — placings, times, distances, heights, records — at the earliest possible moment (field-event results shall be announced imperially and metrically)
All of the great technology we have and we can't post the distance in both metric and imperial?That's just idiotic. Remember last year when I made NUMEROUS posts about how very few people understood metric? Who knows how high a 1.73m high jump is? Why don't they just announce all the meets in French? We've been teaching French in our schools longer than we have been teaching the metrics.
call 'em both wrote:
When I officiate NCAA meets, I always make it a point to call out the metric (required) and then flip the tape and call the imperial. I think it's especially important if the crowd is seated within earshot of my calls. A shot putter will immediately know 18.29 is a helluva throw but to the crowd it means nothing. They hear "60 feet" and they know it was huge.
They should have done this years ago. Finally bringing track into the 20th century. Announcing measurements in imperialistic units is too confusing.
Really? US track events all use the standard international units, so that US results are easily compared to international standards. Why not the same for US field events? And since the distances are obviously translated from metric (e.g., high jump bars at such-and-such-and-three-quarter inches), it doesn't get clearer.
LetsRun.com wrote:
Proof positive that there are way too many administrators out there. In mour mind, at all US meets, only feet and inches should be announced (unless someone is going over a barrier like 5 meters).
http://fl.milesplit.com/articles/199628-new-rule-implements-use-of-metric-measurement-in-all-field-events
If you passed fifth grade math, you should be able to convert meters to feet/inches in your head in about a tenth of a second.
This little simple method gets me as close as I need to convert. Times 3 then add 10% of that number for a reasonable guesstimate.
1.5m:
1.5x3 = 4.5
then + 10% (.45)
~= 5 feet
(4'11" real result)
18m:
18x3 = 54
+ 10% (5.4)
~= 59.4 feet
(real result 59'-3/4")
50m:
50x3 = 150
+10% (15)
~= 165 feet
(real result 164 feet)
100m:
100x3 = 300
+10% (30)
~= 330 feet
(real result 328 feet)
not that hard wrote:
If you passed fifth grade math, you should be able to convert meters to feet/inches in your head in about a tenth of a second.
Of course we "can" but why should we have to when technology should do that in a picosecond?
The FHSAA administrator invited feedback so I just sent him this email:
I just read your interview on flmilesplit concerning mandating exclusively metric measurements at Florida high school track meets. In the interview you mention that the NCAA is one of the organizations with the same policy. I believe you are mistaken. The NCAA requires that BOTH metric and imperial measurements be given. I urge that the FHSAA do the same..
Track and Field gets too little coverage on the sports pages and on TV - and, thus, too little attendance at track meets - as it is. I can think of almost nothing that will worsen that reality more than having only metric measurements announced. Fans know what a 60' shot put or a 7'0" high jump or a 24' long jump is. Virtually none would have any clue if only the metric number is given.
Many years ago, when Jimmy Carter was president, a real push was made to have all interstate highway distance signs in metric. It was assumed that the public would adjust, just as the FHSAA apparently assumes will happen now with Track fans. It didn't happen then - or since - on the highways. Why do you think it will happen now in our small niche of society? More importantly, why jeopardize our already too limited public interest by turning off average sports fans? Why jeopardize coverage by newspapers and TV whose football/basketball/baseball loving sportswriters will have no clue - and no interest - in metric performances that are meaningless to them.
I am not an ignoramus nor anti-metric. I am concerned with actions which will, I believe, hurt our sport.
Niche of a niche...... wrote:
All of the great technology we have and we can't post the distance in both metric and imperial?
That's just idiotic.
Remember last year when I made NUMEROUS posts about how very few people understood metric? Who knows how high a 1.73m high jump is? Why don't they just announce all the meets in French? We've been teaching French in our schools longer than we have been teaching the metrics.
call 'em both wrote:When I officiate NCAA meets, I always make it a point to call out the metric (required) and then flip the tape and call the imperial. I think it's especially important if the crowd is seated within earshot of my calls. A shot putter will immediately know 18.29 is a helluva throw but to the crowd it means nothing. They hear "60 feet" and they know it was huge.
When it comes to field events I like to know if somebody long jumps 29 ft or high jumps 8ft or pole vaults 20ft. Just sayin'.
I was just mentioning the other day how nutritionists tell you now many grams of such per lb you should have in your diet. I doubt most older people know what they are talking about or would look up the conversion. It's like speaking another language and makes their advice useless. The only people in the US fluent in metric is drug dealers.
Really. Should meet announcers announce the 109 yard dash? The 1640 yard run? If you're going to suggest such a thing at least be consistent.