NCAA swimming might transition to meters

Apr 1, 2023
3:24:16pm

Squeegee All-American

NCAA Begins Exploring Permanent Transition to Meters Racing in Swimming

Leon Marchand is the rare swimmer who has been able to succeed in both the 50-meter and 25-yard pool, winning World Championships in the 200 IM & 400 IM last summer, and NCAA titles in the same events last week.

https://swimswam.com/ncaa-begins-exploring-permanent-transition-to-meters-racing-in-swimming/

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NCAA swimming might transition to meters

Squeegee

4/1/23 3:24pm

I wouldn't be sad if the US finally stopped being so stubborn and go completely metric. So much easier to count.

DJROSS

4/1/23 3:26pm

Some things about it would suck.

eysikal

4/1/23 3:27pm

Yeah? Like what?

DJROSS

4/1/23 3:28pm

Manufacturing changes, tooling changes, and can you imagine how hard it would be to fix old SAE things

CSoul

4/1/23 3:30pm

Hmmm, I might disagree that it's as rough today as it was when I was a teenager in the 80s.

DJROSS

4/1/23 3:33pm

Huh? This isn't about personal ability to transition in your brain.

CSoul

4/1/23 3:40pm

Sorry I failed to clarify. I meant infrastructure where imo is where it needs to start which forces industry to follow

DJROSS

4/1/23 3:49pm

We manufacture way more in terms of $s today than we do in the 80s, our share worldwide just fell. It's

CSoul

4/1/23 3:54pm

There is literally a world of resources to ease the transition

ABCoug

4/1/23 3:35pm

What do you even mean by that? I was just looking for fun, and just the highway signs would cost a half billion!

CSoul

4/1/23 3:39pm

RE: Yeah? Like what?

LeftOfNormal

4/1/23 3:34pm

I think Fahrenheit is a nicer system than Celsius. Too big of a change in temp

eysikal

4/1/23 3:35pm

Nothing about this, though.

Squeegee

4/1/23 3:29pm

It’s April fools

1984coug

4/1/23 4:49pm

They got me. Wow.

Squeegee

4/1/23 9:17pm

A guy I know who coaches told me the usa would never drop yards because

1984coug

4/1/23 9:38pm

You take that back!

shimmy

4/1/23 3:29pm

12 based numeric systems > than 10 based

boyblue

4/1/23 3:30pm

If God wanted us on the metric system, Jesus would have had 10 Apostles.

WDaddy

4/1/23 3:32pm

But with 12, one betrayed him. Sounds like 11 would have been safer.

Fatalplacebo

4/1/23 3:33pm

I need another POD nomination. Brilliant.

Cheap Seats

4/1/23 9:31pm

It WOULD be really nice if halves, 3rds, 4ths and 6ths terminated after only one

LeftOfNormal

4/1/23 3:44pm

It would be a nightmare for many industries. Manufacturing and construction

WDaddy

4/1/23 3:31pm

It would need to be a decades long transition as things age and phase out. There are way too many prefab

CSoul

4/1/23 3:32pm

Many already have migrated

Nat Gas Man

4/1/23 3:33pm

And even more have not

WDaddy

4/1/23 3:34pm

Nearly all (if not all) autos are already metric. Medical is already metric.

Corn Pop

4/1/23 3:39pm

Lol. So you’ve mentioned a few industries and assume every other industry

WDaddy

4/1/23 3:45pm

Apparently NASA is almost all in SAE. It alone would take between 250-500 million and well over a decade.

CSoul

4/1/23 3:48pm

I hope all these metric commies are willing to pay more taxes and go deeper in

WDaddy

4/1/23 3:51pm

LOL, so you mention 1 industry and you assume that applies to all.

Corn Pop

4/1/23 3:48pm

I didn’t expect you to go away from logical thought so quickly to strawmen

WDaddy

4/1/23 3:50pm

NASA, highway administration, US manufactured firearms, manufacturing in the U.S., plastic fabrication for

CSoul

4/1/23 3:52pm

You mentioned food. That actually has been multi values for at least 15 years. So while other areas might be more

DJROSS

4/1/23 5:53pm

Commies can take Fahrenheit from my cold dead fingers. It is a significantly better system for reporting temperature as

YIsForBrigham

4/1/23 3:38pm

The commies won’t stop at the metric system. Your guns are next.

WDaddy

4/1/23 3:40pm

I would trade metric for universal left hand drive.

panacablue

4/1/23 3:40pm

I’m Canadian and I hate the metric system

deliciousmocha

4/1/23 3:52pm

George Washington fought a war so we don’t have to count with that crap.

UNLVcougar

4/1/23 4:17pm

That makes BYU’s 25 meter decision a big oops

Nat Gas Man

4/1/23 3:29pm

Short Course Meters is a distinct possibility.

Squeegee

4/1/23 3:32pm

Probably after a new fieldhouse, outdoor track and volleyball facility

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