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Old Thu Mar 08, 2007, 03:56pm
The Roamin' Umpire The Roamin' Umpire is offline
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Originally Posted by voiceoflg
I've often wondered why the CFL didn't use "meter (metre?)" lines. That field is so big anyway, what's a little more?

Remember that American & Canadian football ultimately derive from soccer, which was developed in England, which naturally used English units (yards) to measure their fields.
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