I've worked with dozens of officials who work the PIL. None of them I've ever met is that dumb (except one who told me a player's status is determined by his "center of gravity").

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He is even dumber, the correct term is "center of mass" not "center of gravity."

I'm not sure that makes him dumber, Mark. I'm not particularly dumb, but I've never heard the phrase "center of mass" before your post. I think that unless you are trained as an engineer, "center of mass" doesn't mean a hill of beans.

He is even dumber, the correct term is "center of mass" not "center of gravity." [/B][/QUOTE]

Somehow I always thought that in a uniform field center of mass = center of gravity. Apparently these people agree:

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/cm.html

Did I miss something?

Edit: Maybe they differ when doing dynamic analysis?

[Edited by Dan_ref on Aug 8th, 2003 at 10:31 AM]

Gee, I dunno, I once heard that you are not just run of the mill dumb but "f***ing dumb".

Or was that stupid...anyway, carry on.

:p

Got me there, pardner :)

Dan, I suppose Mark might be assuming that the human body (especially the one of the person Padgett refers to) IS NOT a "uniform" field of mass.

Yup - only problem is, good luck finding a uniform gravitational field.