Originally Posted by
Gill The Thrill
Thank God they never adopted any of those suggestions by Frank Clair from that 1974 article...that would have been ridiculous. 8 yds to get a first down, or go to 4 downs for 12 yds to get a first. Could you imagine what a Canadian Football Field would look like today. Possible stripes between 4 or 6 yds....lol. Could you imagine the equipment companies having to make exclusive 8 or 12 yd chains for Canadian Football. I'm glad there was a strong sense of Canadiana to keep the game the way it mostly was...Conversely, I'm glad we didn't go over the top and respected the football tradition and not change the unit of measurement to metres after Canada went to metric. That would've been just as ridiculous.
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