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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3278371, member: 1220"] People in sports are not the sharpest tools in the shed when it comes to measurables. The NFL still measures speed by running players on a track wearing shorts instead of on a field wearing gear. Really stupid. In basketball players are measured by the tops of their heads instead of their upward reach. Since when do people shoot or block shots with the tops of their heads. I mean reach is relevant but height is not. Stupid- Stupid- Stupid. How difficult would it be to measure their upward reach? Now there are other mitigating factors that contribute other than reach. Leaping ability ( they do measure that ) and body width for example. The wider the body the farther the defender has to stay away from the offensive player. The farther away from the defender the more reach is negated. This would make width an advantage to the offensive player but a disadvantage to the defense. Now not every factor can be logically measured, but reach instead of height is one that is certainly doable. [/QUOTE]