Talk:40 yard dash
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Three of the five citations do not exist anymore. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DumbLoserGuy (talk • contribs) 17:56, 27 August 2006 (EDT).
The citations were simply edited wrong, they have been restored.Jbonneau 18:35, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Standard for mention of players
In order to mention players on this page as having allegedly run fast 40 times, it should be that their corresponding page makes such claims. This is not true in the case of Vick or Coles, they should either be removed from this page or their pages should be updated.Jbonneau 18:35, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- I think the standard should be higher yet; there should be a verifiable source outside of Wikipedia for the claim. If the corresponding player article provides such a source, then we'll use that; otherwise, even if the corresponding article makes the claim, it is unsourced and should be removed if one is not provided. I will now place Template:citationneeded tags on each of the players accordingly. —Sesquialtera II (talk) 20:33, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
who is eric park? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.247.128.79 (talk • contribs) 23:23, 18 October 2006 (EDT).
Well, I ran a 4.87 so I don't compare to those guys but it is fast out there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.251.148.109 (talk • contribs) 20:09, 19 October 2006 (EDT).
To have a level playing field for these 40 times, they must reference only times taken at NFL Combine. Even those have differences, because the combine has been at Indy since 1987, one year after Bo Jackson ran his 4.12. And even at Indy, the surface changed ten years ago and times became faster across the board since. Also, there actually is no such thing as one, single "official" 40 time at the combine. National Scouting, which runs the combine, provides three times per run, two hand-held and one electronic. Each player may run twice, thereby yielding a potential six times. National Scouting provides all six of these times to NFL teams. The teams then do what they want with those times, or ignore them. Some teams use the best electronic time. Some teams throw out the fastest and slowest and average the rest. Some teams use the best time provided. And some teams use a time provided by their own scout on site. So unless somebody has the actual report showing all six times, it may be impossible to know exactly what 40 time is being reported.FCooney 01:46, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Eric Park is somebody of no relevance to this article. And he's a poser.
[edit] Ted Ginn Jr.
Didn't Ted Ginn Jr. run a record breaking 4.06 run? i think it should be added.Doorknob123 13:39, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- I did a search and found a Daily News article that supports this, so I will add it. —Sesquialtera II (talk) 20:33, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- Ted Ginn Jr. did not even run the 40 at this year's Indianapolis Combine. And when considering "legitimate" 40 times, it would be inappropriate to consider times turned in from various locations, conditions, methods because there are too many variables involved to consider such times as being relative. FCooney 01:49, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
The Nicky Schaltz link does not even work, and it's highly unlikely that a relative nobody could run a 4.0 forty time.
