They pulled out their tape measures to check it, and the distance came up a little short. I said, 'Jack, I can't believe this. We moved the starting line a yard and a half up and put down a white strip of tape. You have to make sure you carry your tape measure. Getting an edge Times have been lowered through the years through means other than cheating.
Players have learned to get off to better starts, they have better shoes and run on faster surfaces.
They also train for the 40. A sports agency, SFX, sent their clients to the UPMC Sports Performance Center this year. Cindrich sends some clients to speed trainer Tom Shaw in New Orleans. Another top football agent, Eric Metz, a Monroeville native, has long had his players train with a specialist near his agency in Phoenix. Metz represented Lamar King, a defensive end from tiny Saginaw Valley State, in 1999.