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Antifar 09/30/20 3:42:41 PM #1:	https://apnews.com/article/nfl-football-archive-9b34d4402f2f82ae60708605f65aa560? The NFL Players Association is asking that the 32 league teams change all field surfaces to natural grass because of injury concerns. Union president JC Tretter said in a statement on Wednesday that artificial turf is significantly harder on the body than grass. He cited the NFLs injury data from 2012-18 that the contact injury rate for lower extremities was higher during practices and games held on turf. And that NFL players experienced a much higher rate of noncontact lower extremity injuries on turf compared to natural surfaces. He also said that cold-weather teams such as the Packers, Steelers and Browns have natural grass fields. And indoor stadiums in Arizona and Las Vegas have figured out how to have a natural grass playing surface. Earlier this season, the San Francisco 49ers complained about the surface at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey after losing several key players, including Nick Bosa and Solomon Thomas, to injuries in a Week 2 win over the Jets. The league inspected the playing surface and said it met all applicable standards and protocols. The 49ers played the following week again at MetLife and beat the Giants. This has been an issue in North American soccer, particularly when the 2015 women's world cup was played in Canada, on turf fields @CruelBuffalo I know you had a topic about that Niners game --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:945278859] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>https://apnews.com/article/nfl-football-archive-9b34d4402f2f82ae60708605f65aa560? <quote>The NFL Players Association is asking that the 32 league teams change all field surfaces to natural grass because of injury concerns. Union president JC Tretter said in a statement on Wednesday that artificial turf is significantly harder on the body than grass. He cited the NFLs injury data from 2012-18 that the contact injury rate for lower extremities was higher during practices and games held on turf. And that NFL players experienced a much higher rate of noncontact lower extremity injuries on turf compared to natural surfaces. He also said that cold-weather teams such as the Packers, Steelers and Browns have natural grass fields. And indoor stadiums in Arizona and Las Vegas have figured out how to have a natural grass playing surface. Earlier this season, the San Francisco 49ers complained about the surface at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey after losing several key players, including Nick Bosa and Solomon Thomas, to injuries in a Week 2 win over the Jets. The league inspected the playing surface and said it met all applicable standards and protocols. The 49ers played the following week again at MetLife and beat the Giants.</quote> This has been an issue in North American soccer, particularly when the 2015 women's world cup was played in Canada, on turf fields @CruelBuffalo I know you had a topic about that Niners game</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 09/30/20 3:44:18 PM #2:	This what unions are supposed to be for. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:945278941] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>This what unions are supposed to be for. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cornmuffins 09/30/20 3:45:44 PM #3:	Good --- Getting C's and D's, saying thanks and please. You broke the golden rule, you're staying after school. <cite>Cornmuffins posted [p:945279011] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>Good</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Damn_Underscore 09/30/20 3:47:36 PM #4:	why didn't they do this 30 years ago when Astroturf still existed --- Shenmue II = best game of all time Shenmue = 2nd best game of all time <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:945279101] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>why didn't they do this 30 years ago when Astroturf still existed </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PrettyBoyFloyd 09/30/20 3:50:01 PM #5:	Shit feels so weird if you ever stepped on one. A few months back when I went back home to visit I went to my old HS and ran up and back down the football field. Felt like running on a doormat or something. --- The Evil Republicans - Est.2004 - WoT [Government Destabilizing Branch] <cite>PrettyBoyFloyd posted [p:945279194] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>Shit feels so weird if you ever stepped on one. A few months back when I went back home to visit I went to my old HS and ran up and back down the football field. Felt like running on a doormat or something. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CableZL 09/30/20 4:04:33 PM #6:	Yeah, astroturf feels really weird to play on. --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg <cite>CableZL posted [p:945279781] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, astroturf feels really weird to play on. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WashYourHands 09/30/20 4:08:08 PM #7:	About damn time --- 20 seconds is all it takes! <cite>WashYourHands posted [p:945279922] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>About damn time </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CruelBuffalo 09/30/20 4:09:06 PM #8:	YAAAAASSSSS. Now lets shame FIFA for allowing turf and using rhe womens teams as guinne pigs <cite>CruelBuffalo posted [p:945279958] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>YAAAAASSSSS. Now lets shame FIFA for allowing turf and using rhe womens teams as guinne pigs </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PatrickMahomes 09/30/20 4:10:05 PM #9:	Metlife should be labeled a biohazard location --- NFLB 2020 Summersim Roster mk. 1 (12-4): https://imgur.com/4Pvr5rT NFLB 2020 Summersim Roster mk. 2 (11-5) (ELIMINATED): https://imgur.com/BBhN2z3 <cite>PatrickMahomes posted [p:945279999] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>Metlife should be labeled a biohazard location </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Proto 09/30/20 4:10:21 PM #10:	The NFL makes hardly any money! How in the world will they afford to maintain grass fields?!? <cite>Proto posted [p:945280007] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>The NFL makes hardly any money! How in the world will they afford to maintain grass fields?!? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GoodOlJr 09/30/20 4:10:35 PM #11:	Beautiful, the elements should be part of the game, these teams have the money to have a healthy field for 8 games --- http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3475/3291766630_b434e97925.jpg 3DS: 1005-8921-6109 <cite>GoodOlJr posted [p:945280019] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>Beautiful, the elements should be part of the game, these teams have the money to have a healthy field for 8 games</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 09/30/20 4:11:09 PM #12:	Proto posted... The NFL makes hardly any money! How in the world will they afford to maintain grass fields?!? If Phoenix and Las Vegas can have grass fields, so can the Meadowlands. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:945280037] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>Proto posted... </cite> <quote>The NFL makes hardly any money! How in the world will they afford to maintain grass fields?!?</quote>If Phoenix and Las Vegas can have grass fields, so can the Meadowlands. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThunderTrain 09/30/20 4:11:45 PM #13:	Probably better for them than ingesting all that turf too --- Without this nobody reads the last line of a post Look at all these slave masters posing on your dollar <cite>ThunderTrain posted [p:945280057] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>Probably better for them than ingesting all that turf too </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 09/30/20 5:21:22 PM #14:	Damn_Underscore posted... why didn't they do this 30 years ago when Astroturf still existed I can't speak to the decision making process of the NFLPA, but I would note that astroturf came about in an era when stadiums were more commonly owned by cities and home to baseball teams as well. So owners may have had less say as to the playing surface. --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:945282916] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>Damn_Underscore posted...</cite> <quote>why didn't they do this 30 years ago when Astroturf still existed </quote> I can't speak to the decision making process of the NFLPA, but I would note that astroturf came about in an era when stadiums were more commonly owned by cities and home to baseball teams as well. So owners may have had less say as to the playing surface.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 09/30/20 5:23:55 PM #15:	Antifar posted... I can't speak to the decision making process of the NFLPA, but I would note that astroturf came about in an era when stadiums were more commonly owned by cities and home to baseball teams as well. So owners may have had less say as to the playing surface. Plausible. Moving portable bleachers around for a baseball/football stadium conversion would beat the hell out of natural grass. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:945283026] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>Antifar posted... </cite> <quote>I can't speak to the decision making process of the NFLPA, but I would note that astroturf came about in an era when stadiums were more commonly owned by cities and home to baseball teams as well. So owners may have had less say as to the playing surface.</quote>Plausible. Moving portable bleachers around for a baseball/football stadium conversion would beat the hell out of natural grass. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthAragorn 09/30/20 5:24:53 PM #16:	they should either get rid of domes or have all games be in domes too <cite>DarthAragorn posted [p:945283060] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>they should either get rid of domes or have all games be in domes too </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 09/30/20 5:55:07 PM #17:	I agree. --- One glorious day, the plain folks will reach their hearts desire and the White House will be occupied by a fool and downright moron. HL Mencken (1920) <cite>brestugo posted [p:945284258] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>I agree. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
burns112233 09/30/20 6:00:58 PM #18:	Just have players in a giant moon bounce, bouncy castle thing. <cite>burns112233 posted [p:945284506] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>Just have players in a giant moon bounce, bouncy castle thing. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PrettyBoyFloyd 09/30/20 6:04:17 PM #19:	The best games are played in the rain, mud and snow. I'm yet to see a game played during a hurricane though. That'd be epic. --- The Evil Republicans - Est.2004 - WoT [Government Destabilizing Branch] <cite>PrettyBoyFloyd posted [p:945284629] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>The best games are played in the rain, mud and snow. I'm yet to see a game played during a hurricane though. That'd be epic. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Unsugarized_Foo 09/30/20 6:05:09 PM #20:	As a turf nut, I like this --- "All I have is my balls and my word, and I don't break them for anyone!"-Tony Montana <cite>Unsugarized_Foo posted [p:945284661] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>As a turf nut, I like this </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sktgamer_13dude 09/30/20 6:07:50 PM #21:	CableZL posted... Yeah, astroturf feels really weird to play on. AstroTurf is cement with carpet. Regular turf is worse than grass but its better than that garbage. --- https://imgur.com/jWVrg9U https://imgur.com/g2efUtT https://imgur.com/5dOwhaP https://imgur.com/LVdqu8J Go Cougs and M's #DI4B <cite>sktgamer_13dude posted [p:945284757] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>CableZL posted...</cite> <quote>Yeah, astroturf feels really weird to play on. </quote> AstroTurf is cement with carpet. Regular turf is worse than grass but its better than that garbage.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CableZL 09/30/20 6:09:02 PM #22:	sktgamer_13dude posted... AstroTurf is cement with carpet. Regular turf is worse than grass but its better than that garbage. Hmm... I may be thinking about regular turf, then. I just remember it being bouncy --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg <cite>CableZL posted [p:945284813] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>sktgamer_13dude posted... </cite> <quote>AstroTurf is cement with carpet. Regular turf is worse than grass but its better than that garbage.</quote> Hmm... I may be thinking about regular turf, then. I just remember it being bouncy </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sktgamer_13dude 09/30/20 6:09:32 PM #23:	PrettyBoyFloyd posted... I'm yet to see a game played during a hurricane though. That'd be epic. Watch 2016 Notre Dame vs NC State. Was played during Hurricane Matthew --- https://imgur.com/jWVrg9U https://imgur.com/g2efUtT https://imgur.com/5dOwhaP https://imgur.com/LVdqu8J Go Cougs and M's #DI4B <cite>sktgamer_13dude posted [p:945284835] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>PrettyBoyFloyd posted...</cite> <quote> I'm yet to see a game played during a hurricane though. That'd be epic. </quote> Watch 2016 Notre Dame vs NC State. Was played during Hurricane Matthew</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 09/30/20 6:11:20 PM #24:	PrettyBoyFloyd posted... The best games are played in the rain, mud and snow. I'm yet to see a game played during a hurricane though. That'd be epic. https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=271126023 --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:945284906] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>PrettyBoyFloyd posted...</cite> <quote>The best games are played in the rain, mud and snow. I'm yet to see a game played during a hurricane though. That'd be epic. </quote> https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=271126023</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sktgamer_13dude 09/30/20 6:11:41 PM #25:	CableZL posted... Hmm... I may be thinking about regular turf, then. I just remember it being bouncy AstroTurf is like what was/is in the KingDome, Tropicana Field, Metrodome, etc. Its why the ball bounces so crazily in those stadiums in like baseball. --- https://imgur.com/jWVrg9U https://imgur.com/g2efUtT https://imgur.com/5dOwhaP https://imgur.com/LVdqu8J Go Cougs and M's #DI4B <cite>sktgamer_13dude posted [p:945284919] in NFL player... [t:79009906]...</cite> <quote>CableZL posted...</cite> <quote> Hmm... I may be thinking about regular turf, then. I just remember it being bouncy </quote> AstroTurf is like what was/is in the KingDome, Tropicana Field, Metrodome, etc. Its why the ball bounces so crazily in those stadiums in like baseball.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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