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Ridgewood NJ, Aaron Rodgers’s torn Achilles tendon is becoming an Achilles’ heel for the NFL. Following the star quarterback’s season-ending injury in his debut for the New York Jets this week, the players union is again urging the league to replace artificial turf fields with real grass, citing safety concerns.
In 10 of the last 11 regular seasons, players were hurt more often on synthetic surfaces than on natural grass, data analyzed by the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) President JC Tretter shows.
Last year, the injury rate was 37% higher on turf. But there was no significant difference in injury rates during the 2021 season, which the NFL claims is proof there’s no issue with turf.
Rodgers and other players have long railed against turf fields for feeling less stable and contributing to knee, ankle, and foot injuries. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the issue is “complex.”
Going au naturel would cost an estimated $850,000 for each of the NFL’s 15 turf fields—a drop in the bucket compared with the league’s $12 billion in revenue last season. It’s the “easiest decision the NFL can make,” NFLPA Executive Director Lloyd Howell said yesterday.
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The sports people won’t agree to that but they haven’t displayed too much intelligence on the topic and unfortunately it will be their children that will develop health conditions or succumb to orthopedic injuries-so they will only have themselves to blame.
The sports people won’t agree to that but they haven’t displayed too much intelligence on the topic and unfortunately it will be their children that will develop health conditions or succumb to orthopedic injuries-so they will only have themselves to blame.
Players when surveyed in all sports have always subjectively felt better in general on a natural grass surfaces . They feel less strain on their legs and back.
However past retrospective reviews of injuries have never shown a statistically significant difference between synthetic vs natural.
However the above article states
“data analyzed by the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) President JC Tretter shows.
Last year, the injury rate was 37% higher on turf. ”
My question: was the above statement by the union fact checked ? If accurate ; changes should be considered regarding the use of synthetic fields in PRO & amateur sports.
Almost like replacing our National Anthem. I gave up the NFL 3 years ago. Very tedious.
When are they going to start playing the White National Anthem ?
“White national anthem”? You are assigning race to THE NATIONAL ANTHEM? You need a doctor. FAST.
Wake Up.
They are currently playing the “BLACK National Anthem” (as described by Blacks, Liberals and the NFL) at NFL games.
…but THAT’S not Racist, right?
…and they DON’T NEED a doctor, right?
As a former multi-sport player on all the fields in town PRE-turf, all of us athletes wanted (and still support) the turf fields because the grass ones were most of the time pretty crappy and way more painful to play on. This is because Ridgewood (like every other town) does not have the time and money to keep our grass in the condition of Giants Stadium or even Rutgers stadium.
The vast majority of people in town that oppose turf actually oppose it because they think it is more expensive. The opposite is true. (Notice all the new fields at Waldwick High – that super rich spend thrift town?)
Turf is in the long run, cheaper and safer to play on than some crappy hard packed dirt that has grass on it sometimes.
Don’t forget all the goose $hit
Thanks Evan for your 2 cents
That could be the post of the year !
i am not whoever Evan is
There is zero savings with turf verses natural grass. Between nutrients, watering, maintenance and cutting it costs about $35,000 per year to take care of a natural grass fields in Ridgewood. Over the course of 10 years that’s $350,000. Turf still needs to be combed and maintained. Flooding cleanup is about $85,000, but let’s forget any turf maintenance costs and let’s say there is no flooding in 10 years. Turf plastic surfaces last about 10 years and it cost $650,000 to replace the turf carpet at Maple Field a few years ago.
So now you tell me where is the savings? You either need to get your facts straight or stop lying.
For many decades it was called Maple Park, until they clear-cut the century-old trees. What a terrible town.
For that level of taking care of the fields I played on growing up they were absolute crap and you could barely even tell any “maintenance” was done. One time a few fathers came down and cut the infield grass because it was so long round balls were stopping before short-stop (not to mention all the bad bounces due to clumps and divots). Stevens on the other hand had no grass left by Sept 15th. Goose crap all over Vets, all the time. The list goes on. So, yeah, if you don’t do anything MAYBE the cost is about the same to play on crap fields rather than turf. That is my real experience.
Just cancel the stupid sports teams. Problem solved.
How about replacing all the old players with younger ones. It is a young man’s game and the older folk are certainly getting compensated to play football.
As an ex football player, anyone will tell you. Yes, the fake turf field looks nice. But in the summertime it’s way hotter to play on the grass. It’s very slippery when it’s wet. And there’s a lot of maintenance involved in keeping it up. Don’t let anyone bullshit you. And it’s very expensive yes, Tony water or cutting. And I think about how many millions of dollars Richard spent on their fields and how many times it was destroyed by storms.
Plant grass
Did you know that about 10 years ago they redid the “landscaping” on the little tiny area outside the gym entrance on Beverly Rd / Hermance. After it was done it looked pretty much the same, and now after a few years of our crack “maintenance” program you can’t really tell anything was done. But it did cost $150,000.
This fake shit is ridiculous, it’s too expensive. It only last 10 years they had to replace it. Hire more employees, then you can have grass or sod. Stop the bullshit. And in the summer it’s 15 to 20° hotter to play on. And when it floats it makes a mess.
It’s amazing that they’re going to spend $7 million on a park.Wow