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2 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

Good!  Now let's work on eliminating artificial turf, at least in outdoor stadiums.

 

 

 

The new turfs are pretty similar to real grass and nothing like the carpeted cement they used to have back in the 80s and 90s

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I'm not a huge fan of the move towards indoor stadiums that resemble shopping malls more than football stadiums.  

 

Having said that, I've always hated the infield look at the baseball/football stadiums.  Particularly when playing Miami on grass for years and years.  I won't miss this at all.

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1 hour ago, Nextmanup said:

Good!  Now let's work on eliminating artificial turf, at least in outdoor stadiums.

 

 


No thanks. This isn't the 1970s.

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I grew up watching the old AFL in the mid-60’s and most of the stadiums were dual purpose. 

 

A “football only” stadium is the only way to go.  Prefer outdoors and grass when practical.  

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Watching football for decades, and I am in full agreement... no more baseball/football combo fields. In addition in it being ugly and creating an uneven playing surface, it places the modern athlete in even more of a position to get a serious injury.

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Boo!!!!  I love the baseball field in Oakland;  I've been watching football games on that field for 45 years.

 

Come on A's!!  Let's keep baseball season going!!

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2 hours ago, Bob in STL said:

I grew up watching the old AFL in the mid-60’s and most of the stadiums were dual purpose. 

 

A “football only” stadium is the only way to go.  Prefer outdoors and grass when practical.  

Not the lovely rockpile.   Bills played on mud

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9 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

Boo!!!!  I love the baseball field in Oakland;  I've been watching football games on that field for 45 years.

 

Come on A's!!  Let's keep baseball season going!!

The A's are in a wildcard spot right now so how will this be the last game played with a dirt infield?

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4 hours ago, matter2003 said:

 

The new turfs are pretty similar to real grass and nothing like the carpeted cement they used to have back in the 80s and 90s

There's still lots more injuries on turf than grass

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17 minutes ago, matter2003 said:

Have a study?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30995074

 

Artificial turf is an important risk factor for specific knee ligament injuries in NCAA football. Injury rates for PCL tears were significantly increased during competitions played on artificial turf as compared with natural grass. Lower NCAA divisions (II and III) also showed higher rates of ACL injuries during competitions on artificial turf versus natural grass.

 

theres  more:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30452873

 

 

 

 

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I think people are not giving fair credit to Gore with what he's done, just because we're all excited to see more of Singletary. 

 

Gore showed why he's still a valuable player in this league today. 

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Just now, peterpan said:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30995074

 

Artificial turf is an important risk factor for specific knee ligament injuries in NCAA football. Injury rates for PCL tears were significantly increased during competitions played on artificial turf as compared with natural grass. Lower NCAA divisions (II and III) also showed higher rates of ACL injuries during competitions on artificial turf versus natural grass.

 

theres  more:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30452873

 

 

 

 

I don't doubt...my roommate in college played soccer and tore his ACL on a field turf surface at practice because his foot got caught in a seam while running

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