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My thoughts as well. More for player health was the reasoning. Also development? Can’t cut as quick on grass and you really have to concentrate on proper footwork so maybe some developmental reasoning as well.
I love it. Hated playing on turf. Granted it has improved since I played but some of those shitty stadiums like KU & Mizzou were basically like a thin layer of green carpet over concrete. My knees & legs were sore for days after playing at Mizzou's or KU's stadium. Just sucked the life out of my legs. I always said if I was a Free Agent in Major League Baseball that I would only consider teams that played their home games on grass fields because of how much the astroturf sucked. Maybe it is better now but I still prefer grass. Plus nothing better than a muddy grass stained jersey after a game on grass.
I think there’s fewer injuries on grass too. May have heard it in regard to the NFL and players wondering why the owners wouldn’t pony up the dough for grass fields in every stadium.
I love it. Hated playing on turf. Granted it has improved since I played but some of those shitty stadiums like KU & Mizzou were basically like a thin layer of green carpet over concrete. My knees & legs were sore for days after playing at Mizzou's or KU's stadium. Just sucked the life out of my legs. I always said if I was a Free Agent in Major League Baseball that I would only consider teams that played their home games on grass fields because of how much the astroturf sucked. Maybe it is better now but I still prefer grass. Plus nothing better than a muddy grass stained jersey after a game on grass.
I detest fake fields in baseball, but still kinda like them in football. I know they still have issues (even though they've come a long way from the early days), but there's something about the aesthetics that just hits home & makes it feel like big time college football.
I think there’s fewer injuries on grass too. May have heard it in regard to the NFL and players wondering why the owners wouldn’t pony up the dough for grass fields in every stadium.
Maintenance costs are so much higher on grass. But I think worth it. When the new Arizona Cardinals Stadium was built they showed how their grass field was on basically a slab that was on train tracks. So they took the grass out into the sun when they weren't playing on it. Crazy, and couldn't have been cheap.
make memorial grass then you stupid sonofabitchs !! love grass, ridin my John deere mowin the lawn every Monday mornin w/ my coffee in the summers ahhhhh the memories FARRTT
Most pro soccer teams switched to turf only to prevent leg injuries. When the euro league teams comes to the USA to play exhibitions they make them put in grass fields.
Maintenance costs are so much higher on grass. But I think worth it. When the new Arizona Cardinals Stadium was built they showed how their grass field was on basically a slab that was on train tracks. So they took the grass out into the sun when they weren't playing on it. Crazy, and couldn't have been cheap.
That's not the best example as they have been having field issues and it was absolute garbage for the Superbowl. It felt like the field conditions dominated the conversation.