LOL. How about a peat-bog? Then those mummified bodies we saw on Sunday would feel right at home. Even Jimmy Hoffa was quoted as saying "those guys looked deader than me."
Several studies have shown that more serious ankle and knee football injuries are sustained while playing on field turf than on natural grass. Dating back to the early 1970s, the American sports fascination of playing on this artificial crap has been a curious one. As if these professional teams don't have enough money to sustain a natural grass field. The teams would rather cut costs and have players suffer serious career altering/ending injuries than put a few extra bucks into a natural grass field. There must be a very good reason why FIFA and UEFA have historically not permitted the use of artificial surfaces in soccer stadiums. Another potential health hazard which is never mentioned is the danger of the rubber crumb which is derived from old tires and makes up the infill part of field turf. That nasty rubber crumb is potentially carcinogenic and respiratory damaging stuff which players may ingest through inhalation or abrasions to the skin. Needless to say, the long term effects will not be realized until a number of years down the road. Rather predictably, as we have seen during this current climate of fabricated pandemonium, when it comes to convenience and saving or making a buck, human lives and future quality of life will always will be expendable.
Their pre season certification is only a measurement of the field. Not the playing surface. They will examine the field this week.
might be something to it because the Jets had that scrimmage practice on the new turf and suffered quite a bit of injuries, then this game with the 49ers. Rip it up and put in some grass
