New playing surface for MetLife in 2023

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  1. Brook!

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    Good. Maybe injuries will go down this way.
     
  2. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 2018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    I kind of remember MetLife being near the top of the list for player complaints of the surface. Makes sense.
     
  3. Jonathan_Vilma

    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    I don’t get why they don’t get a new playing surface every year? It’s a big carpet. That shit should be replaced all the time with how much these franchises make.

    And how haven’t they figured out the perfect anti-knee-injury surface?
     
  4. Jedi mind tricks

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    Maybe! Really depends on what they're replacing it with. I don't think grass will hold up with 2 teams. Hybrid maybe
     
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    the hard rock atsro turf was way worse than the rubber pellet stuff

    themodern athlete strains the joints like never b4... shit happens on nice grass too...
     
  6. JoeWalton

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    For World Cup 1994, Giants Stadium replaced the fake concrete astroturf with real grass, as per FIFA regulations. When the biggest sport in the world gives the middle finger to the fake rug, maybe the NFL should do the same. Presently, I think FIFA eventually sold out and does allow use of the fake stuff.

    This issue reminds one of a quote from the late NY Mets reliever Tug McGraw when asked if he preferred grass or astroturf. Tug's response was he never smoked astroturf. Or how about the colorful Dick Allen stating, "If a horse can't eat it, I don't want to play on it."

    Like their MLB counterparts back in the day, NFL Players need to organize a grassroots revolt to once and for all turf the fake rug. Seriously, aren't there better things to do with recycled tire rubber than have players rub exposed skin on it? Even if injuries on grass and astroturf are a wash, teams need to start considering the players' long term health and get them off that synthetic garbage.

    And how about all this woke virtue signaling stuff the NFL and their corporate sponsors will be promoting until the grass-munching cows come home? Does the NFL and its teams no longer care about the long term environmental impacts of the fake rug? If player health and environmental awareness fails to result in the league wide dumping of the shag, the players may have to reach out to the Scooby Dooby to see if he can take on the case and find them some real grass.
     
  7. The Waterboy

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    "They found athletes were 58 percent more likely to sustain an injury during athletic activity on artificial turf. Injury rates were significantly higher for football," the sports medicine institute stated.Nov 3, 2022
     
  8. abyzmul

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    It's too bad that they needed to Sports Medicine Institute to tell them something that any football fan with half a brain has known for upwards of 30 years.
     
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    Yeah, I was surprised it had to be pointed out here.
     
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    How many more turf fields are there than grass? Has to skew the #’s.
    Football players get injured on grass too. Just ask Breece and AVT.
     
  11. Jonathan_Vilma

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    Looks like more fields have grass.

    https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-stadiums-grass-or-turf/
     
  12. The Waterboy

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    16 NFL stadiums are grass, 14 are turf, not sure about NCAA and I'm sure the study took into account the number of stadiums with each.

    Was AVT running on his hands?
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 2018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    What? This is a weird hill to die on dude. There’s plenty of studies that say turf is worse that are backed by science….
     
  16. The Waterboy

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    Brilliant let's try running the ball
     
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    Nah... LeFleur is determined to beat Belichek thru the air.
     
  19. No Fly Zone

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    I'm all for real grass, just don't give us that 4' x 4' grate crap they had years ago. That stuff was way worse than the chewed up tire turf.
     

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