Many studies have been conducted showing a direct correlation between knee, ankle and concussion injuries to turf fields. I just don't know why the jets and giants continue to use turf. I don't think it is financial as woody has more money than most thrid world countries.
I thought they spent a bunch of money in the off-season to address this. If so, they should lawyer up.
2015 soccer, for what it's worth. "Several different independent scientific literature reviews have concluded that there are no differences in incidence and/or risk of injury in soccer between synthetic and natural grass surfaces." https://soccerfitnessgols.com/2015/12/07/is-synthetic-turf-really-more-dangerous-than-natural-grass/ edit: I guess this is more relevant: "Noncontact injuries for NFL players occurred at a higher rate on artificial turf compared to grass during the 2022 regular season, according to data released this week by the NFL Players Association." https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...ury-data-shows-grass-significantly-safer-turf
And McAfee's sports doctor said it wasn't the new turf field, it was the 465 pounds of combined weight of Rodgers and Floyd on a biomechanical system not designed to support that type of weight.
Guess a lot changed recently. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...ecent-injury-rates-same-grass-artificial-turf I’ve posted this link before showing the most injured teams since 2009 https://www.ohbets.com/most-injury-prone-nfl-teams/ We can probably assume the Patriots are actually lower on the list due to their injury list shenanigans, but either way they’re up there and the Jets and Giants are both top 10. In fact, 7 of the top 10 most injured teams since 2009 play on turf. It doesn’t get that much better as you go down the list.
All players say they would rather play on natural grass as there is more give in grass than on turf. I just think that changing to grass is something the players want and that from an injury perspective might mitigate some of these freakish injuries.
