MarshallCounty Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 The last 12 years has seen a mad rush to get turf fields. On PMS today, it was discussed that they are widely despised by players because of the abuse on the body. Rip them up and go back to sod. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Agreed. Too many navel gazers here on the GID though, believing turf is a high school utopia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esso Ayche Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I concur. And this newfangled forward pass experiment is ruining the game, too. Live Lateral, or Die! 4 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshallCounty Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 If we really care about player safety, we’d rip them up and replant the sod. Death to Turf. https://www.lawnstarter.com/blog/lawn-care-2/turf-at-nfl-stadiums/amp/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumfriesYMCA Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Come on now. anyone who has played on grass in Indiana knows that by October/early November it’s basically like playing in concrete. The grass has stopped growing…gets cold and wet….grounds managers can’t really fix anything either. It’s nice on the grass in august when it hasn’t been destroyed and patched up 10x over and everything is level and it’s still warm. 2 months in though it’s just dirt spots and a few ankle killers scattered around 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHJIrish Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Well, Cathedral and Cincinnati LaSalle are playing on grass Friday night. Maybe you should come watch that. BTW, I prefer Field Turf. It's sad to see some NFL teams painting the dirt green late in the season. Field Turf should be mandated. Oh, and if you need lawn service, Turf Dogs handles the grass field at Arlington and do an outstanding job. Well, unless a couple of inches of rain falls on game day. Not much can be done with that situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor77 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Yes, want more of this. Assists big time in upsets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Back in the day, playing in the mud was fun, and to add on to what Dumfries said, and looking at the picture Thor posted, restoring a field back to good condition is very expensive. That includes the number of man hours involved in the work. And it may take years to fully restore it. Until it is restored, the field is useless. Schools that cannot afford to fully restore a field, will do patchwork repair. That, in my opinion, puts student athletes at far greater risk than the turf. Too many have these visions of their schools having had perfect fields like many NFL and college teams have, and that just is not the case. In the bigger picture, the new turf fields are safer, and save districts money. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impartial_Observer Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 7 hours ago, Thor77 said: Yes, want more of this. Assists big time in upsets. Sure, you go play/officiate on that shit next week/rest of the season! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slobberknocker Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Looks like Center Grove had fun on grass! Cathedral not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDGiant93 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Field turf schmield turf. Let's go back to concrete and carpet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumfriesYMCA Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Another thing we are not considering Parents, but mostly moms, who have to get the mud and grass stains out of white jerseys. do you think anyone who does the laundry for the kids wants to go back to grass? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC42 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 You can also practice daily on field turf which you can't do on a grass game field. A turf field is more practical for schools in the long run because you can use it year round for a multitude of events which you really can't do with a grass field, especially if you are rehabbing it after football season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I would also add that the use of turf fields has increased for mort schools dramatically. Just being able to have Physical Education classes using it is significant, but the band and soccer programs likely use them now as well. I know they do here. The PAL teams get to use it along with the middle school. Prior to turf, we were limited to just the Varsity, JV, frosh, and middle school games....no practices at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor77 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Impartial_Observer said: Sure, you go play/officiate on that shit next week/rest of the season! Lol, it was just fine for the one single game, but has been a mess ever since. A full off-season of recovery and it still isn’t fully back yet. Hopefully turf soon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impartial_Observer Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 1 hour ago, DumfriesYMCA said: Another thing we are not considering Parents, but mostly moms, who have to get the mud and grass stains out of white jerseys. do you think anyone who does the laundry for the kids wants to go back to grass? Lol My mom was the best, she prepared me for life, hence I was doing my own laundry in HS and ever since! If you want it done right, do it yourself! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzoron Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Slobberknocker said: Looks like Center Grove had fun on grass! Their fans on this forum whined about it quite a bit. Maybe the players had fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshallCounty Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 So the group sentiment is convience over saftey. Just wanted to make sure. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzoron Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, MarshallCounty said: So the group sentiment is convience over saftey. Just wanted to make sure. Thanks. *convenience* *safety* No, there is no proof that more injuries are caused by field turf. For every citation that states this, there is one disproving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshallCounty Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/does-playing-on-artificial-turf-pose-a-health-risk-for-your-child/2017/03/17/0c61b7b4-0380-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQWL Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, MarshallCounty said: So the group sentiment is convience over saftey. Just wanted to make sure. Thanks. After the past few years, is that a surprise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshallCounty Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/new-studies-show-pfas-artificial-grass-blades-and-backing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshallCounty Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 https://www.expertinstitute.com/resources/insights/artificial-turf-cancer-lawsuit-toxic-compounds-may-be-linked-to-cancer/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshallCounty Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30995074/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumfriesYMCA Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Impartial_Observer said: My mom was the best, she prepared me for life, hence I was doing my own laundry in HS and ever since! If you want it done right, do it yourself! If I was a betting man i would still put my money on a mom of boys knowing how to get a stain out of something over the teenager lol i think (or hope) everyone can do their own laundry but let’s be honest here….if the teenagers were left to wash their own jerseys, every team would have a 4th school color of green or brown lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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