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The NFLPA says injury rates are significantly higher on artificial turf than on grass
A pretty bad look for the NFL. Glad Arrowhead has a grass field. Seems like a big key to our success this past half-decade has been good fortune on the injury front. I can't imagine a team making the conscious decision to opt for the "more injuries" approach.
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...grass-in-2022/
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04-20-2023, 11:59 AM | #2 |
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exception to the rule-Arizona
in other news-water is wet
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04-20-2023, 12:01 PM | #3 |
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Artificial turf needs to be banned. It's a blight on the sport.
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04-20-2023, 12:46 PM | #4 |
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So is this because the surface is harder when a player lands on it?
Or because the surface provides a better grip for footwear and instead of the foot losing grip a knee blows out? Or both? I've always wondered whether on indoor artificial turf fields if you restricted the sort of cleats players could wear, so that at some point their foot would slip instead of their knee blowing out, would that improve player safety?
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And what do you do about indoor stadiums?
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All good questions. I have no idea. I look forward to the discussion though.
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The faster surface doesn't give, so when a player cuts, pretty much all the torque concentrates in the ankle/knee or particularly when a defender grabs a ball-carrier and adds their momentum/weight to those joints, and eventually the soft tissues have to tear.
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04-20-2023, 12:54 PM | #9 |
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It's the actual type of turf used I believe they found.
There are different ones that are better. |
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04-20-2023, 12:58 PM | #10 |
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Probably just grandfather them in. Everybody else needs to make the switch. It would at least greatly reduce the overall number of games being played on artificial turf.
They won't do it though. Titans are in process of replacing grass with turf right now. Guess they felt that they could benefit from having fewer healthy players on game day. |
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Yeah, you'd think they could engineer something that was optimal and even better than grass. Ultimately though grass can tear and rip and it just grows back. Anything artificial has to be tough enough to not do that. Maybe that's just something that can't be overcome.
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Well considering Turf varies widely I don't know how to could make that argument.
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04-20-2023, 01:08 PM | #14 |
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Yep. It's much, much cheaper to maintain. And let's face it, HS players getting injured isn't top of mind for most people.
The NFL, and the global stage it occupies, is a whole different ballgame. They can't afford to have their stars sidelined every year due to injuries. |
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I bet the NFLPA is only interested in turf installed at NFL stadiums. I also bet that they paid for a study run by actual professionals.
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