Offseason talk during the season. What is the nfl hiding

Before they convert every team to grass they should require an installation of an under the field water powered heating system to maintain grass/field temperatures at all outdoor stadiums. This would drastically reduce injury during the winter time when the grass is normally as hard as cement, would increase the on-field temperature, and would also reduce heavy snow from being as high of an impact as it would melt. On top of this it would ensure the field conditions across the league were nearly identical regardless of it being indoor/outdoor.

hiring 1 person isn’t taking a serious look, there should be literal teams of researchers working on this.

but its a start.

Oh, the NFL will look at the bottom line, i’m sure.

Here in aus at Marvel stadium (fairly shitty place) they have uv lights so they can play footy on grass in a dome. Weird that it’s not used in America cause you guys have college stadiums that are world class fields.

Well, I know some of the NFLs problems.

They are using Oracle. I have heard nothing but bad things about them.

Anecdotal but I tore my ACL three different times on grass. Played two seasons of football on primarily turf and never had an issue. I don’t blame grass, though. I think there were many other factors.

Ehh I don’t think they are looking into turf vs grass more then they did in the past based on this job req.

If they actually cared they would listen to the players since they are the ones who play on those surfaces.

This is just someone else to tow the company line for the league and its owners.

The NFL has already funded studies that showed the following two results:

1. In terms of only quantity, injuries are vaguely equal when playing on turf vs. grass.
2. In terms of types of injuries, grass sees more “football type” injuries (e.g. contusions, bruises, sprains, fractures, etc.), while turf sees significantly more “ACL-type” injuries with torn or ruptured ligaments.

The safety of turf is real - it’s not too different from grass in many areas. But even the NFL has determined that ligament injuries are WAAAAAAAY more likely to happen on turf. That is also a major downside with turf, it’s not a perceived weakness of the terrain, it’s a REAL weakness of the terrain.

“Commissioner, I’ve finalized my report.”

“And?”

“Turns out, converting to grass fields will…”

“Yes? Out with it man!”

“Well, sir, it will cost money.”

“WHAT?!”

“Yessir. But we do believe simple threats to relocate teams will result in the appropriate 100% city and state funding for the conversions so we believe we should get started.”

“Oh, right, of course. Good work. Carry on.”

Seriously! At my high school (not even a football school) the turf was so much better than ford fields. Not even close. I know this from doing marching band and marching on both.

My dad just got laid off by the PGA, and knows a crazy amount about grass. PGA to NFL would be a pretty linear move, right?

give me that job, it’ll be open and shut.

metlife turf is garbage, force everybody to change to grass. oh no, it costs too much?

you fuckers are multi millionaires, some of you are billionaires. cry me a river about how it costs too much.

I’ve just never understood the argument that some stadiums can’t support grass. I mean Kansas City has grass. It’s 95° opening day and 4° in the playoffs in an outdoor stadium. If I remember correctly, they have a heated water system that runs under the field to keep the grass alive. It’s always just been a money thing.

Hopeful that this will lead to improved surfaces and fewer injuries.