lobster

I thought I read the Revolution had 20,000 fans for a recent game.

shirtsleeve

From what I have read, field-turf is supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread. I've seen some of it installed. Like others have reported, long "grass" fibers, sand in the base and filled to almost the top of the fibers with very small eraser like pieces of rubber. Again, from what I've read, no more of an injury risk than real grass, and less if the natural surface is less than ideal. Its not supposed to be any faster than grass, either.....

Which leads me to agree with you completely, but for very different reasons. Nothing like half frozen, icey mud in January when we face the Dolts or Donks at home for the AFC championship. Thats what home field advantage is supposed to be all about. Perhaps the team can import some mud before the playoffs begin?

Justice

They started last night, pretty much the minute the movie crew was gone. In addition to the endzones (which they were never going to get back to a natural color after 6 coats of paint, anyways) they're doing some of the sidelines on the south end of the field where the Rolling Stone's stage was set up. I was in there today and it looks better already.

Almost makes up for the fact that they're going to be picking red, white and silver confetti out of the stands for the next 6 months.

pats1

Again, to point out Lobster's post:

http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/NE/9735579

Tim Davey, the league's director of game operations, said he spoke to "a very high authority" in the Patriots organization Oct. 16.

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Davey said the Patriots can't do that this year because an NFL rule forbids teams from changing from natural grass to an artificial surface during the season.

pats1

And to re-state my opinion on FieldTurf:

Reasons why I'm VERY skeptical on the validity of the report:

A) Guys, all we have on this is a Kathryn Tappen report. I'll believe it when a REAL news outlet reports it (and not just a blog picking up the story.) Even Reiss doesn't have it.

B) There was just a report a few days ago about the center strip of the field being replaced with sod. What would be the point in doing that if the Pats were going to put down FieldTurf in two weeks anyways?

C) I'm no expert, but just the sound of an entire turf field being put down in a week is sketchy, at best.

D) Why has the field come to be like this? It's simple, and it has to do with Kraft's, well, greed.

Movies. Concerts. Soccer. Football.

They're trying to squeeze all of the above on the field, and it's just not working.

E) We all know how the Pats left the field uncovered before the Jan. 2005 Colts game. We all know how the Pats feel about Polian, his crybaby rants, his soft Colts, and their climate controlled dome.

Has the thought of the Pats making a Polian-esque move like this ALLEGED CHANGE EVER crossed your mind?

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But, if it all stands to be true, I mourn another blow to the status of the Patriots. I'm still upset about what effects the Pats' trip to China will have on the team. And we all know that was a purely BUSINESS decision. I don't want my hometown Pats to be like any other team. We should pride ourselves in an owner like Kraft, out on the field saying, "It's not that cold out," where he prided himself on his days sitting on the frozen Foxboro benches.

First it was the step from a non-heated to a heated field, eliminating any "risk" of having inches of snow on the field, a la the legendary "Snow Bowl." Now this - a divot-less, mud-less, dirt-less - FOOTBALL-LESS field. Just another step.

I don't want to know what's next. We might have the FieldTurf, a la Ralph Wilson stadium. So...Jonathan/Robert Kraft stadium next?

Patriotic

What a cutting remark by RayClay. CTPatsFan gets mowed down. If I'm a ref, RayClay is penalized one yard for for clipping.

CTPatsFan

And to think some of you doubted the grass-man.

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BelichickFan

Yeah, now you think you're so damn special don't you ? Thanks for the heads up your info was RIGHT ON the money.

captain stone

I never doubt the Grass Man; I just wish I could have hooked up with my Grass Man while I was in MA 2 weeks ago.

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