New field turf: An injury nightmare just beginning???

[Off The Grid]

Some of you guys are out in leftfield with your theories, Jonatham Kraft was on weei and explained the whole field subject back when it was replaced. Even if only football was played on the field, as has been stated many times, it would get ripped up and look like crap come Nov-Dec because of our local weather. By that time of the year our field was a mud pit and newly laid sod is unsafe to play on.
They put the safest turf available on the field even though it was the most expensive at the time, at least it was when Jonathan did this interview.

Im sure they not trying to save pennies and forego grass and put million dollar players careers into jeopardy, that would'nt be the wisest of investments and the Krafts arent idiots.

Well said, sir: Turf carries its own risks, but playing the last half of the season in mud ~ or on fresh clumps that haven't had time to root, and are, therefore, just FLOATING, there ~ is inherently dangerous.

 

[Synovia]

Yes, you should use small cleats on artificial turf instead of long grass spikes, doing so results in much lower torque on leg tendons. The problem is, like players not feeling comfortable in the Revolution helmets or wearing leg pads, using short spikes results in inferior grip and cutting ability, so they play slower. If you're wearing small cleats and the guy across from you is wearing grass cleats, you're going to be at a competitive disadvantage until they cart your opponent off the field..

This is exactly it. Guys don't want to slip. Its got nothing to do with field turf, and everything to do with guys pushing to the competitive edge.

 

[Off The Grid]

Thank you. I'm baffled that an ownership that has so consistently invested in top-quality facilities and operations from stadium seating to practice fields to player food keeps getting labeled "cheap."

Didn't they put in the turf after the season where the field had deteriorated to pure mud, and they had to take the drastic step of replacing the grass in the middle of the season? At the time, the move to turf was taken as a sensible response to unacceptable conditions. But now, years later, that's morphed into "those money-grubbing Krafts knowingly sacrificing players' bodies to the temple of concert revenues." Ugh, and ugh again.

VERY nicely put!!