Brace or no brace? Discuss
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The statistics don’t support “far” safer. Again, it’s a spectator sport. The dollars football players are getting are based on spectators and TV revenue. Turf helps football sell its product. If the players are afraid of injury they don’t have to take the money or scholarships.
And if players truly cared they would be purposely selecting teams with natural grass fields. I doubt that happens.
Kind of like the whole games played issue in pro sports. "Sure, we can play less games and have less wear and tear on your body, but you have to take a pay cut". "17 games seems fine to us".
Funny you ignore literal evidence that more injuries are caused on turf but stand by your anecdotal view that turf somehow leads to more spectators? This is just wrong. Are people not watching green bay?
Anecdotaly speaking i prefer watching football on grass.
I mean I get what he's saying. The air raid revolution changed football, and fans have largely come to expect the whole "basketball on turf" aspect of the modern game. What makes that better as a product is turf, not grass that withers away into muck well before seasons end.
At some point, players have to determine if safety vs job security is their priority in life. Most have seemed to bow to the Benjamin's and accept their money of a high grossing revenue generating sport.
NFL stars started a petition to ban artificial turf in football after Odell Beckham's Super Bowl injury
Odell Beckham Jr. suffered an injury when he slipped in the Super Bowl. His fall reignited a debate among NFL players about turf and injury risks.
Things change
Of the 16 teams that play on artificial surfaces, 13 led the league in injuries
Learning doesn’t stop when you get a stupid piece of paper 50 years ago
So Beckham played in one of the worst turf stadiums in the NFL and then went and signed with one of the other 15 teams that play on artifical turf? Sounds like it isn't that big of deal to him.
NFL stars started a petition to ban artificial turf in football after Odell Beckham's Super Bowl injury
Odell Beckham Jr. suffered an injury when he slipped in the Super Bowl. His fall reignited a debate among NFL players about turf and injury risks.sports.yahoo.com
Things change
Of the 16 teams that play on artificial surfaces, 13 led the league in injuries
Learning doesn’t stop when you get a stupid piece of paper 50 years ago
Anything is better than the old Veterans Stadium crap in Philly. It was basically carpet on top of concrete with seams and sink holes everywhere. Terrible that they used to make teams play on that garbage.
It’s pretty astonishing these owners will pay guys 10s of millions of dollars and then opt to not protect their investment because it’s too expensive
Like buying a thoroughbred & feeding it ramen noodles
I have a friend that played on Astroturf back in the day. He says it did more damage to his body than anything else ever could. Field turf has saved countless kids bodies.
That old astro turf was trash. Field turf has come a long way.
Am I the only one who reads this title as "Bra or braless" sometimes ??? My answer was braless BTW.
I would never post that. We all know the correct answer!!😂
Aren't boobs great? Is there anything they can't do?
3 players who want to play on grass say 90% of the players want to play on grass. That’s hardly a scientific poll. The question for me is why do you have to insult people in 90% of your posts.NFL stars started a petition to ban artificial turf in football after Odell Beckham's Super Bowl injury
Odell Beckham Jr. suffered an injury when he slipped in the Super Bowl. His fall reignited a debate among NFL players about turf and injury risks.
Things change
Of the 16 teams that play on artificial surfaces, 13 led the league in injuries
Learning doesn’t stop when you get a stupid piece of paper 50 years ago
Again. They don’t have to play the game. They’re cashing HUGE checks. The article you linked earlier gave a roughly 1 in 5000 chance of tearing your ACL per encounter (or some similar vague term). I don’t know if that’s per game or what. That said with grass you still have about a 1 in 7000 chance of an ACL tear on grass. MCL sprains are a little more common on turf bit your earlier articles said that ankles etc were statistically the same.
It isn’t just because it’s more expensive. Do you recall the NFL game cancelled in Mexico because of poor turf conditions after a rain event. Wasn’t it the super Bowl this year that had the horrible natural turf that had huge chunks of it tearing up and players falling down? Bitch all you want. You’re not going to change it.
Something’s gotta give. Players love that extra traction but they don’t realize the trade off. Better traction = more stress on the joints.
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