More players talking about changing from turf to grass
 

We saw De’Vondre Campbell speak out on this. Now there are more popular players speaking out. Including Travis Kelce.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“I’d rather practice in sleet, snow, thunderstorm with a chance of getting struck by lightning than run inside on the turf”<a href="https://twitter.com/tkelce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tkelce</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonKelce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JasonKelce</a> are firmly against turf fields <a href="https://t.co/DFOdpsFF6z">pic.twitter.com/DFOdpsFF6z</a></p>&mdash; New Heights (@newheightshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/newheightshow/status/1590368152973873152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Football is violent enough. Injuries are gonna happen. Turf doesn’t have to be. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaferFields?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaferFields</a></p>&mdash; David Bakhtiari (@DavidBakhtiari) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidBakhtiari/status/1591494296699797504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When European soccer clubs come here to play, the stadiums quickly convert from turf to grass. But for us -their own players- we have to compete on subpar surfaces that doesn’t make any sense <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaferFields?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaferFields</a></p>&mdash; Shelby Harris (@ShelbyHarris93) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShelbyHarris93/status/1591491190914158592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More can be done to keep players healthy + active on gameday–ensuring field surfaces are safe is one of the most crucial.<br><br>President <a href="https://twitter.com/JCTretter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jctretter</a> shares more in his latest column.</p>&mdash; NFLPA (@NFLPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLPA/status/1591466185824079872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">**** TURF <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NFL</a> <br>Straight Up.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaferFields?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaferFields</a></p>&mdash; Billy Turner (@Big_Mountain77) <a href="https://twitter.com/Big_Mountain77/status/1591506183483195392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No one knows the beating that our bodies take on turf more than us – the players. The sport is violent enough. We shouldn’t be taking more damage from the field, too. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaferFields?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaferFields</a></p>&mdash; Julian Love (@julianlove27) <a href="https://twitter.com/julianlove27/status/1591487626783121411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nfl says they care about player safety yet they can’t put us on a natural surface <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/saferfields?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#saferfields</a></p>&mdash; Nick Bosa (@nbsmallerbear) <a href="https://twitter.com/nbsmallerbear/status/1591533550750552064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Which places are still turf?

Injuries are part of the game, we should be creating more injuries, not less.

14 places that include 16 teams

New Orleans
NY
LA
Minnesota
New Orleans
Detroit
New England
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Dallas
Seattle
Houston
Cincinnati
Carolina

Somewhere out east was astro turf glued to broken unlevel concrete. CTE maker of old

New Orleans must be the worst to be on that list twice.

Agreed. Let's put smooth finish concrete in. 120 yards of the slickest, hardest shit they've got.

If Arizona was turf, Butker doesn't get injured.

I think the old Eagles stadium. It was shit.

Their system is crap too. it really does not have anything to root too.

I walked on the Meadowlands field back in 1981 and thought I was walking on painted concrete. It was the most incredibly horrific thing I could have imagined. I could not believe they actually played on that shit.

Players used to get horrible road rash on their arms that would never heal during the season. Just reopen the wounds each week.

My brother played safety for four years at a college that had, basically, the old astro turf. It absolutely destroyed his body.

So I was under the impression that the new turf was more grass like than the old thin carpet on concrete. Is that not really true?