10-28-2022, 12:43 PM
(10-28-2022, 12:33 PM)Tomkat Wrote: No, no... just no.
Natural grass can be just as bad, especially when it can essentially be destroyed by just ONE game in pouring rain.
It's 2022... we should be able to just create better artificial turf.
That's not the view of the NFLPA.
"The data supports the anecdotes you’ll hear from me and other players: artificial turf is significantly harder on the body than grass. Based on NFL injury data collected from 2012 to 2018, not only was the contact injury rate for lower extremities higher during practices and games held on artificial turf, NFL players consistently experienced a much higher rate of non-contact lower extremity injuries on turf compared to natural surfaces. Specifically, players have a 28% higher rate of non-contact lower extremity injuries when playing on artificial turf. Of those non-contact injuries, players have a 32% higher rate of non-contact knee injuries on turf and a staggering 69% higher rate of non-contact foot/ankle injuries on turf compared to grass."
"There is no guarantee that artificial turf manufacturers will be able to create a product that provides as safe of a surface as natural grass, so we should not sit around hoping that happens. Until a product is developed that satisfies engineering specifications, we must take steps to protect players from unsafe field surfaces. In short, NFL clubs should proactively change all field surfaces to natural grass."
https://nflpa.com/posts/only-natural-grass-can-level-the-nfls-playing-field
Chase may well have been injured because of playing on the Saints' artificial turf, which is where the injury originally occurred.
