Turf in the spotlight again

[Mr. Scot]

 

[lightsout]

For a league willing to absolutely destroy the sport itself in the name of safety, the one change that would instantly increase the safety and decrease injury risk, guaranteed, they won't act on. 

[Tbe]

1 hour ago, lightsout said:

For a league willing to absolutely destroy the sport itself in the name of safety, the one change that would instantly increase the safety and decrease injury risk, guaranteed, they won't act on. 

Head injuries and their long term effects make them look bad. Other injuries don’t.

[tukafan21]

When a player gets hurt on Turf because their foot was planted in the ground while being tackled, then okay, it's fair to at least question it.

But this was just him straight up starting to run from a standing position and his Achilles popped.

It sucks, but it was just an unfortunate injury that happened, I don't see how it can be blamed on the turf on this one in the slightest.

[kungfoodude]

2 hours ago, lightsout said:

For a league willing to absolutely destroy the sport itself in the name of safety, the one change that would instantly increase the safety and decrease injury risk, guaranteed, they won't act on. 

The NFL has never and really will never care about player safety over profits. Until the profits are threatened(like the CTE lawsuits), there will be no change.

They are even going back to the CTE well and publishing skewed data attempting to show there is no issue.

Edited November 26, 2023 by kungfoodude

[AceBoogie]

Owners make too much money on their stadiums outside of football and turf allows them to do that. They aren’t changing it ever. 

[amcoolio]

I went to the game last Sunday and even my dad noticed how crappy the field looks. Like there is no redeeming qualities whatsoever other than a billionaire to save some bucks.

[ickmule]

Everything is about money. The owners couldn’t care less about the players injuries.