Should TECH go back to artificial turf?

Actually, we had artificial turf until Atlanta United needed our field. It just wasn't on the football playing surface.
 
The old turf was awful. So many torn ACLs during scrimmages and games. Taking showers after games was torture from all the rug burn. It did play fast, but at a terrible cost.

Our ground crews are awesome and players now play on a first class field. Anyone advocating for turf is an idiot or a troll and should be subject to multiple torn ACLs and concussions.
 
gtrower said:
The öööö is this OP? We have an amazing field crew. Our football/baseball fields are incredible. Some of the best in the country.
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They do a fantastic job with Russ Chandler. By far and away the best part of our baseball program.
 
wishbone said:
Modern field turf is pretty cool. Not the Astro Turf of Pepper Rogers's day. Lot of small rubber pellets in a matrix with fake grass to simulate a flexible surface under foot. Under-drained like grass, no crown to the field.
Great for heavily used fields and it is FIFA approved. Ironically, you still have to water them to keep the rubber from getting hard. The surface also gets hot, unlike grass. Used a lot in NCAA baseball.
"Artificial turf was first used in international competition at the FIFA U-17 World Championship Finland 2003. Ten matches including the Final were played on a “FIFA Recommended” artificial surface. Widespread approval from the teams and positive findings in terms of injuries proved that artificial turf is the best alternative to grass. The latest generation of artificial turf, especially designated for football, replicates most of the qualities of grass, and is fully acceptable at all levels of the game."
https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/new...ial-turf-now-covered-laws-the-game-90911.html
So much for that.

Always keep historic BDS a grass field.

Always.
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As a youth soccer coach, I am mixed on the modern rubber-pellet turf fields. They are awesome to play on, look great, don't have weather issues during the game or over the season like grass does, etc. However, medical cases are accumulating where certain soccer players have a higher incidence of cancer than their teammates. Which ones? Keepers. They are on the turf longer (warmups, dives) and they are much more likely to accidentally ingest the pellets orally when they are diving for balls at the surface. Take a look at a soccer game or NFL game when they show an extreme closeup in slow motion. Those pellets get churned up with every step. After every game, I had to empty my turf cleats of these pellets, and I was simply walking up and down the sideline. My sons also had a ton in their cleats every game as well. When I got word of the increased cancer cases among keepers, I made my keepers and their families know of the possible hazard, and had them take precautions (mouth closed on dives, clear pellets off face periodically as they stick to the skin when sweaty).
 
gobuzzgo said:
As a youth soccer coach, I am mixed on the modern rubber-pellet turf fields. They are awesome to play on, look great, don't have weather issues during the game or over the season like grass does, etc. However, medical cases are accumulating where certain soccer players have a higher incidence of cancer than their teammates. Which ones? Keepers. They are on the turf longer (warmups, dives) and they are much more likely to accidentally ingest the pellets orally when they are diving for balls at the surface. Take a look at a soccer game or NFL game when they show an extreme closeup in slow motion. Those pellets get churned up with every step. After every game, I had to empty my turf cleats of these pellets, and I was simply walking up and down the sideline. My sons also had a ton in their cleats every game as well. When I got word of the increased cancer cases among keepers, I made my keepers and their families know of the possible hazard, and had them take precautions (mouth closed on dives, clear pellets off face periodically as they stick to the skin when sweaty).
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Is there a study you can link?
 
How does the paint fade by week 3 when they paint it 20 hours before every single home game?
 
coit said:
Temperatures on that material are crazy hot. In the summer months, it isn’t unusual to have shoes melt if you aren’t wearing the right type.

The “turf” is held down by ground up black rubber. That rubber absorbs heat like crazy.
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Say wut?
 
I firmly believe when you walk off a football field your uni (even blue) should have grass & dirt stains on them.

That being said, some stadiums have retractable roofs - maybe we should have retractable grass for those special occasions.

After all, we are GT - We can d...., nevermind.
 
With the weather you guys have down there, I don't know what the incentive would be to have Field Turf? :dunno:

Up here it allows us to extend the practice and playing seasons into colder weather (late Fall and early Spring), which is a tremendous advantage.

Fun fact -- the team that came to install the Field Turf at the school I was Principal of in Oakville circa '09 or so were headed by a guy from Georgia. When I asked him whether he was for the Dawgs or Jackets he looked at me sideways like I'd asked him if he were Protestant or Catholic ... :lol2:
 
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