Artificial Turf Returns?

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Looks nice to me
 
Architorture23 said:
All 16 Cobb County High Schools play on artificial turf. Costs were estimated $550-600k. They have a 10 year life cycle (installed in 2010 and being replaced this year.)

All 14 Fulton HSs have artificial turf as well.
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We aren’t a high school
 
gogt121 said:
We aren’t a high school
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Neither are all the NFL teams using it. Not the Big 10 teams. Oregon and several Big 12 schools. It isn't just high schools using it

Miami absolutely needs it. Tennessee needs it too. The grass in Neyland is awful because of all the shade the tall stadium casts.

If it increases revenue and is a plus for recruiting, then I will get onboard. Players may want to play somewhere with consistent footing, across all positions.

Just don't turn it into a billboard for Shaw Industries on the playing field
 
JJacket said:
Neither are all the NFL teams using it. Not the Big 10 teams. Oregon and several Big 12 schools. It isn't just high schools using it

Miami absolutely needs it. Tennessee needs it too. The grass in Neyland is awful because of all the shade the tall stadium casts.

If it increases revenue and is a plus for recruiting, then I will get onboard. Players may want to play somewhere with consistent footing, across all positions.

Just don't turn it into a billboard for Shaw Industries on the playing field
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Those teams don’t need turf at all. Freaking Penn state and Iowa State have beautiful grass fields. If they can do it anybody can
 
gogt121 said:
Those teams don’t need turf at all. Freaking Penn state and Iowa State have beautiful grass fields. If they can do it anybody can
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Miami doesn't? That field is shit. Tennessee is so tall, taller than Penn State, that it is pretty shitty up close late season.
 
JJacket said:
More than that, I wonder if there is a difference in heat on the field. The players were complaining about their feet burning at Tulane.
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Absolutely there is. Same thing used to happen on the Rose Bowl field. Field managers must water the field to keep it from being too hot. I kid you not.
 
JJacket said:
Miami doesn't? That field is öööö. Tennessee is so tall, taller than Penn State, that it is pretty ööööty up close late season.
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I said there is no reason why the can’t have a great grass field like Iowa State and Penn state. Those teams don’t “Need” a turf field.
 
gogt121 said:
I said there is no reason why the can’t have a great grass field like Iowa State and Penn state. Those teams don’t “Need” a turf field.
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When you don't get enough sun on it and it becomes a quagmire like Miami something needs to be done. They can't grow grass there because the place is practically a domed stadium.
 
gtchief said:
We can still tear up the hedges every other year but they can't eat our field anymore, so that's good I guess
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No, Stansbury signed an agreement that their hedges would never be touched again, at least by our players. I will still tear them up next time to extend my collection from 2014 and 2016.
 
Jorge said:
No, Stansbury signed an agreement that their hedges would never be touched again, at least by our players. I will still tear them up next time to extend my collection from 2014 and 2016.
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Agreement? They are an invasive plant, like damn kudzu
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This is more sad than the music they blare at games, every chance they get.
This is more sad than selling out our home games to MBS.
This is more sad than the 50 uniform combinations we use, despite having a couple of classics.
This is more sad than having to get Tech gear custom made, because almost nothing offered is ever right.
I could go on, but what's the use? Nobody listens.
Going back to turf on Grant Field is sacrilegious, and it's making me physically ill.
That is all, carry on.
 
RWLRAR said:
This is more sad than the music they blare at games, every chance they get.
This is more sad than selling out our home games to MBS.
This is more sad than the 50 uniform combinations we use, despite having a couple of classics.
This is more sad than having to get Tech gear custom made, because almost nothing offered is ever right.
I could go on, but what's the use? Nobody listens.
Going back to turf on Grant Field is sacrilegious, and it's making me physically ill.
That is all, carry on.
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Get over it or offer to pay for the upkeep of the natural turf.

I'd prefer natural grass, but if it gets us recruits and helps bottom line finances then I'm ok with the new artificial
 
I don't like it for many reasons but the heat retention of the stuff is terrible. In September it will be unbearable. As far as recruiting I'd say there is a high percentage of high schools in the 404 that use this stuff.
 
JJacket said:
When you don't get enough sun on it and it becomes a quagmire like Miami something needs to be done. They can't grow grass there because the place is practically a domed stadium.
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They actually use artificial lighting like many European stadiums and it helped Miami’s stadium last year
 
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