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re: Just how bad is the field goin to be tonite?
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:13 am to spttps821
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:13 am to spttps821
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field turf is so much nicer than grass. its pretty much standard at texas high schools now,
I disagree.......nothing can beat a well hydrated and maintained natural surface for 1 game.
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Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:13 am to spttps821
i think the only drawback with field turf is that it can get hot
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:13 am to SlowFlowPro
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field turf is that it can get hot
It also produces more injuries.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:16 am to SlowFlowPro
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so many fans love tradition. i'm glad they're excited that we'll keep our horrible field tradition up this year
We have well placed away games this year, so no, the field will not be shitty. It's awesome right now, and when it gets torn up these first two games, it will be repaired by the time the UF game rolls around.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:17 am to L S Usetheforce
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It also produces more injuries.
is there any sort of justification for this?
old turf? yes. playing on concrete was really bad on bodies
i haven't heard anything negative about injuries with field turf
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:23 am to SlowFlowPro
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i haven't heard anything negative about injuries with field turf
I actually believe poor grass field is way more prone to causing injuries than field turf.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:25 am to SlowFlowPro
I read something that new field turf seems to produce more severe injuries, but I don't think it was a statistical analysis.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:28 am to STEVED00
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I actually believe poor grass field is way more prone to causing injuries than field turf.
Real surfaces have the ability to give way when making cuts, etc........the roots and sod are thrown around for a reason.....
I don't have any valid data to back this up...just makes more sense since field turf can't give way.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:29 am to SlowFlowPro
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is there any sort of justification for this?
old turf? yes. playing on concrete was really bad on bodies
there is none. People hear the word turf and automatically use this as their argument. I read an article a few years ago saying that it reduces injuries but I have no way of finding the article. I read it about the time the Saints first installed it.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:29 am to L S Usetheforce
field turf does give. that's why they put all the sand and rubber to simulate dirt in it
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:30 am to nino2469
i just read a study that showed field turf had a lower % of injuries, but the FT had limited data so it could be wrong
but i did just read that the concussion risk of FT > grass (it's similar to old turf). that ain't the injuries people are referring to
but i did just read that the concussion risk of FT > grass (it's similar to old turf). that ain't the injuries people are referring to
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:32 am to SlowFlowPro
This post was edited on 9/12/09 at 11:33 am
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:33 am to SlowFlowPro
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field turf does give. that's why they put all the sand and rubber to simulate dirt in it
You can simulate all you want, and it is designed to simulate this......that is the claims of field turf advocates.......I'm sitting next to a PT who lives in Zachary........they just got the new field turf at the school.......he states there has been improvement in that area but no valid data to prove it.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:34 am to L S Usetheforce
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I don't have any valid data to back this up..
Then you really shouldn't make such a definitive statement.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:35 am to L S Usetheforce
More concussions is serious deal......anything with concrete under it can't be as natural.....sorry.
I do think within next 15 years something will be developed that will be better than natural though.
I do think within next 15 years something will be developed that will be better than natural though.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:37 am to SlowFlowPro
"well, the footing was a little treacherous tonight. b/c of that Charles Scott and interior runs was our best chance at consistently moving the chains."
see a correlation?
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see a correlation?
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Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:38 am to L S Usetheforce
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Then you really shouldn't make such a definitive statement.
True sir, I shouldn't but I just don't think it exist yet. It's such a new technology that the data doesn't exist so until then you have to believe that Natural is your best bet until proven otherwise.
This post was edited on 9/12/09 at 11:39 am
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:38 am to L S Usetheforce
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More concussions is serious deal.
it would be a big deal if that many concussions occurred from slamming heads into the ground
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anything with concrete under it can't be as natural.....sorry.
it may not be natural
there is nothing that says natural > technology though
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:38 am to el tigre
tigre i think it's 20-17 or 17-14 tonite
Posted on 9/12/09 at 11:41 am to SlowFlowPro
I don't think the field will be an issue tonight unless BR gets slammed with a good 1-2 inches hours before kickoff........this Tropical moisture hasn't really been pouring down so the field has more than adequete time to drain.....now if it starts raining during the game.........consider the field officially fricked.......
Current futurecast have it clear over BR as of 3pm.
Current futurecast have it clear over BR as of 3pm.
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