Posted on 09/12/2023 3:45:39 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Aaron Rodgers' devastating season-ending injury in his debut with the New York Jets on Monday night has reignited the debate surrounding artifical turf fields, prompting several NFL players to call out the league.
An MRI on Tuesday confirmed that Rodgers, 39, suffered a torn Achilles on the fourth snap of his career with the Jets in the team’s overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills, according to multiple reports.
He was sacked by linebacker Leonard Floyd and eventually carted off the field.
Several of Rodgers’ teammates pointed to the field conditions at MetLife Stadium, specifically the turf, which was replaced earlier this year after overwhelming criticism around the league.
"We wanted the NFL to protect the players with grass fields, but the NFL is more worried about making money," Jets receiver and Rodgers’ longtime teammate in Green Bay Randall Cobb said via The Athletic.
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Weren’t the games of the 60’s and 70’s wonderful. Playing in the mud. Now that was football.
Damn straight. Nothing better than a game in a blizzard in Minnesota in December.
Loved that game in Philadelphia when Detroit and Phila played the Blizzard Bowl That McCoy kid sure loved to play in the snow.
Artificial turf has been shredding athletes since it was invented 50+ years ago. It should all be ripped up and replaced by real grass. They can find a sane way to make this work.
Nothing more dangerous than wet astroturf.
There are plenty of stats to demonstrate the difference.
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.
Exactly, these brain damaged thugs are just limousine lefties spewing the usual Marxist rhetoric!
Easier to host Bowl games and extra events like Taylor Swift concerts if you have the artifical turf instead.
I'm sure that's correct, but I don't think there's any doubt that the artificial surfaces are and always have been the cause of some greater number of injuries among the players in various sports. Wish it wasn't used at any level of outdoor sports.
It’s not the turf... it’s a combination of Turf and SHOES!
The traction is just TOO good. If you’re not used to it, it’s hard to WALK on turf, with modern day shoes. They need to develop shoes that have a friction coefficient similar to what players see on grass.
Turf is here to stay... because of indoor stadiums and multi-purpose outdoor stadiums. The key to protecting players is: Proper SHOES.
Hard to believe they ever allowed it, much less STILL allow it.
Exactly
Taylor Swift ruined football!
I agree. Unfortunately, Taylor Swift is demanding to host concerts at football stadiums. Obviously, that is bad for natural grass.
EXACTLY!!!
Let the Communists and their sportsball disappear into the dustbin of history.
My husband installed artificial turf around our pool. There is a ton of GRAVEL covered by some thin black liner then the fake green grass he never has to come inside the fence to cut. It is hard as concrete. Yes, the NFL should get rid of it.
Relevant. I think a bunch of Phillies’ players got cancer and they blamed the turf at the Vet. 81 home games a year. Plus it can get really hot in the summer.
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