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Injuries occurred on turf fields "significantly" more frequently than grass fields in 10 of the past 11 NFL seasons.
NFL injury data from an analytics company shows that 7 of the 10 stadiums with the highest injury counts from 2017 to 2022 had artificial surfaces.
Rather than exert public pressure on teams to play on grass, the NFL has thrown considerable resources into trying to decrease the rate of lower-limb injuries on turf. For more than a decade, NFL ...
Despite the decrease in catastrophic injuries, a greater number of NFL players have reported major injuries and shortened careers since the 1970s, in part due to the increasing size and speed of players and the use of artificial turf. In many cases, injuries sustained while playing can cause long-term damage.
On a conference call Tuesday, NFL executive vice president Jeff Miller said the league hadn't found a statistical difference between injury rates on turf vs. grass, though he declined to share any ...
DK Metcalf, J.C. Jackson and Mike Williams had non-contact injuries in the same game on SoFi Stadium’s controversial turf.
Historically, some team owners have balked at converting from turf to grass because of the overall cost and care associated with maintaining the fields, particularly for domed stadiums that were ...
His injury occurred on a turf field at MetLife Stadium, leading the NFL Players Association to call for all teams to switch to a high-quality natural grass. Half the league’s stadiums have turf.