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Injuries and artificial turf

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BUCKINGFRONCO said:
In todays game thread some folks were referencing the increase in injuries since we went back to artificial turf. I just stumbled on the following article referencing how the NFL Players union wants to ban, “Slit firm turf fields.” Does anyone know if that’s the type we have in the Shoe?


https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nflpa-calls-immediate-replacement-ban-slit-firm-turf-fields
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It is…

The only thing I’d caution is injuries are up an insane percentage the last 2 years.

Make of it what you will…
 
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Bestbuck36 said:
Yoga should be a mandatory addition to all sports training regimens. "Longer muscles are stronger muscles" and flexibility in some of these joints would relieve some, but not all, of these injuries. It's just a brutal part of a brutal game.
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I assume that is included these days but I could very easily be wrong.
 
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OHIO STATE DOES NOT PLAN TO CHANGE PLAYING SURFACE AT OHIO STADIUM DESPITE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TURF SAFETY

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Although the Ohio State athletic department has had conversations about the field at Ohio Stadium amid calls from the NFL Players’ Association to ban the type of turf the Buckeyes play on, Ohio State does not currently plan to replace the playing surface inside the Shoe.
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While Ryan Day said Tuesday that he was unaware of the NFLPA’s campaign, Ohio State spokesperson Jerry Emig said administrators in the athletic department have “had some discussions” about turf safety in response to a question about the NFLPA’s campaign during Tuesday’s press conference.

That said, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said he does not anticipate any changes to Ohio Stadium’s playing surface after this season or in the near future when asked by Eleven Warriors if that was a possibility.

The current turf at Ohio Stadium was just installed this past summer, replacing the previous turf which had been in place from 2014-21. Before the season, the new playing surface – known as Safelite Field for sponsorship reasons – drew praise from Ryan Day and multiple Ohio State players. Day described the new turf, which is also utilized on Ohio State’s indoor field at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, as “state-of-the-art, really nice fields,” and TreVeyon Henderson (who is among the Ohio State players that have missed time with lower-extremity injuries this season) said the turf is “way better” than what the Buckeyes played on in 2021.

Emig said Ohio State tests its fields twice yearly to ensure they are safe to play on and will continue to do that moving forward.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...stadium-despite-discussions-about-turf-safety
 
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