Popularity of FieldTurf increasing everywhere

[size=13pt]Popularity of FieldTurf increasing everywhere[/size]

Saturday, July 14, 2007
By ANDREW GOODMAN
agoodman@njherald.com

At first glance, the two surfaces look the same....

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Another problem with synthetic fields is the amount of heat produced. Fresenburg conducted a study on a 98-degree day and found the temperature on a grass field to be 105 degrees and the temperature was 173 degrees at field level on a synthetic field.

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They got that right. It's murder playing on there when its hot out, especially if it rains a little bit, then all the water vapor just come up and makes it like a sauna.

I think it's just wrong that outside fields use it.
If you play outside you're suppose to get dirty.

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I think it's just wrong that outside fields use it.
If you play outside you're suppose to get dirty.

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Its a maintenence issue. If you have 1 field to share between, boys and girls soccer, field hockey, varsity, jv, and freshman football. It's impossible to maintain grass.

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"BadlandsViking" wrote:

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I think it's just wrong that outside fields use it.
If you play outside you're suppose to get dirty.

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Its a maintenence issue. If you have 1 field to share between, boys and girls soccer, field hockey, varsity, jv, and freshman football. It's impossible to maintain grass.

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Paint the dirt green.
:D

they're putting this stuff in public parks around Brooklyn and there are rumors about it going in at my local park. frankly i'm not into it but i have played soccer on it in Manhattan and i found it to be relatively pleasant experience.