Thread: 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....

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.

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.

"BadlandsViking" wrote:

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

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.

"Mr" wrote:

"BadlandsViking" wrote:

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

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.

Paint the dirt green.

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.