Artificial Turf: A Dangerous Playing Surface
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Some of the changes that have occurred in professional football were
necessary for the game. Pads, helmets and other protective equipment helped the
players safety. Other developments though, especially artificial turf, have
proven themselves detrimental to the game and its participants. Just a ....
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.... grass as a playing surface
for football, baseball, and soccer. The original sales pitch rang true with all
the sincerity of a beer commercial: All the fun of the regular grass, with only
a third of the maintenance. Monsanto, AstroTurf's original manufacturer, had an
ace in hole as well; grass doesn't grow very well in domes. Seduced by visions
of conquering Mother Nature and paying a couple kids minimum wage to run a
vacuum cleaner over the field between games, stadium executives across the
na ....
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