Just so you know, more knee injuries occur on field turf than on natural grass. More injuries in general occur on non natural surfaces. Even with the trays, NRG is one of the safer fields to play on. What is sensationalizing the conversation is the names that the NRG turf monster has victimized.
Every field has caused injures. Every guy who has been injured was injured on one of the fields. I don't bet that you will have one is worst than the other except for maybe the Metrodome.
Can you show proof of that in regards to the current generation of synthetic turf? I've already posted a link to a study in this thread that says otherwise.
They do need to improve the "connections". While they've used this system since the team's inception, they've had more "visible" seams lately than I remember them having prior (then again, they may have always been there, but this team being insignificant caused nobody to care).
“I’ve been playing on it my whole career, I haven’t had a problem with it,” -Andre Johnson on NRG Stadium field
It's not unusual for players to get hurt when you have pallets of grass that all have different consistencies. Hit a soft patch or a seam and the next thing you know, you're rehabbing some kind of injury. Anyone who is honest knows that the multi-pallet design is flawed and even dangerous. Do injuries happen no matter what? Yes, of course they do, but that isn't an excuse for having a dangerous field. Are there other playing surfaces worse than the one we have here? Yes, but again, that's not an excuse for keeping a dangerous field. Swearinger seems to know it's a problem, here's his take on it [QUOTE"I definitely think they need to do something about it. We like the grass, but I think there definitely could be a better way to put the grass down," D.J. Swearinger told ESPN Radio. "When we go out there for walkthrough, somedays we may see a hole and we ask coach ‘What’s going on today? Can they fix this?'" We actually said that the day before (the injury). If somebody was running right here and (they) plant, their ACL or MCL is gone just because of how deep the holes are," Swearinger said. Players are aware of the potential for injury with NRG’s field. So much so, Swearinger checks his footing before each play. "I was just checking my feet before I even get down in my stance," Swearinger continued. "Just to make sure I don’t have a gap or a hole next to my feet."][/QUOTE]
[/QUOTE] So you're basically believing Swearingers opinion over 9 injury free games vs Andre Johnson's opinion over 10+ years of games.
I guess I've seen everything now. You are holding out FIFA as an example of how to do things? How much were you bribed to say that?
My only point was that there is no governing body for American Football. There is no one organization that is looking at the best surfaces and methods. FIFA is most certainly corrupt but they have done a lot in this area.
Why wouldn't I believe Swearinger? I don't have a tin foil hat on, I don't think there is some conspiracy to besmirch the reputation of the stadium's turf. I think it's of poor quality judging by the pictures of the seams and the word of those who have walked on it. When they say that the turf is inconsistent from pallet to pallet and that there are dangerous seams.....I see no reason to assume they are lying.
Are you serious? You think every BS plaintiff lawsuit gets thrown out? Even if he wins, it just means the BS plaintiff lawyer hired some BS expert to lie. Plaintiff lawyers like John Edwards made millions off bogus lawsuits. Any child born with a birth defect was the fault of a doctor and a hospital and got million dollar judgments. He was pure slime. Cheating on his dying wife. Illegally using campaign money to pay his mistress to keep quiet. Trying to fake DNA evidence. You play football, you get hurt. It isn't the grasses fault. People like you and people on juries are truly idiots to believe a plaintiff lawyer who whenever someone slips and falls there is money to be made and a deep pocket to extort from. Ambulance chasers never let an injury or tragedy not be exploited.
No one organization to accept bribes? How sad. Why do you trust corrupt FIFA to have done anything in this area other than line their pockets.
You're right, it's not the grass' fault, it's the fault of the seams in between the grass and as a result, the fault of the Texans for putting out an unsafe turf. If it was a legitimate natural grass turf there would be no injury and no lawsuit. That's not to say that injuries wouldn't still happen, but they wouldn't be the fault of an obviously unsafe system.
Are you talking Mr Spygate who hasn't won a superbowl since it was exposed he was stealing the other teams plays? Oh my god, a seam in the grass. Oh noooos, the sky is falling. Clowney is a clown who gets injured taking a shower. Probably gets hurt from too many roids. Always someone else's fault for his injuries. Grass is good. Nothing wrong with the grass. Even natural fields have imperfections. So what. What a bunch of whiny babies. I wonder what soldier field looked like in 1950 compared to NRG field and its green green grass.
Right, no statistics, no science, no proof, but it must be true because a plaintiff lawyers said so. Do some research on confirmation bias. There was a study about "fake" knee surgery. You should look it up. Those who did not have surgery did just as well as those who had it. And all those who had it believed they got better because of the surgery. You simply believe the grass is bad with no proof at all. True believers. Go drink some more koolaide.
