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Fans React To What NFLPA Said About Artificial Turf

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For years, NFL players have called the league out over the artificial turf.

Players claim artificial turf often leads to injury, to which the league claims there’s not any significant uptick or difference between turf and actual grass.

Now, a report by the NFLPA claims that the NFL selectively released injury data from 2021 only, and that year injuries were similar on both surfaces.

However, in every other season, injury rates were significantly higher on turf.

Unsurprisingly, this led to multiple reactions on social media, with fans ripping the NFL for allegedly handpicking the information they released about this matter.

The report also claims that injury rates were at an all-time high in 2022 when playing on turf, putting the league on blast for not publishing those reports.

NFLPA president JC Tretter claims that players can no longer trust the league when discussing this matter, stating that the NFL has been purposely misleading about the player’s safety.

Players have advocated for using grass only in stadiums.

The NFLPA seconds that notion, but they’ve struggled to make the league take serious action to move away from the turf.

Ironically, the Tennessee Titans will do the exact opposite, as they announced that they replaced their grass with artificial turf starting in the 2023 season.

Hopefully, the NFLPA will be able to convince the league to comply with the players’ demands, as they’ve made great strides in putting the players’ safety first in terms of concussions, so they should take that same approach with their knees and ankles .

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