Maybe this will change some minds...?
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BIG BEN CREDITS HEINZ FIELD TURF FOR QUICK RECOVERY
Posted by Josh Alper on January 6, 2009, 2:08 p.m. EST
The Pittsburgh Steelers should be thankful that they aren’t playing on FieldTurf this weekend. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is giving credit to the giving grass at Heinz Field for his recovery from a concussion in Week 17.
“I’m glad we weren’t on FieldTurf,” Roethlisberger said yesterday, speaking publicly for the first time since his injury. “That grass — you know, the soft Heinz Field — might’ve helped a little bit. That whiplash is always a pain. If you ask any position player, when they hit that ground with the whiplash, it’s going to hurt like crazy.”
Heinz Field has a DDGrassmaster system of natural grass reinforced with artificial grass fibers. There were questions about replacing that field with an artificial surface after the field deteriorated badly during a 3-0 win over the Dolphins in November, 2007. They chose to reinstall the natural field after the season, and installed grass sod after this November’s game against the Bengals.
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