Should Fedex Field upgrade and get Synthetic Turf

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Originally Posted by zoony

This thread hurts my heart.

This is freakin football. What needs to be outlawed are domes and candy ass turf teams.

Slow motion shots of grass and dirt flying through the air as a runner gets tackled is what HD TV was invented for

The turf at FedEx sucks but you don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

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But football evolves and it's better to evolve with it rather than continue to believe it's 1982. Teams win by scoring lots of points now. Look at this past weekend's divisional round. Every game was a shootout. I don't really care if they stick with natural turf, but they better make it a pretty pristine surface.

It's amusing to see the similar threads on this topic going all the way back to 2005.

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Originally Posted by cphil006

I've been trying to find out how many other events have taken place in the past month at Fed Ex, but haven't had any luck seaching for prior events.

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Honestly I don't think a whole lot goes on a FedEx. The timing may hurt though. They have 2 college games during the season that I'm sure don't help. And then maybe 2 concerts in the offseason. So really 10 home games, 2 college games and 2 concerts. So the field is used about 14 times a year with an occasional soccer match thrown in.

Yes, I believe that they should.

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Originally Posted by JMUSkins

Pretty cool stuff, actually. Here's an interesting image of how that stuff works. It's like synthetic hair plugs for your real grass!
http://www.barcelonafootballblog.com...rassmaster.jpg

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And the roots wrap around the fake stuff to make them stronger.

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Originally Posted by HOF44

Honestly I don't think a whole lot goes on a FedEx. The timing may hurt though. They have 2 college games during the season that I'm sure don't help. And then maybe 2 concerts in the offseason. So really 10 home games, 2 college games and 2 concerts. So the field is used about 14 times a year with an occasional soccer match thrown in.

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well, then for a $250 million stadium, I would think they'd have the funding, technology, and interest to provide a better playing surface for the individuals and franchise as a whole that they have invested so much in and is one's way of life and source of earning a living.

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Originally Posted by Monk4thaHALL

In conclusion:

I want someone that is willing to tear down the field and build it back up just because a random player slipped on some random play in some random 2nd quarter. I want to see an organization dedicated to the best of technologies, in order to produce the best of fields. I want to know our grounds crew BY NAME. I want a mad scientist heading all operations of the field, someone to innovate.

The players deserved the best to protect their bodies. We as fans deserve to have an Org leading the way, not middling. If the Redskins won't address the field, then the fans need to keep providing the whys and the hows by showcasing those other organizations across the world of sport, who do get it.

In short, protect the pizzas. "I don't wanna leave 'em with Shamu over there."

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Wow what an awesome post and full of so much excellent information. Thanks Monk4hall.

Turf today is not like the old days where is what like a carpet.The new stuff is very similar to grass and even has fake dirt under the turf. I absolutely think we should be playing on turf

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Originally Posted by drjiveturkey

As long as it doesn't cause and increase in season ticket cost, I'd be okay with it. Fedex is hosting more events during the year and its wearing down the surface. Can we do something about covering up the support beams too while we are at it.

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It should cost less. It's $50,000 to resod it each time. That adds up. This would take alot less to mantain and can handle multiple things. I don't care too much either way but if our grass is gonna look that bad we need to move onto grass like Denver or Green Day. People who don't know about the different types of field are looking at Green Bay and then looking at DC and simply wondering how our field is worse than the Frozen Tundra