I think most people who play field sports would agree that in reasonable weather conditions, the best grass fields are just so much better than the best turf fi

I think most people who play field sports would agree that in reasonable weather conditions, the best grass fields are just so much better than the best turf fields. Separate from the acute injuries, just the extra pounding you get on your joints on a turf field is really evident. I can see why the players would want to just play on grass all the time. However, turf fields have much less variation (both within a field, on a field over a season, and between fields) than grass fields, and tend to start to win out as the weather gets worse (more rain, more cold). The NFL -should- be able to spend the $$$ to keep all of their grass fields at tip top shape. The note about the painted logos being an injury hotspot makes sense. With the amount of CGI stuff inserted into broadcasts now, I'd expect that the NFL could reasonably get rid of large on field painted logos without losing too much in sponsorship.