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I don't get why they don't just play on grass? Surely it doesn't cost that much to maintain. When the grass gets too worn in England, you know what we play on
by adwf 12y ago
I don't get why they don't just play on grass? Surely it doesn't cost that much to maintain. When the grass gets too worn in England, you know what we play on? Mud.
Given that I know of amateur playing fields that have a dozen matches every weekend with absolutely no maintenance done at all, I find it weird that artificial turf is so common in the US. Even if it were a watering problem, there's nothing too bad with playing on dry grass.
- boucher 12y agoThis may interest you: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/upshot/parks-and-recreation-comes-to-life-in-san-francisco.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/upshot/parks-and-recreatio... The city of San Francisco claims they will get at least twice as much use out of the turf than grass.
- adwf 12y agoThey also claim that they can't play when the grass is wet. Am I just a crazy Englishman for thinking that's bizarre?
- cafard 12y agoPlaying on wet grass can really chew up the turf. No doubt this depends on how much the field is used.
- adwf 12y agoYeah, but that's just about the case in every amateur match out there isn't it? We're only talking about kids matches here, not pro football. The purpose of the pitch is to be played on, not to look pretty. Case in point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj9KD-kjLMY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj9KD-kjLMY
- SamReidHughes 12y ago> Even if it were a watering problem, there's nothing too bad with playing on dry grass. You mean no grass? When I was a kid and there was a drought in Pennsylvania, they didn't water the soccer fields in the summer, and the fields had less grass, and because they were so dry, there was a cloud of dust above the fields about 20 feet high. Breathing that in all practice gave me a persistent post-nasal drip. In California they have to water the fields. There is no rain for half the year.