Opt-outs…field conditions

[Guy in the Back]

I am not an advocate for opting out, but after looking at the playing surface in the San Diego bowl, if I thought I had a shot at the league I might consider it. I know it is a baseball field, but it is worse than my back yard growing up.

 

[Spurman54]

Playing a football game on a baseball field is not very good. But remember this is a West Coast stadium except for maybe the Rose Bowl they do not play in SEC type football fields. Lots of fake grass and fake dirt on some of those fields. Football is supposed to be played on real grass not no fake grass. Thank goodness USC has real grass along with most of the SEC venues.

 

[Dod Rangerfield]

I am not an advocate for opting out, but after looking at the playing surface in the San Diego bowl, if I thought I had a shot at the league I might consider it. I know it is a baseball field, but it is worse than my back yard growing up.

Horrible.

 

[Cocky Jeff]

Soft. I can still see Joe Willie throwing for 400 yards across Shea stadium dirt and all, wind howling and paper flying everywhere.

 

[Guy in the Back]

Soft. I can still see Joe Willie throwing for 400 yards across Shea stadium dirt and all, wind howling and paper flying everywhere.

Dirt wasn’t the problem. I remember them playing on skin as well…the dirt was hard, but fairly even. Would have been better if they left the skin.

 

[Dod Rangerfield]

The hard astroturf was worse than all of the above.

 

[Cocky Jeff]

The hard astroturf was worse than all of the above.

True dat. It’s why they changed the rule. “The ground can’t cause a fumble.”

 

[DrMickeySC]

The hard astroturf was worse than all of the above.

I got to walk on the turf at Willy B in the 80s once and I cannot believe players had any skin left after a game. Truly awful stuff.

 

[Guy in the Back]

I got to walk on the turf at Willy B in the 80s once and I cannot believe players had any skin left after a game. Truly awful stuff.

Turf has come a long way since then!