Tremendous Bowl 2022: Odell Beckham Jr.’s harm causes NFL stars to advocate for banning turf subject in stadiums

Tremendous Bowl LVI considerably modified after Odell Beckham Jr. was misplaced for the sport on account of a knee harm after his leg was caught on the SoFi Stadium synthetic turf. Beckham, who had two catches for 52 yards and a landing on three targets, was dominating the league championship recreation earlier than the harm.

Not solely was Beckham unable to play for the remainder of Tremendous Bowl LVI, however he has to fret about his future if he suffered a big knee harm for the second time in two seasons. Beckham’s harm brought about NFL gamers, present and former, to eradicate the usage of subject turf at stadiums. 

In fact, the $5 billion SoFi Stadium is one among them. 

There’s quite a lot of assist for pure grass fields, however what’s the “Flip The Turf” marketing campaign? Half of the league’s groups play on synthetic turf, which is why gamers are pushing for change. There are statistics within the marketing campaign to again up why fields ought to change from turf to grass. 

Within the petition, turf fields have:

• 28% extra non-contact decrease physique accidents.
• 32% extra non-contact knee accidents and 69% extra non-contact foot and ankle accidents occurred on turf.
• Turf can stand up to 60 levels hotter than pure grass, growing the speed at which poisonous gases are launched and ingested.

There are additionally environmental points behind the marketing campaign.: 

• At present, turf cannot be recycled within the US, resulting in an estimated 330 million kilos of landfill waste annually, and microplastics in our water and irrigation techniques.
• On common, one turf subject requires over 440,000 kilos of petroleum derivatives. The manufacturing of which emits carbon, creates fossil fuels, and contributes to world warming. 
• Not like grass, turf doesn’t cool the atmosphere. It doesn’t filter air and water pollution. It doesn’t repair carbon dioxide or launch oxygen. Turf has zero local weather advantages.

Gamers are pushing for change. maybe Tremendous Bowl LVI stands out as the breaking level.