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Soccer/Football

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

2. Absolutely

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 12:33 PM

Jun 2015

It's a different sport on turf. The ball bounces a lot more and you can't really do a sliding tackle without setting your leg on fire.

Turf must die.

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Ridiculous that they were forced to play on artificial turf. SunSeeker Jun 2015 #1

Absolutely Ron Obvious Jun 2015 #2

Not only that, but the nibs in the turf are toxic ground up tire bits. SunSeeker Jun 2015 #3

I didn't know that! Ron Obvious Jun 2015 #4

Yes, AstroTurf has it. Pretty much all team sport turfs use those tire nibs. SunSeeker Jun 2015 #5