The North East football team will be playing their home opener on August 23rd at Iroquois instead of Ted Miller Stadium. The construction project to install plastic grass was scheduled to be complete in time for the opener, but is behind schedule due to unspecified construction delays. A story on GoErie states the paper was […]
Ohio Bill to Require All Pro Teams Play on Natural Grass While NE School District Spends $3.7 Million on Plastic Grass
Right next door, in the state of Ohio, legislators have introduced bipartisan House Bill 605 that requires natural grass in all professional sports stadiums due to higher incidence of non-contact lower extremity injuries on artificial surface playing fields. This applies to pro football, baseball and soccer. The bill has the support of the NFL Players […]