As the U.S. soccer team prepares for its June 12 match with England in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, it’s timely to spotlight two studies that underlie the decision by FIFA, the international governing body of international football or soccer, to promote synthetic turf, or ‘football turf’ as it calls third-generation infilled synthetic turf sports fields, as a... read more
ProGreenSports just completed the second annual survey of sustainability practices among NCAA athletic departments. The survey was conducted in May among 119 FBS division schools. Results indicate an increasing emphasis on green practices. We believe that sports organizations have a unique business opportunity to profitably implement sustainability programs that reduce costs, increase revenue, enhance the brand and lessen the impact on the environment,... read more
In spite of growing popularity of synthetic turf on sports fields around the world, turfgrass is still the preferred playing surface for professional soccer. Pickseed Canada and Barenbrug are among the companies supplying turfgrass seed for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which begins in South Africa on Friday, June 11. All 32 South African team base camps have been overseeded... read more
NEW ORLEANS — Pro football players are more likely to suffer certain types of knee and ankle injuries on an artificial turf called FieldTurf than on natural grass, a new study contends. Researchers analyzed data from the 2002-2008 National Football League seasons and found that teams playing on FieldTurf had an 88% higher rate of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and a... read more
By: John Painter KNOXVILLE — Bobby Campbell never believed his grass was always greener on the other side of the field. For 20 years as UT’s sports turf manager, Campbell has grown, watered, nurtured, clipped, edged, weeded and doctored every blade of that green grass on every living Big Orange playing and practice surface the Knoxville campus had to offer. But... read more
