Synthetic Turf Argumentative

Synthetic Turf

It was the final drive Friday night. A minute left in the fourth, I was on the field playing in front of hundreds of fans. The ground was sodden and muddy, the rain just continued to fall. For every step I took, my feet sank deeper into the mud. I couldn’t hold my blocks, let alone hold my ground. My teammates were under the same circumstances. The running back couldn’t make his cuts; the receivers couldn’t get around the corners. Third and Seven, one of our senior receivers broke free, 40 yard gain. Next play, our line held their blocks for the running back, 10 yard gain. On the 20 yard line, we tried to make two more passes, one more run, but we just couldn’t move in this mud pit. It was fourth and ten, our special team came out to try to kick a field goal and win the game. With three seconds left, the long snapper got the ball of perfectly, the line was somewhat holding on to their blocks, all the kicker needed to do was get the ball of cleanly. He didn’t, he slipped up a little bit making one of his three steps. The ball is shot off far to the right. Game over, we lost. This situation could have been avoided with synthetic turf.

Modern synthetic turf has been known to reduce stress in joints and reduce the risk of injury of playing on a grass field. Turf is also designed to stay cooler under the hot sun, so during two-a-days there is a lessened risk of players passing out due to heat exhaustion. Jacob Slagle, the athletic director of Spring Grass said, “Our school received medical opinions from physicians that the likelihood of severe injuries, especially to the head, is reduced with synthetic turf.” Not only is synthetic turf safe, but it helps the environment. Turf uses roughly 45,000 recycled tires that would otherwise take up space in landfills or tire waste sites. Also, the typical grass field uses 1.5-3.5 million gallons of water per year, turf uses almost none. With one all purpose turf field, we may be able to...