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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know there are people who don't like turf for health and other issues, which is fine.  My athlete kid hates playing on turf on many days.

But if you're going to criticize the turf installation based on finances, then I'd suggest you take a broader perspective.  There are lots of other costs you can take issue with for financial reasons.  The most obvious for those who criticize turf is varsity sports, generally.  Why not get rid of football entirely (you'd save the cost of several coaches, lots of uniforms, equipment replacemtn, multiple busses to every away game,  etc.). Or MCPS could retract the recent expansions of the varsity sports portfolio (pickleball, stunt cheer).  Those drain resources and don't bring in much ticket revenue.

In my opinion, having usable fields that don't get ripped up when soggy, don't require as many rain cancellations, etc. is just part of the cost of running a varsity sports program.  And I don't know the details of the Woodward expansion but several of the prior turf installations were covered by rental costs to local soccer programs who play games there on Sundays and other non-conflicting timeslots.
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None have been covered by rental costs.  MCPS is responsible for all of their fields.   [/quote]

[b]This article does a pretty good job of outlining the cost tradeoffs of turf vs. grass:[/b]
https://www.thebanner.com/sports/mcps-turf-field-thomas-taylor-YDBUHEPYSZDFXGKXV2HXI7X64Y/

[b]Not relevant for this debate (Woodward turf wasn't included in the arrangement) but MSI did contribute to turf costs at the earlier schools:[/b]
https://www.msisoccer.org/news/msi-mcps-partnerships

MSI will provide $1.2 million to construct an artificial turf field at Walt Whitman High School. Additionally, MSI will provide as much as $2.4 million to construct turf fields at Julius West Middle School and $1.2 million to upgrade the field at Einstein High School to artificial turf. In exchange, MSI will have access to use these fields for a set number of scheduled hours per year for the next ten years, when they are not reserved for school use.

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MSI isn’t relevant at all.  They are done.  Those fields are now MCPS’ to maintain, replace and dispose of every 8 years when they fail.

Where exactly are they throwing away these big sheets of plastic?  They can’t go in the incinerator. They are too big and would gum up the system.  [/quote]

The MSI Whitman HS field that was put down was crap and had to be redone 3 times. [/quote]

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