Anonymous
09/01/2022 21:12
Subject: Turf field materials
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The latest fields are filled with an organic material, Montgomery County will only install fields with organic infill.
Some of the older turf fields have the ground up rubber that most of us have in our cars from playing soccer at the soccerplex on their old fields
At some it is ground up volcanic rock, organic and yes, until it settles and gets some use it is dusty. The people playing on it can get some pretty nice rash burns. I agree, organic or not, breathing that staff in isn't great.
the best field in the area is at Lakelands MS, it is filled with ground up cork.
The heat isn't as bad on the volcanic rock fields because it is sand color and some of the folks (she knows who she is) used equipment to take the temperature of some of the fields that were not finished and the heat from the black asphalt and the backing of the material increased the temperature. It is a bit hotter but my kids all reported it is a lot cooler than the rubbery infill.
The coaches and players and parents of players all want natural grass -it is Jeff Sullivan and his group -who all need to go that are pushing this for financial reasons.
+1 to this paragraph
Financial reasons as they are getting a kick back? Because artificial turf is way more expensive than natural grass.
Nice natural grass fields are in use at MCPS high schools and they don't cost what artificial turf costs.
Exactly! There is no good reason to switch fields to turf. Parents and athletes prefer grass fields.
Why is MCPS (a large school system with zero financial oversight) pushing to convert fields to turf? Follow the cash.
Grass is wonderful if you can limit access. A school with 2000+ students will be using it all the school day for PE, then all afternoon for practices, and in the evenings for games. And whatever slots it's not being used for, some group will want to pay to use it. Grass just can't stand up to that.
Grass holds up beautifully.
And they can and do limit access. Grass is way better and the turf fields have been a mess at some of our schools.
Anonymous
09/01/2022 20:58
Subject: Turf field materials
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The latest fields are filled with an organic material, Montgomery County will only install fields with organic infill.
Some of the older turf fields have the ground up rubber that most of us have in our cars from playing soccer at the soccerplex on their old fields
At some it is ground up volcanic rock, organic and yes, until it settles and gets some use it is dusty. The people playing on it can get some pretty nice rash burns. I agree, organic or not, breathing that staff in isn't great.
the best field in the area is at Lakelands MS, it is filled with ground up cork.
The heat isn't as bad on the volcanic rock fields because it is sand color and some of the folks (she knows who she is) used equipment to take the temperature of some of the fields that were not finished and the heat from the black asphalt and the backing of the material increased the temperature. It is a bit hotter but my kids all reported it is a lot cooler than the rubbery infill.
The coaches and players and parents of players all want natural grass -it is Jeff Sullivan and his group -who all need to go that are pushing this for financial reasons.
+1 to this paragraph
Financial reasons as they are getting a kick back? Because artificial turf is way more expensive than natural grass.
Nice natural grass fields are in use at MCPS high schools and they don't cost what artificial turf costs.
Exactly! There is no good reason to switch fields to turf. Parents and athletes prefer grass fields.
Why is MCPS (a large school system with zero financial oversight) pushing to convert fields to turf? Follow the cash.
Grass is wonderful if you can limit access. A school with 2000+ students will be using it all the school day for PE, then all afternoon for practices, and in the evenings for games. And whatever slots it's not being used for, some group will want to pay to use it. Grass just can't stand up to that.
Of course it can, and it does. Meanwhile the Whitman artificial turf keeps failing. The RM artificial turf failed. Actually crap that can't be used.
Anonymous
09/01/2022 20:09
Subject: Turf field materials
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The latest fields are filled with an organic material, Montgomery County will only install fields with organic infill.
Some of the older turf fields have the ground up rubber that most of us have in our cars from playing soccer at the soccerplex on their old fields
At some it is ground up volcanic rock, organic and yes, until it settles and gets some use it is dusty. The people playing on it can get some pretty nice rash burns. I agree, organic or not, breathing that staff in isn't great.
the best field in the area is at Lakelands MS, it is filled with ground up cork.
The heat isn't as bad on the volcanic rock fields because it is sand color and some of the folks (she knows who she is) used equipment to take the temperature of some of the fields that were not finished and the heat from the black asphalt and the backing of the material increased the temperature. It is a bit hotter but my kids all reported it is a lot cooler than the rubbery infill.
The coaches and players and parents of players all want natural grass -it is Jeff Sullivan and his group -who all need to go that are pushing this for financial reasons.
+1 to this paragraph
Financial reasons as they are getting a kick back? Because artificial turf is way more expensive than natural grass.
Nice natural grass fields are in use at MCPS high schools and they don't cost what artificial turf costs.
Exactly! There is no good reason to switch fields to turf. Parents and athletes prefer grass fields.
Why is MCPS (a large school system with zero financial oversight) pushing to convert fields to turf? Follow the cash.
Grass is wonderful if you can limit access. A school with 2000+ students will be using it all the school day for PE, then all afternoon for practices, and in the evenings for games. And whatever slots it's not being used for, some group will want to pay to use it. Grass just can't stand up to that.
Anonymous
09/01/2022 11:43
Subject: Turf field materials
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The latest fields are filled with an organic material, Montgomery County will only install fields with organic infill.
Some of the older turf fields have the ground up rubber that most of us have in our cars from playing soccer at the soccerplex on their old fields
At some it is ground up volcanic rock, organic and yes, until it settles and gets some use it is dusty. The people playing on it can get some pretty nice rash burns. I agree, organic or not, breathing that staff in isn't great.
the best field in the area is at Lakelands MS, it is filled with ground up cork.
The heat isn't as bad on the volcanic rock fields because it is sand color and some of the folks (she knows who she is) used equipment to take the temperature of some of the fields that were not finished and the heat from the black asphalt and the backing of the material increased the temperature. It is a bit hotter but my kids all reported it is a lot cooler than the rubbery infill.
The coaches and players and parents of players all want natural grass -it is Jeff Sullivan and his group -who all need to go that are pushing this for financial reasons.
+1 to this paragraph
Financial reasons as they are getting a kick back? Because artificial turf is way more expensive than natural grass.
Nice natural grass fields are in use at MCPS high schools and they don't cost what artificial turf costs.
Exactly! There is no good reason to switch fields to turf. Parents and athletes prefer grass fields.
Why is MCPS (a large school system with zero financial oversight) pushing to convert fields to turf? Follow the cash.