The NFL has a turf problem, but it doesn't include the Dolphins
Kyle Crabbs discusses the ongoing turf war between the NFL and its players.
Video Transcript
It looks like the NFL off-season may have one more drama left in it, but the Dolphins will be sitting this one out.
I'm Kyle Krabs from A to Z Sports, and the World Cup wrapped up after being hosted in stadiums across North America, many of which were played in NFL stadiums.
Some of those stadiums, including where the final was played, MetLife, traditionally have turf for their players, but NFL players are taking notice that for FIFA to come into town and play their games, they found a way to make it work to put grass pitches on the field.
And you saw a slew of NFL players tweet out with the hashtag, worth the cost, while continuing their campaign for owners to adopt all-grass surfaces in the NFL.
It's probably going to be something that carries on while they get ready for the next CBA negotiation between the NFL owners and the Players Association.
And the concern here for players is the cost and the quality of the surface and how forgiving it is versus playing on some of the turf surfaces.
But the Dolphins, they got this one handled.
As we found out in 2023, when the team was on the in-season version of Hard Knocks, the Dolphins are the only team in the NFL to own their own sod farm to make sure they don't only play on grass surfaces, but that they are constantly, throughout the course of the season, replacing the sod surface to try to keep as high quality of a pitch as you possibly can.
Now, there are complications that come with this, including the fact that it's South Florida.
It rains every day, often hard, and they have to share the surface with the Miami Hurricanes.
But nevertheless, the fact that the Dolphins are well-positioned and already execute an all-grass surface that includes refreshes throughout the course of the season means that as teams are fighting back against players or as players are fighting for all-grass surfaces to play on into the future, they know when they come to South Florida, that is already well in place.
