{"id":808064,"date":"2026-07-18T10:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/808064\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T10:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:54:20","slug":"nfl-players-want-more-grass-fields-after-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/808064\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL players want more grass fields after World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some NFL players have started a social media campaign to support a call by their players union for more permanent grass fields following the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Seven NFL stadiums in the US had grass fields installed for the duration of the tournament to meet the demands of organisers Fifa.<\/p>\n

They are set to revert to artificial turf after the World Cup, despite 92% of NFL players preferring natural grass,, external<\/a> according to the NFL Players Association (NFLPA).<\/p>\n

Data shows, external<\/a> that “artificial turf is significantly harder on the body than grass”.<\/p>\n

Fifteen of the NFL’s 30 regular stadiums use grass, with the other half using artificial turf. One of the reasons for artificial turf is the increased cost to maintain grass.<\/p>\n

Dozens of NFL players have posted messages with #WorthTheCost, including Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, who said: “Why can’t we have this too?”<\/p>\n

Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor said: “Natural grass isn’t out of reach. Prioritizing players shouldn’t be either.”<\/p>\n

Green Bay Packers linebacker Zaire Franklin said: “The cost of doing nothing is paid for by players’ bodies. Make grass mandatory.”<\/p>\n

An NFLPA statement issued just before the World Cup read: “It’s no longer a question of capability; the technology exists, the expertise exists and the resources exist to install the high-level grass fields that our players overwhelmingly prefer.<\/p>\n

“We have seen the meaningful investments made to meet the standard for international athletes and global events.<\/p>\n

“NFL players – who regularly compete on these fields, help fund these stadiums and whose work makes the league what it is today – deserve the same commitment to quality grass fields.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some NFL players have started a social media campaign to support a call by their players union for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-808064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}