{"id":763970,"date":"2026-06-27T04:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/763970\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T04:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:36:20","slug":"george-kittle-calls-out-nfl-over-1-change-league-refuses-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/763970\/","title":{"rendered":"George Kittle calls out NFL over 1 change league refuses to make"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Kittle<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nfl\" data-athlete=\"19063\" data-name=\"George Kittle\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"George Kittle\"><\/a> is not letting up on the NFL as World Cup fever continues to sweep across the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/football\/george-kittle-takes-pointed-shot-at-the-nfl\/758039\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco 49ers tight end threw shade<\/a> at the NFL earlier this month when the global soccer tournament began. With most matches being played in NFL stadiums, Kittle pointed out how beautiful the grass looks at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. The Los Angeles Rams<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nfl\" data-team=\"32\" data-name=\"Los Angeles Rams\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Los Angeles Rams\"><\/a> and Chargers\u2019 home venue typically uses artificial turf during the NFL season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kittle was a lot less subtle in his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2070583689524707727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">latest statement<\/a> via ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve made it clear that we prefer grass fields,\u201d said Kittle. \u201cWe know it\u2019s better on our bodies. And clearly, we know it\u2019s possible based on everything that went into putting down grass fields for the World Cup in each stadium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt this point, it comes down to the NFL making it a priority and choosing to invest in us as players, because our bodies are our business, which they get to capitalize on!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s been a strong push among players in recent years for the NFL to abolish artificial turf in favor of real grass, which is much more costly to maintain. Seeing grass laid out at turf-friendly venues for the World Cup must have been quite the tease for all pro-grass NFL stars such as Kittle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Players have blamed the artificial turf for causing some serious lower-leg injuries over recent years. But there\u2019s been <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/football\/surprising-metlife-stadium-injury-data-emerges\/720617\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">debate about whether that\u2019s actually true given the data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of the 30 stadiums used by NFL teams (New York and Los Angeles teams share a stadium), exactly 15 of them use artificial turf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Kittle is not letting up on the NFL as World Cup fever continues to sweep across the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,29896,514,82],"class_list":["post-763970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-george-kittle","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}