By: Rojina I

Turf vs Grass

Imagine you’re playing a sport, let’s say soccer. You have the ball and you feel determined to shoot. You keep running, you bring your left leg behind you, ready to kick the ball. You kick the ball but instead you fall back, onto your back, you had slipped on the slippery grass. However, if you had been playing on turf, this probably wouldn’t have happened. We should have turf instead of grass because, it costs less, Grass gets ruined easily, and weather changes the grass.

I think we should have turf instead of grass because it costs less. Grass costs 14 to 60 cents per square foot while turf costs 5 to 20 dollars per square foot. This may seem like turf is very expensive, but it is actually not. If you think about it, we buy new grass every year but, if we buy turf once, we won’t need to keep buying turf again every year. Turf lasts 8 to 10 years while grass can’t even last a full year because of kids running around on it. Not to mention, students aren’t even allowed to be on the field for half the year because the grass needs to “grow” by not having kids be on it, that does not help it just makes kids upset and tired by not being able to run around and play sports.

I think we should have turf instead of grass because grass gets ruined easily. Whenever we are allowed to use the field, kids sometimes play soccer on it and others run on it and the grass just gets trampled. If we had turf we would not need to worry about it get ruined because it can’t get ruined very easily. Turf is also better for in this environment, according to Tom Wilson, grass uses up 1 million gallons of water per year, while turf doesn’t waste water for kids to ruin it.

I think we should have turf instead of grass because weather can change the grass but it can’t change turf. By this I mean that if, for example, it rains, the “Grass” (dirt) turns into mud or really wet grass which no one would want to be on. But if it was turf, the turf would simply get a little wet but dry quicker. It also can’t get ruined by snow and it can’t turn into mud from water. A negative for having turf which is easier to maintain and lasts longer is that it can cause turf burns, but to be honest, it is also easy to slip on grass (easier actually).

In conclusion, turf is better in for our environment. Turf costs less than grass and can stand up to the wear and tear in a way that grass cannot. No matter the weather or location, the turf will remain unchanged whereas grass could easily be damaged. It is important for us to get turf because we need to guarantee our athletes safety and with turf we can do that.

Bibliography

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Niller, Eric. "World Cup Artificial Turf Battle: Is Grass Better?" News Discovery. N.p., 5 June 2015. Web.

"Benefits of Artificial Turf The Facts vs Fiction." ASGi. N.p., 2008. Web.