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CALL TO ACTION: STMA ACCEPTANCE OF SYNTHETIC TURF INFORMATION

CALL TO ACTION: STMA ACCEPTANCE OF SYNTHETIC TURF INFORMATION

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Started by Anonymous 13 years, 5 months ago
The assalut on grass fields from the synthetic turf industry has reached a fever "pitch". With the Synthetic Turf Council's article full of mis-information in the Feb. edition of Sports Field Management, FIFA promoting the 2015 Women's World Cup on synthetic, and now the MLS website publishing an article on synthetic turf "being the future of US soccer" (even though only 4 MLS cities play on turf, and 2 of those are NFL stadiums), we MUST TAKE ACTION. We are calling for STMA to STOP the acceptance and distribution of information about synthetic turf and get back to focusing on cutting edge information about high traffic GRASS FIELDS. Because of the STMA and grass field acceptance of synthetic turf, less information about the possibilities of high traffic grass fields has been spread. Now that synthetic has established, their marketing is becoming more and more attacking and insulting of natural grass fields. Yet natural grass field managers around the world are creating fields that can take more and more events!! We NEED YOU to commit your support to calling on STMA to STOP supporting synthetic turf before the synthetic turf industry convinces the sports world to convert every field. GRASS FIELDS CAN TAKE MORE TRAFFIC THAN EVER BEFORE!! Its time STMA talks about that... and that only. Do you agree?? Are you willing to take a stand to protect our industry's future??

Updates

May 13, 2013

The feedback I receive daily shows the deep frustration felt by those of us who know the true potential of grass. It feels like an uphill climb against a powerful industry but I am still pushing forward with the officials who need to hear our concerns.

May 13, 2013

Reaching this point has been an exhausting uphill climb but the momentum proves that our industry is finally waking up to this threat. I am tired of fighting the marketing machine of synthetic turf while our grass management expertise is pushed aside. We are going to keep pushing until the focus shifts back to where it belongs.

Reached 100 supporters

May 13, 2013

6 Comments

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Tom Grant
13 years ago Featured

Grass is better for the players and the environment. Quit selling out to the fake stuff.

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Jason McCarthy
13 years ago Featured

Been managing natural turf for 15 years and it handles way more than these people claim. STMA needs to wake up and start promoting the real thing.

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Dave Alvarez
13 years ago Featured

we need to protect our profession and stop letting the turf industry push us around. stick to grass!

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Sarah Wheeler
13 years ago Featured

THANK YOU for finally saying it. Sick of the synthetic turf companies acting like grass is obsolete. It just needs the right care.

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Brenda Hall
13 years ago Featured

Seriously. The heat coming off those things in the summer is dangerous. Stick to the natural stuff.

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Mike Holmes
13 years ago Featured

Plastic fields are a joke. My kids knees are killing them after playing on that stuff all weekend. Real grass is the only way to go.