Henry Epp
speaker
222 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 11 Sep
Henry Epp’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well I think it comes down to money.
Jeremy Duru is a law professor and director of the Sport and Society Initiative at American University.
For one, he says grass is expensive.
You have to grow it, install it, replace it when it gets torn up after a game.
Plus, NFL stadiums are used only a few days a year for pro football, so many of them host a lot of other events.
Turf, on the other hand, can more easily handle, say, a Beyonce concert.
So stadiums with artificial fields can bring in more revenue.
The NFL argues there are other factors teams have to consider when they choose whether to use natural grass that are specific to each stadium.
Nick Pappas is the NFL's field director.
It's trickier to maintain grass indoors.
There's also climate.
And
Having a sod farm nearby to grow the field's grass is really important, Pappas says, and not all stadiums are close to one.
All those considerations, Pappas says, dictate which surface teams choose.
And he notes the NFL and the players union have a joint committee that sets the safety and consistency standards for both turf and grass.
But in a statement to Marketplace, the Players Union said the World Cup showed that the technology, expertise, and resources exist to use grass in every NFL stadium.
To comply with FIFA, grass was installed in domed stadiums in Dallas and Atlanta, and in cooler climates like Seattle and New England.
And the union has a chance to push owners on this issue in its next collective bargaining agreement, which comes up for renewal after the
twenty thirty season.
Nellie Drew is a professor of practice in sports law at the University at Buffalo.
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