Henry Epp
speaker
233 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard yesterday
Henry Epp’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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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.
Drew says to get grass across the league, players may have to give something up.
And owners, Drew says, are pushing to add an eighteenth game to the NFL season.
Players and the league may have to decide whether that's a trade-off they're willing to accept.
I'm Henriette for Marketplace.
I would side with you versus Robin.
I mean, we look at those minutes and see that there was some division among policymakers about the approach that they wanted to take at that meeting.
And of course, the headline from that last meeting was Kevin Warsh had unanimity among members of the Federal Open Market Committee.
They agreed to keep the rate where it has been.
A lot of ink spilled over that.
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