[News] Ravens Switching To Natural Grass At M&T Bank Stadium

[BR News]

The Ravens have played on artificial turf for the past 13 years. The players pushed to play on grass.

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[surfdude]

Football is meant to be played on grass. Period. 2 thumbs up great move.

[Obie]

Awesome, I just hope they don't paint that dumb maryland logo on the center of the field again and put the Ravens bird head instead.

[whobilly]

Amen. Now put the Ravens logo at midfield. If they want the Maryland logo put one in each corner of the endzone along with the Baltimore "B" in the other corners whiles keeping the Ravens wording as is. Now it will look and smell like real football.

[ellicottraven]

Football, grass and Baltimore. It sounds like the lyrics of a great football song!

[thieverycorporation]

Class act in all respects of the game. Great Move Ravens. A player outside of our team has to be envious of how well this organization does business. If I were them I'd hide in the bathroom too. Cause I'm signing with B-more careful. lol

Edited December 4, 2015 by thieverycorporation

[steelcityraven]

Good.... maybe we will cut down on some of these injuries~ I like the idea!

[steelcityraven]

We may also want to consider a new strength and conditioning coach... I am sure we have to be up there with any body in the league when counting the number of games lost to injury over the past 2 - 3 years! We need to make some changes... this is too consistent to be coincidence.

[mstrchef13]

Of course, one consideration that isn't being mentioned is the business aspect. When European soccer matches come to the stadium, they insist on grass being laid over the turf. They will not play on turf fields because of the injury factor. Having a permanent grass field will make it easier to attract more of those games. I hope there is a way to take the current turf field and donate it to a local high school or sports facility.

[fusuymada]

I don't see why if the sidelines are the issue with real grass they don't cover the non-playing surfaces with turf and have grass on the playing area which is where the majority of the injuries are coming from that they are trying to avoid. Not too many people tear their Achilles getting a cup of Gatorade. Carry the grass over the area that has the wide white sideline stripe so there isn't a transition from turf to grass beside the playing field. This drastically reduces the area that does not get sunlight and still provides the grass playing surface the players want.

[martyknight@yahoo.com]

Love it. The game should be played on grass.

[ravens4life86]

It sounds like Mr B, Cass has thoroughly planned going back to grass. "Amore robust Bermuda grass" They will use artificial light in the shaded areas of M&T, resod during the year, and have back fields on a farm in North Carolina growing for back up.

Im all down for it aslong as the ground is as maintained as possible. I dont want a chewed up Heinz field or Redskins type field....thats more dangerous and scary.

[bmorefan444]

How do I get my hands on a chunk of that artificial turf? It would look good in the man-cave.

[BmoreB]

How do I get my hands on a chunk of that artificial turf? It would look good in the man-cave.

I want one too ! And here's how it could be done... A football field consists of 57,600 square feet, slice the turf into 10" x 10" pieces and you would have enough to hand out to 70,000 fans at the 2016 home opener at M&T Bank ​

[ArsenalRaven666]

The technology in growing and maintaining a quality field is alot more advanced now. I have visited Arsenal's ground and they can grow an entire pitch from scratch in under 2 days, I was told the machines they use cost around 500,000 each, Arsenal had 8 of them. If i can find my tour pics of them will add them

[whobilly]

Scary that people get negged for making a positive comment about the grass. I guess these are coming from "Fans?" who never stepped into our stadium or the lacrosse fans who love the concrete type surface because you get a truer bounce. Laughable.

[The Greek]

does not matter to me either way.

[rockhill24]

A grass surface is all well & good until you play one game on it in a heavy rain storm , then if its October when this happens you field looks like crap the reminder of the season, Example Heinz field in Pittsburg, one of the worst fields in the league. This is not a good idea, to many down sides. Not like its Camden Yards unless you get them to take over as grounds crew. then maybe.....

[Smoke0121]

Amen. Now put the Ravens logo at midfield. If they want the Maryland logo put one in each corner of the endzone along with the Baltimore "B" in the other corners whiles keeping the Ravens wording as is. Now it will look and smell like real football.

I actually like the huge Maryland shield in the center of the field.  Not only is is unique, but it shows off one of the better looking flags in the nation.  It reminds the Redskins that you can build your stadium in Landover, but Baltimore will always be Maryland's team.  Plus it's like 30 yards wide, much better than fields with tiny logos, or NFL shields.

[sami]

just put some giant mirrors on top the stadium on the north side to reflect the sunlight from the southern exposure on to the field where needed....simple! During the game we could use them to blind the other team or take selfies.

[Moderator 3]

I actually like the huge Maryland shield in the center of the field.  Not only is is unique, but it shows off one of the better looking flags in the nation.  It reminds the Redskins that you can build your stadium in Landover, but Baltimore will always be Maryland's team.  Plus it's like 30 yards wide, much better than fields with tiny logos, or NFL shields.

Absolutely!

[JoeyFlex5]

i love this move. i feel that field turf contributes to injuries more than grass, that stuff is dangerous to play on

[AsianRice]

we are going to back the old school football, playing on natural grass. It can't be more right than this....

[20306cab]

Guess Damascus and Funk really tore that turf up last night! Congrats to the Hornets. Will be interesting to see if Jake is still really committed to Maryland with Durkin as new coach. Hope so. Go Terps!

[whobilly]

Steelers field can be a mess at times because Pitt also plays there. Give me the grass any day of the week. As Crockett Gilmore stated....He went hard face first into the grass at Cleveland and got up. In Baltimore he said it would have been "Lights Out".

[Maryland]

I heard about this rumor on the 105.7 pregame show last Monday. Didn't know if it was true because the Ravens didn't report it. I am pleasantly surprised to say the least. Real football, the kind you see on vintage NFL films clips, is played on grass!

[billiejean]

Scary that people get negged for making a positive comment about the grass. I guess these are coming from "Fans?" who never stepped into our stadium or the lacrosse fans who love the concrete type surface because you get a truer bounce. Laughable.

your post wasn't about the grass field.  It was a bout what logos should go where.  some people don't agree with you thats all.

[Jim Giampaoli]

I love a mudder.

[bmoraven]

This is a GREAT Move by the Ravens. Not only do we put ourselves at an advantage for a defensive, running style team to slow the game down some. But you can guarantee the amount of Torn ACL's, MCL, Achilles etc decreases immediately for our team as playing on turf is very hard on the body.

[The Negotiator]

Love it