If there's grass on the field...

You saw the Steelers vs. Dolphins Monday night game at Heinz Field. The skies opened up over Pittsburgh, and were relentless. What stands out in my mind from that game was when the ball was punted, and just sunk into the field. The ball was standing nearly upright.

During the pre-game it was reported that the grounds crew did not have enough time to replace the old field with the new one, so they laid it over top. The drainage was horrible, and the field looked like a flood plain. For the remainder of the season the field looked awful. Fred Taylor said something to the fact that it is a lawsuit waiting to happen, but that is how it will remain. The Steelers listen to their players, and the players say, "That's the way. uh huh uh huh, I like it!" They feel that natural grass reduces the chance of injury. The Steelers organization is not the only one who wants to keep the grass. The University of Pittsburgh prefers it too.

The University of Pittsburgh has a say in what type of surface is used at Heinz Field? They sure do... Heinz Field is where Pitt plays all of it's home games. Several High School games are played there as well. As a Big East conference school, I am sure that they could afford to build there own stadium. I think that they should too. Perhaps the Steelers should limit the amount of games that are played at Heinz Field. The Back Story

With little else going on in the NFL, this is all I got.

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