NFL players weigh-in on request for safer playing fields
On Saturday, NFLPA president J.C. Tretter published a letter calling for changes to playing surfaces throughout the NFL in the name of player safety.
Tretter outlined three requests from the NFLPA, including replacing and banning slit film turf, removing obvious flaws or abnormalities on fields, and clearing excess people and equipment on the sidelines.
The NFLPA’s primary focus is on slit film turf, which Tretter says causes a higher rate of lower-body and non-contact injuries. On Saturday, several players weighed on the turf and called for change.
