Kaepernick suffers torn ACL; league does nothing.

or…

Rodgers suffers torn ACL; league pours millions into R&D of new strain of “perfect” field grass and awards ‘Niners franchise to Los Angeles.

(go hawks)

However, this is football we’re talking right?

So what if the elements and the playing surface are variable. Football is not meant to be played in anticeptic dome or test tube grass. Play on dirt and grass and live with it if it is what or crappy.

idk, but I guess it helped us when Arian Foster kept slipping.

Also I’m sure the field will be in better shape than Lambeau in the 1997 NFCCG vs. the Niners. That game was dubbed “The Mud Bowl”.

That said, it will be nice when the new stadium is built in an area where there is actually good public transportation, and you don’t have to fear for your safety in the parking lot.

@flik44
We did earn it. Guess you never heard of the fail mary. You must be new to football.

GEEZ, you act like that was the only bad call all year, quit whining
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Wasnt the only bad call, but was the worse I have ever seen in my 40 years of watching football. Does it matter at this point? No.

I guarantee you one thing, that play will be shown on Television for decades.

Packers and Patriots? Expect a nicer surface.

And yes, the league should look into this.

Yes, Fed Ex was horrible, but that doesn’t mean ALL grass fields are unsafe. The fact that we are talking about grass fields as if they are a bane to the game just makes me sad.

The game was MADE to be played on grass. It is actually MORE EXPENSIVE to have a natural grass playing surface. Instead of blaming teams who have natural grass and calling them cheap, perhaps people should do a little research. Candlestick gets a little messy in January, but it’s NOTHING like Fed Ex. When the game starts on Saturday the field will be just fine.

MOST of the Bay Area is either at or below sea level.

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I guess so if you include the actual BAY!

GEEZ, you act like that was the only bad call all year, quit whining

Man, I am a Packer fan, and this isn’t helpful. Did Fail Mary feel terrible and sickening? Yup, sure did. But the time to be angry about it was a few months ago.

I’ve made peace with it. The other Packer fans I know have made peace with it. And if you haven’t, you need to figure out how to.

Our team is in the playoffs, and on a playoff run. We could have sealed the 2 seed by beating the Vikings week 17. Didn’t happen.

Now, winner moves on, loser goes home. Just win. That’s all. If you still want some kind of closure to it, just hope the Seahawks beat the Falcons so we can get them at home in the NFC Championship.

Second, Candlestick always looks like this come December/January

Don’t like playing in rough conditions? Win more games and host a playoff game.

Field turf isn’t the solution. It’s not as knee friendly as people feel that it is. Sure the durability is good, but if you have a decent grounds crew you will be fine with grass.

Look at baseball. Sure, they take a lot less of a beating on the grass, but Pittsburgh, New York, Boston, Philly, Baltimore, and Cleveland are all playing in late March, early April in those cities. Oakland is playing miles away from San Fran with the Raiders and the A’s on the same turf for a solid month and a half, and sure the infield cut out isn’t always a great surface to play on, but the A’s have a decent surface the next day if they need it.

Don’t blame the surface, blame the keepers of the grounds

One thing to note – those photos do look a lot like FedEx did on Sunday – but the FedEx turf looked like that AFTER the groundskeepers basically painted the turf and tried to make it look as nice as possible. The photos from Candlestick are probably from an untouched field – I don’t think it’s entirely appropriate to compare the two.

But regardless, a sloppy field at Candlestick in January shouldn’t be news to anybody over 30 years after this was first observed.

At least the east coast has the excuse of very cold weather and frozen ground. The ground doesn’t freeze in SF.

That said, it’s been known for decades that they build The Stick a little too low relative to sea level, and being as it’s right on the Bay, the surface can get a bit swampy when the tide is high. Still, it’s not like they’ve been playing bowl games there.
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MOST of the Bay Area is either at or below sea level.

Then, we need to make every stadium a dome, so that there is no wind that can give one team an advantage.

Then, we need to make all coaching staffs equal, so that no team has an advantage.

Then, we need to make all teams equal, so that they can have fair games. What, you don’t think it is fair that each team can have only X amount of Pro Bowlers on them?

This is insane, let them play football in what ever conditions the home team is in.