For the safety of NFL players, Aaron Rodgers says it’s time to switch to grassy fields.
Aaron Rodgers , the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers , believes it is time for the NFL to require that all games be played on grass fields, but he is not optimistic that it will happen. On Tuesday, Rodgers said, “No, honestly, I don’t have a lot of trust in the league making that choice without some sort of significant vote and complaints from some owners who don’t want to spend the money. Rodgers has already addressed concerns about player safety. He opposed the NFL’s decision to add 17 additional games in 2021. Rodgers declared, “This is player safety to me. “If player safety is essential to you, this would be putting your money where your mouth is if [expanding to 17 games] was about financial advantages.” Rodgers’ remarks Tuesday came after the NFL Players Association made a concentrated effort over the weekend to draw attention to a discrepancy between injury incidents on grass and a particular kind of artificial surface called “slit-film turf.” Seven teams empl...