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I was told last year that Assland was going turf this year…..was that just a rumer?

That rumor has been around for decades. It's just a grass vs turf thing. I was watching an NFL game being played on grass a while back and the commentators said 8 out of 10 NFL players prefer grass. In middle and high school I think the players would prefer turf because of the "novelty" of it. From a fan perspective I like it because it looks great all year. From a cost perspective I've seen a lot of "fuzzy" math on both sides so I'm not sure.....

If taken care of right, I like grass better as a playing surface in games because it is usually softer than turf, you don’t get carpet burn, and it doesn’t absorb heat like turf does.  Playing on grass also just feels more natural and on turf you lose those moments of getting dirty in the mud.  As a performance coach working on speed development, I prefer training on turf because allows you to stick and plant better than grass surfaces and you don’t have to worry about stepping in holes like you do in grass.  I can see the pros and cons of both sides but when it comes down to it, turf looks “sexier” than grass and at the youth and developmental levels it makes it look like programs are more serious when they have turf.  It’s all about perception and having turf imo is more of a marketing tool to bring athletes to a program/school than anything else.