Turf at The Rent

[Woof 101]

To Medic: The reason was not money, it was the field. With turf you are guaranteed to play in Dec and safer for kids. It was not that they "were losing their shirts". Plus it's a state run facility. To Waquoit: hell fuggin yeah HS football trumps ANY soccer game.

Alum to be polite and respond I will say you are misguided by your dislike for soccer. It is simple fact the soccer games attract anywhere from 25,000 to a full house. Many of the HS football games could not attract 5G. Again to be fair I will leave links also supporting field condition arguments which do not concern me as both teams are playing on the same field, just like in the rain or snow. It simply was not the main reason.
http://blog.ctnews.com/hssports/2013/03/07/ciac-to-move-state-championships-to-ccsus-arute-field/
http://blog.ctnews.com/hssports/201...g-venue-change-for-state-championships-again/
I am not asking you or anyone to like soccer but do realize it is all about revenue as medic stated above. Same reason we have to pay $15.oo to park in a field. In support of your enthusiasm for high school ball I too hope it gets to the point where Arute Field @ 5800 is overwhelmed. Being a realist I doubt it comes in my lifetime....

 

[Excalibur]

Alum to be polite and respond I will say you are misguided by your dislike for soccer. It is simple fact the soccer games attract anywhere from 25,000 to a full house. Many of the HS football games could not attract 5G. Again to be fair I will leave links also supporting field condition arguments which do not concern me as both teams are playing on the same field, just like in the rain or snow. It simply was not the main reason.
http://blog.ctnews.com/hssports/2013/03/07/ciac-to-move-state-championships-to-ccsus-arute-field/
http://blog.ctnews.com/hssports/201...g-venue-change-for-state-championships-again/
I am not asking you or anyone to like soccer but do realize it is all about revenue as medic stated above. Same reason we have to pay $15.oo to park in a field. In support of your enthusiasm for high school ball I too hope it gets to the point where Arute Field @ 5800 is overwhelmed. Being a realist I doubt it comes in my lifetime....

Don't bother. He's been proven wrong, but won't admit it.

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

Do whatever we need to do to get into a P5 conference... If the B1G, Big XII, SEC, ACC, or PAC 12 want us to have turf, then we get turf... If they want us to paint our bleachers orange, we paint 'em orange! Outside of that as our goal, its a waste of time.

 

[Alum86]

Yes, I do not like soccer. I want the U.S. to succeed in the sport, but the masses here really could care less.
Why keep grass that turns to sh&t over the last 10 years by at least October? And will those teams from Europe come if it is Turf?
They have to play on grass like the World Cup? Yes. ?
But there are pro US teams that play on artificial turf? Confusing.

And one last pop: i am older, I remember the buzz and hype with Pele and the Cosmos. That did not end well. That was the one shot soccer had.