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Quote from: captaincrap on July 22, 2011, 01:17:24 PMMake it black, you say. My understanding is that option was discussed, but the S&C and medical staff requested to not do that out of safety concerns (black turf in direct sun would be unbearably hot and they were concerned about athlete safety). Hard for an AD to justify going against medical and training staff, simply from a liability standpoint (ask UCF about medical liability for stu-athletes)WhitePurpleGray
Make it black, you say. My understanding is that option was discussed, but the S&C and medical staff requested to not do that out of safety concerns (black turf in direct sun would be unbearably hot and they were concerned about athlete safety). Hard for an AD to justify going against medical and training staff, simply from a liability standpoint (ask UCF about medical liability for stu-athletes)
Quote from: kitten_mittons on July 22, 2011, 01:55:12 PMQuote from: captaincrap on July 22, 2011, 01:17:24 PMMake it black, you say. My understanding is that option was discussed, but the S&C and medical staff requested to not do that out of safety concerns (black turf in direct sun would be unbearably hot and they were concerned about athlete safety). Hard for an AD to justify going against medical and training staff, simply from a liability standpoint (ask UCF about medical liability for stu-athletes)WhitePurpleGraywould look way worse. jesus.
hopefully currie sells the rights to the mismatched turf and we get a giant Briggs logo on it.
Quote from: pissclams on July 22, 2011, 02:37:51 PMhopefully currie sells the rights to the mismatched turf and we get a giant Briggs logo on it.Minimize the actual "green space" on the turf. Great idea. EZSOD is brought to you by Kalvesta Implement in Kalvesta.
Quote from: SkinnyBenny on July 22, 2011, 10:10:33 AMCC, why haven't you or anyone else from the athletic department acknowledged the crapty mismatched turf? I Asked John about 50 different times and ways and never got a response, and I've never heard him or anyone else say anything other than speculation?Srsly. It's time for answers. Why is it mismatched, and why does the K-State athletic department like to crap on everything nice? Someone earlier in the thread posted the response from the AD. You guys didn't like the response, and so you continue to complain about it.The blacktop had to stay intact so that TV trucks, EMS vehicles, support vehicles etc can drive around it. This means you can't put the same infill turf product down there, because the infill turf product on the field needs a sand/crushed rock base, not concrete. If you laid it on top of blacktop you'd end up with a raised lip where it met the field — a giant safety issue, when the whole point of covering the blacktop is to make it safer.So, if you can't cover it with infill you have to pick a different type of turf. And since it is a different product, the colors aren't going to be exactly the same — that's an AstroTurf issue. Fibers are made out of different material, light hits it differently etc. There really isn't any way to make them exactly the same color.Make it black, you say. My understanding is that option was discussed, but the S&C and medical staff requested to not do that out of safety concerns (black turf in direct sun would be unbearably hot and they were concerned about athlete safety). Hard for an AD to justify going against medical and training staff, simply from a liability standpoint (ask UCF about medical liability for stu-athletes)You keep saying it makes "zero sense", when really you mean that you don't like the conclusion that the AD came to after reviewing the options. Is it ideal? No, probably not. But it's the best of the imperfect options. And as has been pointed out, on gameday you aren't even going to see it. They may eventually put that same turf on the sidelines, I have no idea. But honestly, the whole thing to me seems more like people trying hard to find stuff to complain about.
CC, why haven't you or anyone else from the athletic department acknowledged the crapty mismatched turf? I Asked John about 50 different times and ways and never got a response, and I've never heard him or anyone else say anything other than speculation?Srsly. It's time for answers. Why is it mismatched, and why does the K-State athletic department like to crap on everything nice?
what do you guys think about the height difference between Shorty McLeftside and Talleta Ontherighterson? At first you're all, like, hmmm, regular sized guy walking next to Lebron James or something. But then you mind focuses and you realize the monster on the right is a chick and you have to come to terms with maybe McLeftside is some sort of proto human that maxes out at 4'9" or maybe we have a female shaq or something.
Quote from: michigancat on July 22, 2011, 01:20:41 PMnot sure who that chick is but.....want to do
Great thread over at phog on BSFS (18 pages). Today in classic beems fashion, beems posted pics of KU's facilities, including pics of the stadium club that is coming in 2010.
Skinny even I am tired of how butthurt you are about the turf color.
What about inventing safety blacktop?
Quote from: WillieWatanabe on July 22, 2011, 02:39:38 PMQuote from: kitten_mittons on July 22, 2011, 01:55:12 PMQuote from: captaincrap on July 22, 2011, 01:17:24 PMMake it black, you say. My understanding is that option was discussed, but the S&C and medical staff requested to not do that out of safety concerns (black turf in direct sun would be unbearably hot and they were concerned about athlete safety). Hard for an AD to justify going against medical and training staff, simply from a liability standpoint (ask UCF about medical liability for stu-athletes)WhitePurpleGraywould look way worse. jesus.JFC, can you even imagine the response on here if they rolled out the EZOD in one of those colors?
grow corn on itcons: there are no conspros: corn
Quote from: steve dave on July 22, 2011, 08:37:26 PMgrow corn on itcons: there are no conspros: cornBut can growing corn on it add more revenue than adds?Can it?
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