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Post by Maxell on Jan 18, 2020 22:50:21 GMT -5
Who is yall? Whether it is 23 or 19 the majority of the NFL teams play on grass. Evidently we both used different articles to come to this conclusion. You and a few others are not not really concerned about our student athletes health and welfare. Yall's only concern is that the grass looks green on tv. Ask Chancellor Martin and AD Hilton why they have not switched over to "turf". Evidently they are not concerned about the grass being brown, tan or whatever on tv or in person. I think they are way smarter than you Bornthrilla and they might be smarter than me. Yall need to quit trying to keep up with Norfolk and other schools that have "turf" and green grass. We are winners on the gridiron and they are not. That is what counts Mr. Know It All. You may just need help understanding that once excellence on the field is achieved, the ante goes up because more eyes are on the program. You can only be the little train that could for so long. To imply that folks aren't concerned about the health of the kids is way off base.
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Post by aggieblackie2 on Jan 18, 2020 23:44:37 GMT -5
Mannn, I understand the deal. I am through with this topic, subject and conversation.
Contact the chancellor, a d and Bornthrilla.
Fini
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Post by saabman on Jan 19, 2020 2:00:53 GMT -5
Hale if A&T is not going to get professionals to maintain the natural grass field or get field turf just paint the damn thing Green and keep moving .
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Post by lobengula on Jan 19, 2020 2:45:08 GMT -5
Hale if A&T is not going to get professionals to maintain the natural grass field or get field turf just paint the damn thing Green and keep This is an easy fix we have the professionals on staff it is a matter of doing. This is an exercise in futility. Just do the the basics of turf management. We do not need others input just TCB take care of business. Wow if this is a matter of continuous discussions obviously there is another another agenda in play. This matter is under the domain of building and grounds so why the hesitancy? This is the kind of nonsense that can be detrimental to our progression. Again I am sick of the outhouse mentality to UNC-G. We must be aggressive in our approach for the enhancement of A&T and the surrounding community in terms of multi housing concepts for a parking deck hotel.
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Post by saabman on Jan 19, 2020 8:22:03 GMT -5
Hale if A&T is not going to get professionals to maintain the natural grass field or get field turf just paint the damn thing Green and keep This is an easy fix we have the professionals on staff it is a matter of doing. This is an exercise in futility. Just do the the basics of turf management. We do not need others input just TCB take care of business. Wow if this is a matter of continuous discussions obviously there is another another agenda in play. This matter is under the domain of building and grounds so why the hesitancy? This is the kind of nonsense that can be detrimental to our progression. Again I am sick of the outhouse mentality to UNC-G. We must be aggressive in our approach for the enhancement of A&T and the surrounding community in terms of multi housing concepts for a parking deck hotel. As we do on a yearly basis the grass conversation comes up about this time . We already know who's call this is and it all starts and ends in side the Dudley building . It is evident that the Chancellor feels that the Stadium grass is not high on his priority list
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Post by aggieblackie2 on Jan 19, 2020 10:09:10 GMT -5
Iobengula, I second that statement. I have stated what you have expressed in the past. Evidently, the grass controversy and wish for turf for about 6 people is not high on the chancellor's list.
They should be raising hell about those outdated, dangerous high school bleachers that are located in the upper part of Corbett Gymnasium.
Fini w/ the grass wish list.
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Post by DECKS on Jan 19, 2020 10:41:16 GMT -5
I would prefer to keep natural grass. My question is how do you keep Bermuda grass from turning brown? I moved to SC in 2018 and Bermuda is required in my neighborhood. There is just nothing you can do, especially if you have an early frost.
Perhaps we can switch to another type of grass as mentioned earlier? Gotta try something else.
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Post by DOOMS on Jan 19, 2020 11:04:46 GMT -5
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.
We’re an agricultural school. We have students that major in this stuff. They should be creating new types of grass for us to use, trademark, and sell.
We could even create an athletic field maintenance major.
Missed opportunities.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jan 19, 2020 11:08:10 GMT -5
folks, there is an unwritten "standard" in division 1 football that virtually every school complies with except a&t. the standard is "green grass" or "artificial turf" throughout the entire season. i can't think of any division 1 school that does not meet that standard except a&t. alcorn has natural grass and it didn't look the greatest in the scg, but it still looked better than ours.
when our grass turns brown, its an "embarrassment". its embarrassing when they show cohen's college highlights on nfl broadcasts and you see that ugly brown grass. 4 or 5 years ago i was "excited" to attend my first ever aggie spring football game only to be totally "disgusted" with our ugly brown grass. for that reason alone, i've never since returned for an aggie spring game. it literally made me "cringe" at the thought that we had potential recruits at that game.
by my estimate, we have one of the most beautiful hbcu campuses in the country, if not solely the most beautiful. but when high school seniors from across the country who know very little about a&t see our ugly grass on tv, its got to be the worse "first impression" we'd want for them to see.
its within our means to resolve our grass situation and quite frankly, i'm literally "stunned" that dr. martin hasn't already done so. he's really good at improving a&t optics such as our campus, social media, and websites, but for some reason he's coming up short on this issue...
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Post by DECKS on Jan 19, 2020 11:28:23 GMT -5
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. We’re an agricultural school. We have students that major in this stuff. They should be creating new types of grass for us to use, trademark, and sell. We could even create an athletic field maintenance major. Missed opportunities. I agree. Perhaps we could even get a grant or two from MLB, NFL or MSL. We need to turn this into an opportunity.
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Post by Aggie One on Jan 19, 2020 12:39:36 GMT -5
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Post by aggieblackie2 on Jan 19, 2020 14:16:26 GMT -5
Maxell read that article provided by Aggie One.
We "have" been noticed Nationwide without "turf" and year round green grass.
Our CB Championships and our overall football program has done that with brown, beige and tan grass.
The bottom line is the won - loss record not the color of the grass.
As stated before by me "turf" and cemented surfaces are a danger to our student athletes.
Some of you (6) people would rather put our kids at risk just to say we have turf and our grass is green on TV.
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Post by Maxell on Jan 19, 2020 14:36:30 GMT -5
Maxell read that article provided by Aggie One. We "have" been noticed Nationwide without "turf" and year round green grass. Our CB Championships and our overall football program has done that with brown, beige and tan grass. The bottom line is the won - loss record not the color of the grass. As stated before by me "turf" and cemented surfaces are a danger to our student athletes. Some of you (6) people would rather put our kids at risk just to say we have turf and our grass is green on TV. Your last statement is BS. Are you saying that every other school in the MEAC does not care about the health of athletes? I personally am not tied to a turf solution. I just want a green solution. When our neighboring schools can have bright green grass on the same day ours is brown, that's a problem for me. Especially when we seem to not even want to ask those schools what they are doing differently (ex. Wake Forest, Elon, NC State).
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Post by A&T AGGIE 96 on Jan 19, 2020 14:54:09 GMT -5
This ain’t complicated...if we won’t/can’t keep the grass green then we should do like most of the schools in our conference and lay down some turf.
I like for A&T to stand out...but not when it come to the color of our playing field. There’s no reason for our grass to be brown if other area school can keep theirs green.
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Post by aggielaw on Jan 19, 2020 14:58:41 GMT -5
Does playing on natural grass give our lineman a competitive advantage? Slowing down our biggest rivals who play on artificial turf?
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