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Kittle said last month he thinks 90 percent of players would prefer natural grass over artificial turf if given the option... Turf is particularly hard on knees and ankles, resulting in 32 percent more non-contact knee injuries and 69 percent more foot and ankle injuries over those seven years.
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Kittle advocates for grass fields; turf linked to 28% higher injury rates.
49ers tight end George Kittle publicly advocated for the NFL to switch from artificial turf to natural grass across all stadiums, citing player safety data showing 28 percent higher non-contact lower-extremity injury rates on turf versus grass, with turf producing 32 percent more non-contact knee injuries and 69 percent more foot and ankle injuries over 2012-18. Kittle stated he believes 90 percent of players would prefer natural grass if given the option and argued the NFL could afford the conversion, saying "Why not just spend a couple extra million dollars, which we know they all have, to just grass all the fields?" This is relevant to fantasy analysis as surface type directly impacts injury risk and player availability.
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