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Kittle has become a vocal advocate 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 32 percent more non-contact knee injuries and 69 percent more foot and ankle injuries over 2012-18. Kittle stated that 90 percent of players would prefer natural grass if given the option and called on the league to invest in player safety, saying 'Why not just spend a couple extra million dollars, which we know they all have, to just grass all the fields?'

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Advocates for grass fields over turf for player safety; 90% player preference.

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