Although Ohio State has “had some discussions” about turf safety, there are no current plans to replace the playing surface at Ohio Stadium, which was installed this past summer.
Amid a season in which Ohio State has dealt with a considerable share of injuries despite playing seven of its first 10 games at home, there have been renewed calls from Buckeye fans for Ohio State to return to a natural grass field, which made up the playing surface inside Ohio Stadium from 1922-1970 and again from 1990-2006 before a switch to FieldTurf in 2007.
While Ryan Day said Tuesday that he was unaware of the NFLPA’s campaign, Ohio State spokesperson Jerry Emig said administrators in the athletic department have “had some discussions” about turf safety in response to a question about the NFLPA’s campaign during Tuesday’s press conference. That said, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said he does not anticipate any changes to Ohio Stadium’s playing surface after this season or in the near future when asked byThe current turf at Ohio Stadium was just installed this past summer, replacing the previous turf which had been in place from 2014-21. Before the season, the new playing surface – known as Safelite Field for sponsorship reasons –and multiple Ohio State players.
Emig said Ohio State tests its fields twice yearly to ensure they are safe to play on and will continue to do that moving forward.
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