With the World Cup finished, the grass at those stadiums can come up and the artificial surfaces used for NFL games can go back down. The NFL Players Association used the World Cup final as a springboard for a public push to get grass installed in every NFL stadium that currently plays on turf.
That broad approach, though, is unlikely to move the needle. A more effective tactic would be to go after one team at a time.
Seattle is the obvious place to begin. Vinod Khosla is set to buy the team if enough of the other owners approve the transaction next month, and his wife, Neeru, would be the controlling owner. That puts a new ownership group in the spotlight right away.
Rather than aiming at the league as a whole, the union could zero in on the Seahawks and make the ask simple: remove the turf and put in grass, the same way it was done for the World Cup.
If the players are serious, the pressure should be relentless. Keep pushing until Seattle’s new leadership decides to make the switch.
After that, the union could move on to another team, or several more. Converting SoFi Stadium or MetLife Stadium to grass would affect 20 games a year.
It won’t come easily. Now that the issue is tied to the CBA, owners with turf fields will want the burden shifted onto the players. And for Khosla, as the newcomer, it would be awkward to go against the quiet expectation that players should have to bargain for grass.
But the basic question is plain enough: do owners care about their players or not? Do they want to give them the surface they say they prefer, or don’t they? Do they recognize that grass means less overall wear and tear on the body, or don’t they?
A league-wide campaign lets every owner blend into the crowd. Going after one owner at a time makes it much harder to duck the issue.
If the NFLPA wants grass, that’s the route. Start publicly pressing Vinod and Neeru Khosla to take the turf out of Lumen Field and replace it with grass.
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