Slit film is one of three different types of turf, along with monofilament and dual fiber. Ohio Stadium’s newly installed turf was also installed on Ohio State’s practice field at the Woody ...

The NFL fired back on Saturday afternoon, with NFL executive V.P. of communications, public affairs, and safety Jeff Miller claiming slit-film surfaces “ have 2-3 more injuries per year, most of them ...

Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon makes a cut on the Bengals slit film turf field. These fields are currently being reviewed by the NFLPA.

Tretter's concerns regarding slit film turf have merit. Just ask the 49ers , who lost a host of players in 2020 after San Francisco played games at MetLife Stadium, which is one of the stadiums ...

Ohio Stadium’s turf was replaced in June with 85,555 square feet of “Shaw’s Momentum Pro” turf by the Motz Group and Shaw Sports Turf that utilizes slit film technology to maintain a ...

Six teams used slit film turf at the time of Tretter's letter. ... Ironically, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow said back in 2022 that he prefers to play on turf rather than on grass.

Katie Blackburn and the Bengals don't see an issue with their slit-film turf surface at Paycor Stadium. "It's not this year certainly," Blackburn told reporters about a surface change.

Six stadiums (and seven teams) use slit-firm turf. Tretter wrote that the NFL has acknowledged that slit-film fields are more detrimental to players' health than other surfaces.

The NFLPA says the turf used in those stadiums results in “statistically higher in-game injury rates” involving non-contact and lower-extremity injuries.

The Cincinnati Bengals won’t go out of their intended maintenance cycle of Paycor Stadium’s turf field. The Bengals faced pressure from the NFLPA last year when it called upon Cincinnati and ...

Last season, the Vikings' home field was one of only three in the NFL with slit film turf, which the NFL Players Association has said causes more injuries than other types of artificial turf.