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Guys, what do you think of NFL games being played on MLB Diamonds?

Is there disadvantage on the dirt portion?
Can they quickly sod it...? I know it costs money
I know it gets muddy during rain.
Must games be played on it...? No other options?

What say you..?

It used to be a lot more prevalent. It definitely sucks, especially for the visiting team. But, short of building a football only stadium, I don't see them doing anything about it.

Yeah apparently Oaktown either cannot afford to pay for a new stadium (maybe in a few years).......OR they simply refuse to do so....hahaha

I like it. Reminds me of when lots of teams did that.

RFK comes to mind... I miss the spirit that lived there. So many modern stadia have no soul. If you ever watched a game from the bouncing endzone stands, waiting for Mike Nelms to take a kickoff, you understand.

Yup... they get muddy as hell... players would trip over the sod lines...

Yup... they'd sod them... sometimes it would root... other times, it was just a loose piece of carpet, waiting to cost a running back his footing. It was just part of the game...

. . . to get concessions you had to walk upstairs both ways . . .

Irn-Bru wrote:. . . to get concessions you had to walk upstairs both ways . . .

. . .barefoot, in the snow. . .

Mud I think would play a pretty big issue.

ATX_Skins wrote:Mud I think would play a pretty big issue.

not so much if you're barefoot...

I think it's tough on the baseball team, also. Football cleats tearing up a field.

As CT reminds us, it used to be routine.

Deadskins wrote:

Irn-Bru wrote:. . . to get concessions you had to walk upstairs both ways . . .

. . .barefoot, in the snow. . .

Had to fight a Bears fan on your way and drag him home on your way back