NFL Introduces New Field Surface Standards, All Teams Must Comply by End of 2027
December 4, 2025
NFL Introduces New Field Surface Standards, All Teams Must Comply by End of 2027
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Art having a heart attack rubbing two pennies together after reading this
As long as the standard isn’t whatever the fuck we do to our surface then we should be good.
Can we also add: “NFL team must be the only full season tenant of their stadium.”
Saving y’all a click
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All NFL fields will have to meet the same surface standards by the end of the 2027 season.
Mark Maske of the Washington Post reported Thursday the NFL will implement a program next year requiring teams to choose a field surface that league spokesperson Nick Pappas said will come “from a library of approved and accredited NFL fields.”
Pappas also said “anyone who has an existing field will have to replace that … field by the end of the 2027 season.”
Pappas went on to compare the situation to the NFL’s helmet testing process in which players are eventually prevented from wearing low-performing models:
Field surfaces have been a major talking point across the league, and this figures to add some element of an acceptable standard for every team.
In 2024, former NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell called out the league for its “hypocrisy” in agreeing to FIFA regulations for the 2026 World Cup and installing grass and then planning to revert back to artificial turf for football games, per ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez.
“It’s really basic,” Howell said at the time. “It’s not rocket science. Ninety-two percent of our union wants grass. That’s compelling. The bottom line is, it’s unquestionable that our union wants to have a working condition where they play on grass.”
He also said the union has data proving injuries occur at a higher rate on artificial turf.
In October of this season, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported players from both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns contacted the union to express their “outrage” over the “embarrassing” conditions of the grass at Pittsburgh’s Acrisure Stadium.
“At a time when the grass vs. turf debate has been renewed, players prefer grass. But it must be high-quality grass,” Florio wrote. “The NFLPA continues to press the NFL to improve and to coordinate the grass maintenance practices across the entire league.”
Given Thursday’s update, it seems like the league is looking to make strides in the surface debate.
If only there was a good quote about standards out there…
Good. Teams may finally be forced to get rid of all their artificial turf bullshit.
Injuries are so much higher on that for big bodied people like nfl players.
And it seriously rubs your skin off when you fall on it.
The only reason people think it’s even grass is because they color the plastic green.
Steelers get a special shout out in it
Although I wonder how its enforced in situations like Heinz Field where its field degradation and what the line is for it. Obviously the playinf surface was terrible several times, but wonder how they will decide when its too bad
It’s wild that the cheapness of the Steelers admin is the catalyst for league-wide changes. Poverty franchise.
Good, grass is the way to go. Watch Art figure out a way to penny pinch around the new league rule tho
Live look at Mr. Rooney
With the amount of money they’ll need to invest in this there is now an absolute zero chance Tomlin will be out before his contract is up.
About damn time, Maybe it will force a hand into relocating Pitt Panthers games. Even as a Pitt fan, I have no clue why they still play on the same field. Too risky when you have players worth millions running on a field with chunks of sod missing
If the Steelers already use natural grass field will this affect them much?? Different blend of grass?
Thank god!🙏🏽
Good. Pitt and local high schools should not be playing on our field. We are on our way to being a total poverty franchise like the two in Ohio.
Cool how the article doesn’t bother to mention what the new standards will be.
Art Rooney when he has to spend extra money on the good grass
19 comments
Art having a heart attack rubbing two pennies together after reading this
As long as the standard isn’t whatever the fuck we do to our surface then we should be good.
Can we also add: “NFL team must be the only full season tenant of their stadium.”
Saving y’all a click
______________________________________
All NFL fields will have to meet the same surface standards by the end of the 2027 season.
Mark Maske of the Washington Post reported Thursday the NFL will implement a program next year requiring teams to choose a field surface that league spokesperson Nick Pappas said will come “from a library of approved and accredited NFL fields.”
Pappas also said “anyone who has an existing field will have to replace that … field by the end of the 2027 season.”
Pappas went on to compare the situation to the NFL’s helmet testing process in which players are eventually prevented from wearing low-performing models:
Field surfaces have been a major talking point across the league, and this figures to add some element of an acceptable standard for every team.
In 2024, former NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell called out the league for its “hypocrisy” in agreeing to FIFA regulations for the 2026 World Cup and installing grass and then planning to revert back to artificial turf for football games, per ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez.
“It’s really basic,” Howell said at the time. “It’s not rocket science. Ninety-two percent of our union wants grass. That’s compelling. The bottom line is, it’s unquestionable that our union wants to have a working condition where they play on grass.”
He also said the union has data proving injuries occur at a higher rate on artificial turf.
In October of this season, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported players from both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns contacted the union to express their “outrage” over the “embarrassing” conditions of the grass at Pittsburgh’s Acrisure Stadium.
“At a time when the grass vs. turf debate has been renewed, players prefer grass. But it must be high-quality grass,” Florio wrote. “The NFLPA continues to press the NFL to improve and to coordinate the grass maintenance practices across the entire league.”
Given Thursday’s update, it seems like the league is looking to make strides in the surface debate.
If only there was a good quote about standards out there…
Good. Teams may finally be forced to get rid of all their artificial turf bullshit.
Injuries are so much higher on that for big bodied people like nfl players.
And it seriously rubs your skin off when you fall on it.
The only reason people think it’s even grass is because they color the plastic green.
Steelers get a special shout out in it
Although I wonder how its enforced in situations like Heinz Field where its field degradation and what the line is for it. Obviously the playinf surface was terrible several times, but wonder how they will decide when its too bad
It’s wild that the cheapness of the Steelers admin is the catalyst for league-wide changes. Poverty franchise.
Good, grass is the way to go. Watch Art figure out a way to penny pinch around the new league rule tho
Live look at Mr. Rooney
With the amount of money they’ll need to invest in this there is now an absolute zero chance Tomlin will be out before his contract is up.
About damn time, Maybe it will force a hand into relocating Pitt Panthers games. Even as a Pitt fan, I have no clue why they still play on the same field. Too risky when you have players worth millions running on a field with chunks of sod missing
If the Steelers already use natural grass field will this affect them much?? Different blend of grass?
Thank god!🙏🏽
Good. Pitt and local high schools should not be playing on our field. We are on our way to being a total poverty franchise like the two in Ohio.
Cool how the article doesn’t bother to mention what the new standards will be.
Art Rooney when he has to spend extra money on the good grass
https://i.redd.it/qk50fie7z95g1.gif
“We want grass but not Pittsburgh’s grass”