I'm looking forward to seeing #UNC's plan for offsetting the #carbon and #water impacts of temporarily converting an entire football(1) field of artificial turf to #grass and back again for a single football(2) friendly, in the hottest part of the summer(3).
(1) 'merican
(2) rest of the world
(3) Hell's Front Porch
#football #soccer #chelsea #wrexham #earth
https://www.wunc.org/sports/2023-04-20/unc-kenan-stadium-soccer-chelsea-ryan-reynolds-wrexham
@nic er, mentioning, not so much discussing
@DrTCombs There’s nothing in the article that says they’re going to do that, unless I’m missing something. There’s no sacred law of football* that says it has to be played on grass.
* association, not rugby
@nic it's in another article...I'll try to find it.
@DrTCombs I hope it’s a misunderstanding, because that’s a ridiculous idea.
@DrTCombs (Although, to be honest, since they took sponsorship money from United Airlines, I’m a little less dewy-eyed over my old club’s miracle makeover)
@nic well, this is America, where we go all in on ridiculous ideas. It's kind of our jam.
Ah, here's the article discussing the temporary grassification:
https://www.tarheelblog.com/2023/4/21/23691504/unc-tar-heels-football-soccer-fc-series-chelsea-wrexham-kenan-stadium-promo-grass
@nic