Honaker Football Field

**neutral88** · July 17th, 2007, 12:37 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: hhstigerfan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I agree that football should be played on grass. However, the reason Honaker decided to go with turf is that it reduces injuries and that is always a problem at smaller schools that don't usually have a lot to come out. </div></div>

I dunno about helping the injury problem...We traveled to several schools that had turf in TN, and we always got lots of ankle and knee injuries where no-one was used to playing on the turf...So I would say you will see alot of kids getting hurt from schools w/ natural grass fields...

**NotSoSilentBob** · July 17th, 2007, 04:54 PM

The thing is, now every other school in the BDD and anyone else visiting Honaker needs another pair of shoes.

**imported_UKCats1** · July 17th, 2007, 05:00 PM

I have worked some college scrimmages on the Field turf and that stuff is nice and you do not necessarily have to have special shoes. You can still wear rubber cleats on it an be fine. It is as soft as most of the fields in this area are.

**SWVA-Football** · July 17th, 2007, 05:07 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sup-rbeast</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I still favor grass...and if it rains mud...that's how it was meant to be played...IMO nothing but lightning or a natural disaster should postpone a football game. </div></div>

I agree 100%. There's nothing like a muddy football game, that's for sure. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img]

**imported_Counts** · July 18th, 2007, 08:35 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You can still wear rubber cleats on it an be fine. </div></div>

That is what I was thinking as well BUT is it BETTER to have turf shoes (Could turn into a BIG home field advantage)

**imported_PioneerBlue** · July 18th, 2007, 01:13 PM

I'm pretty sure most teams/players wear regular cleats on field turf.

**imported_UKCats1** · July 18th, 2007, 01:47 PM

On the field turf it is better to wear the rubber cleats. At Tusculum that is all they wore and at Carson Newman that is what they wore. In fact the turf shoe can almost be slippery on the Field Turf.