After the final World Cup game at Gillette Stadium, out went the FIFA-mandated grass and in came an artificial turf field.
Now, the artificial turf field will be hastily replaced with a different one.
Via Mike Reiss of ESPN, the NFL and NFL Players Association independent laboratory testing protocol determined that the first artificial surface was “ noncompliant .”
Patriots chief operating officer Jim Nolan explained the situation to Reiss but, frankly, Nolan’s quotes are sort of confusing and subtly oozing with spin. The bottom line is that the first field wasn’t good enough, forcing the Patriots to rip it out and try again. Quickly.
“The field…
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