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Editorial: We'll miss the celebration, but we'll take the points
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com...=pKHhsNmNepuBsNeEvVxLQTWRl7pr8b0M8rX4utjL6KQ=
Is this the end of a cherished image? The Green Bay Packers are spending somewhere in the neighborhood of $3 million for a new playing surface at Lambeau Field that will feature a mixture of real grass and synthetic GrassMaster fibers.
We won't quibble with the necessity of this project, but we are a bit concerned by two consequences brought to our attention by the Packers fields manager Allen Johnson.
An improved drainage and heating system with a base of sand, not clay, will mean a less muddy field late in the season. And a flattened playing surface will mean less Lambeau leaping, especially among those players who have more girth to lift.
Part of our Packers mythological memory is a linebacker big as a dump truck, uniform stained with the mud and dirt of the field, recovering a fumble, rambling into the end zone, then hurtling into the arms of the overjoyed first row faithful.
So this season it may be clean uniforms and a polite bow to the fans.
We'd still settle for the six points.
Editorial: We'll miss the celebration, but we'll take the points
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com...=pKHhsNmNepuBsNeEvVxLQTWRl7pr8b0M8rX4utjL6KQ=
Is this the end of a cherished image? The Green Bay Packers are spending somewhere in the neighborhood of $3 million for a new playing surface at Lambeau Field that will feature a mixture of real grass and synthetic GrassMaster fibers.
We won't quibble with the necessity of this project, but we are a bit concerned by two consequences brought to our attention by the Packers fields manager Allen Johnson.
An improved drainage and heating system with a base of sand, not clay, will mean a less muddy field late in the season. And a flattened playing surface will mean less Lambeau leaping, especially among those players who have more girth to lift.
Part of our Packers mythological memory is a linebacker big as a dump truck, uniform stained with the mud and dirt of the field, recovering a fumble, rambling into the end zone, then hurtling into the arms of the overjoyed first row faithful.
So this season it may be clean uniforms and a polite bow to the fans.
We'd still settle for the six points.