Support Auburn School District's proposed capital project to renovate Holland Stadium. The local fundraising project, and monies from the Auburn Sports and Band Boosters will assure that the synthetic turf placement at Holland will cost local tax payers nothing.
Holland's current natural grass surface is not adequate for all field sports, especially in the spring. The boys and girls lacrosse teams cannot play at Holland until at least seven games into their schedules (their first games are played on synthetic turf fields in other districts).
The turf at Holland is too wet, too soft and too muddy to play on even once a week, before the middle of April.
The rest of the practice fields at East Middle School and throughout the district are the same. Go take a walk on them.
How about safety? A Rutgers University study concluded that hydrocarbons found in synthetic turf rubber infill could not be released or extracted from the rubber unless in a laboratory where the researchers added high heat and industrial solvents to the rubber infill.
Simply playing on a synthetic turf field does not expose players to hydrocarbons. OSHA has reported no documented cases of latex allergy reactions to synthetic turf fields.
A Penn State University study found no trace of staph aureus bacteria (including MRSA) on any of the 20 synthetic fields tested in Pennsylvania.
A high school athletic director in Texas says, “installation of our synthetic turf was over 10 years ago. It is used nonstop by hundreds of students and community members.
The field provides unmatched durability and safe playability ... after 10+ years we still see a return on our investment ... we receive maximum usage out of our all-weather synthetic field.”
Tim Button
Auburn
The turf at Holland is too wet, too soft and too muddy to play on even once a week, before the middle of April.
The rest of the practice fields at East Middle School and throughout the district are the same. Go take a walk on them.
How about safety? A Rutgers University study concluded that hydrocarbons found in synthetic turf rubber infill could not be released or extracted from the rubber unless in a laboratory where the researchers added high heat and industrial solvents to the rubber infill.
Simply playing on a synthetic turf field does not expose players to hydrocarbons. OSHA has reported no documented cases of latex allergy reactions to synthetic turf fields.
A Penn State University study found no trace of staph aureus bacteria (including MRSA) on any of the 20 synthetic fields tested in Pennsylvania.
A high school athletic director in Texas says, “installation of our synthetic turf was over 10 years ago. It is used nonstop by hundreds of students and community members.
The field provides unmatched durability and safe playability ... after 10+ years we still see a return on our investment ... we receive maximum usage out of our all-weather synthetic field.”
Tim Button
Auburn