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NFLPA SEEKS IMMEDIATE REMOVAL
OF ARTIFICIAL PLAYING SURFACE

Saturday, November 12: The National Football League Players Association has sent a letter to the National Football League, calling for the immediate replacement and ban of slit-film turf fields, which they claim is proven to cause more player injuries than dual fiber and monofilament artificial playing surfaces.