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Although slightly disadvantaged by the playing surface--that great innovation called Astroturf which changes a soccer game into a gigantic pinball machine by creating more high bounces than on a grass surface--as well as an eat-to dinner referee, the Crimson was able to adjust to the increased speed the unfamiliar turf brought to the game...

Author: By Kevin Carter, | Title: Soccer Squads Fall to New England Powers | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

...million football stadium in Odessa, Texas, rises Mecca-like above the flatlands. It has seating for 19,032 people, parking for 4,756 cars, and boasts a press box and a booth for coaches. The playing field, 18 ft. below ground level, is topped with AstroTurf. This stadium was not designed for the Cowboys or the Oilers. It is for two high school teams: the Permian Panthers and their crosstown rivals, the Odessa Bronchos. The head coach at Permian earns $43,000 a year, a whole lot more than the average Permian teacher's salary of about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Blowing the Whistle on Johnny | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

...Astroturf is Immoral...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: It's Another Must-Win for Big Red As High-Flying Crimson Visits Cornell | 10/8/1983 | See Source »

What makes it so hard to believe that the Crimson is having trouble scoring, however, is the fact that it is having no trouble controlling almost each game it has played. Despite a modified playing style adapted yesterday for the astroturf of the field, the stickwomen once again outshot, outhustled and completely outplayed the host Huskies...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Song Remains the Same: Scoring Plagues Crimson in 1-0 Loss | 9/28/1983 | See Source »

...Problems like that are almost expected in any new building." Scott Anderson, assistant director of athletics, says Anderson recalls that some department officials were apprehensive about the facility originally because they questioned the feasibility of the astroturf surface. "That worked out," says Anderson, "and that fact really overshadows any minor problems there might have been...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Building (and Rebuilding) for Success | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

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