Editing Artificial turf (section)

===American football===
The first professional American football team to play on artificial turf was the [[Houston Oilers]], then part of the [[American Football League]], who moved into the [[Astrodome]] in 1968, which had installed AstroTurf two years prior. In 1969, the [[Penn Quakers football|University of Pennsylvania]]'s [[Franklin Field]] in Philadelphia, at the time also home field of the [[Philadelphia Eagles]], switched from grass to AstroTurf, making it the first [[National Football League]] stadium to use artificial turf.

In 2002, [[CenturyLink Field]], originally planned to have a natural grass field, was instead surfaced with FieldTurf upon positive reaction from the [[Seattle Seahawks]] when they played on the surface at their temporary home of [[Husky Stadium]] during the 2000 and 2001 seasons. This would be the first of a leaguewide trend taking place over the next several seasons that would not only result in teams already using artificial surfaces for their fields switching to the new FieldTurf or other similar surfaces but would also see several teams playing on grass adopt a new surface. (The [[Indianapolis Colts]]' [[RCA Dome]] and the [[Los Angeles Rams|St. Louis Rams]]' [[Edward Jones Dome]] were the last two stadiums in the NFL to replace their first-generation AstroTurf surfaces for next-generation ones after the [[2004 NFL season|2004 season]]). For example, after a three-year experiment with a natural surface, [[Giants Stadium]] went to FieldTurf for 2003, while [[M&T Bank Stadium]] added its own artificial surface the same year (it has since been removed and replaced with a natural surface, which the stadium had before installing the turf). Later examples include [[Paul Brown Stadium]] (now Paycor Stadium), which went from grass to turf in 2004; [[Gillette Stadium]], which made the switch in 2006;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/patriots/2006-11-14-testaverde-turf_x.htm|title=Pats sign Testaverde; Gillette Stadium's grass field replaced with Field Turf|date=November 14, 2006|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419100741/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/patriots/2006-11-14-testaverde-turf_x.htm|archive-date=April 19, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[NRG Stadium]], which did so in 2015. As of 2021, 14 NFL fields out of 30 are artificial.
NFL players overwhelmingly prefer natural grass over synthetic surfaces, according to a league survey conducted in 2010. When asked, "Which surface do you think is more likely to shorten your career?", 90% responded artificial turf.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.turfgrasssod.org/files/file/51cac15a-90c9-4c9f-be03-6d398c916a05 |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111184506/http://www.turfgrasssod.org/files/file/51cac15a-90c9-4c9f-be03-6d398c916a05 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> When players were asked "Is the Turf versus Grass debate overblown or a real concern"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Staff |first=The Athletic NFL |title=Anonymous NFL player poll 2023: Best player? Biggest trash talker? Most annoying fans? |work=The New York Times |url=https://theathletic.com/5067161/2023/11/21/nfl-player-poll-2023/ |access-date=December 11, 2023}}</ref> in an anonymous player survey, 83% believe it is a real concern while 12.3% believe it is overblown.

Following receiver [[Odell Beckham Jr.]]'s injury during [[Super Bowl LVI]], other NFL players started calling for turf to be banned since the site of the game, [[SoFi Stadium]], was a turf field.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Odell Beckham Jr.'s injury in Super Bowl prompts NFL players to speak out against turf fields|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/odell-beckham-jr-injury-super-bowl-turf-field/iytk5tds7eexsfljn4qhf66c|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=sportingnews.com|date=February 14, 2022}}</ref>

[[Arena football]] is played indoors on the older short-pile artificial turf.