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The NFL is going through intense backlash over the turf debate. The NFLPA and several athletes are rallying against the use of artificial terrain. As the protest continues, MetLife Stadium is undergoing some changes. The venue is looking for renovations in the field. However, they are not taking the natural route. It led to the […]]]>
The NFL is going through intense backlash over the turf debate. The NFLPA and several athletes are rallying against the use of artificial terrain. As the protest continues, MetLife Stadium is undergoing some changes. The venue is looking for renovations in the field. However, they are not taking the natural route. It led to the NFL Universe forming a united front against it on Twitter.
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The MetLife Stadium will undertake field changes after the current season is over. FieldTurf is currently being used at the venue. However, they are considering new synthetic floors rather than natural grass terrains. The stadium officials are reviewing proposed amendments from various vendors for the new artificial substrate.
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In recent times, numerous NFL athletes like Cooper Kupp and George Kittle voiced their opinion on Twitter. The Rams WR expressed all teams should play on grass and believe this problem needs a solution. The 49ers TE also tweeted about the need for the NFL to incorporate safer playing fields. Patrick Mahomes retweeted both athletes’ messages.
Field conditions impact everyone, from players to fans to coaches and GMs. No one wants to see players sidelined by injury because owners choose to save money over a bad field. #SaferFields @NFLPA @nfl
— George Kittle (@gkittle46) November 12, 2022
Antonio Brown also shared a tweet about artificial turfs and grass. It may look like the former NFL WR is in favor of the natural grass. However, Brown’s words may have a philosophical bent to them.
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The tweets came after NFLPA President JC Tretter wrote a lengthy column urging the league and owners to discontinue using slit film turf. He mentioned how it has led to an increase in the injuries that occur during games.
NFL Universe forms a cohesive front over MetLife Stadium’s floor revamp
After the MetLife Stadium’s revamp news gained momentum, the NFL fans on Twitter made their reactions. However, they do not look happy about it.
A user claimed that torn ACLs would rejoice in it.
Another user said all fields should be all grass.
All fields should be real grass period
— BengalsHead (5-4) (@BengalsHead) November 18, 2022
This user urged SoFi Stadium to be the next in line to make the changes.
Another user contested that if Green Bay can maintain grass in winter, they can do it everywhere else.
Just put in real damn grass. If grass can be maintained in Green Bay in the winter, it can be done anywhere else.
— Kelvin Torres (@kelvint423) November 18, 2022
Moreover, this user claimed grass is better on joints.
Bad idea grass is much better on joints
— Brad Reeves (@bearebel37) November 19, 2022
Another user contested the use of Artificial grass, as NFL can afford the maintenance.
Why not real grass tho? NFL is more than capable of affording the upkeep
— 𝐀𝐊 
(@CantStopAK) November 19, 2022
Moreover, this user said that Odell Beckham Jr is not returning to the Giants after this news.
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Furthermore, this user sarcastically deemed replacing fake grass with fake grass as a great idea.
Replace the fake grass with fake grass, great idea
— Trent Attyah (@SamSepi16818312) November 19, 2022
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It is yet to see how beneficial the revamp turns out for football athletes.
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The Block contestants Sharon and Ankur had a dismal showing during this season’s final round of judging, with the judges savaging their efforts for landscaping week – and a clearly irritated Scott Cam publicly calling them out for leaving their build unfinished. Cam noted that, while all the contestants had elements they still needed to […]]]>
The Block contestants Sharon and Ankur had a dismal showing during this season’s final round of judging, with the judges savaging their efforts for landscaping week – and a clearly irritated Scott Cam publicly calling them out for leaving their build unfinished.
Cam noted that, while all the contestants had elements they still needed to finish off, Sharon and Ankur were the only team to make it to their final “tools down” with an almost entirely un-clad, unfinished shed.
“That’s on me (to finish) now, and that’s despite me giving you the budget to do it,” Cam told them.
Ankur protested that they were still “waiting on materials” to finish the shed – to which Cam scoffed.
“Mate. Everybody’s in the same boat. We’ve got to think about fairness in this competition, so I think we’ve got to revisit this – because it’s going to cost a bomb to do all that work.
We’re going to have to revisit this when it comes to finalizing the reserve price, OK?”
Each team’s reserve price will be revealed ahead of the auctions during Sunday’s finale. All five homes are on the market with the same price guide of $4 – $4.4 million.
Sharon said she didn’t think it was fair the unfinished shed would affect their reserve price. “I’m going to have a conversation with Scotty about this – I’d prefer not to, because he shuts me down. But I want to get to the bottom of this … we shouldn’t be adversely affected if there was a supply issue,” she said.
But in a post to their Instagram account this week, the couple appeared to blame their builders, saying they’d since learned supply issues weren’t to blame for their shed not being finished in time.
“They 100 per cent could’ve finished the shed and cladding for us but just didn’t. We stuck up for them, fighting to back up their story that they didn’t have the materials in the shed to do so – only to find out that the materials were there all along,” they wrote.
Judges go hard: ‘Terrible, terrible planning’
The bad news for Sharon and Ankur didn’t end with their dressing down from Scott Cam. Judges Shaynna Blaze, Neale Whittaker and Darren Palmer were immediately unimpressed when they walked around the couple’s property.
The judges were confused by the layout of the pool area, which they said had “no connection to the house whatsoever.”
Blaze even said that, in its current layout, the pool and landscaping added “no value” to the property:
Then there was an outdoor entertaining area that was oddly placed at the back of the house, wedged between water tanks and the car park as taking advantage of the property’s expansive country views.
“This is really bad planning. Terrible, terrible planning. It feels like we’ve been shoved into a laneway – and we’re on 10 acres,” Blaze said.
Neale landed the killer blow, suggesting that if the house were to go to auction in its current state, it would need to be marketed as a “renovators delight” – not the feedback you’d want to hear about a property you’ve just spent 12 weeks renovating.
“It’s hard to believe that this house could go to auction in this state,” Whittaker insisted.
At the end of the episode, judges’ favorites Tom and Sarah-Jane earned the season’s final judging win, with a perfect score of 30 (with help from their bonus point gnome).
Omar and Oz came second with 28.5 points (despite one design detail the judges absolutely loathed), while Rachel and Ryan and Dylan and Jenny were a joint third on a respectable 26.5 points each.
Then there was Ankur and Sharon, trailing seven whole points behind those in third place with a final score of just 19.5 out of 30 – a result Cam called “regrettable.”
The couple were defiant when asked how they felt about heading towards the auction with those stinging judges’ critiques.
“No disrespect to the judges, but I don’t really care what they have to say. The house will sell itself, regardless of what they say,” said Ankur.
“You can keep your comments and smoke it,” said Sharon.
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Branford presented an eco-friendly landscaping award to Metro Star’s development on East Main Street on Sept. 30; shown here are (lr): Clean Energy Committee (CEC) members Mike Cohen and Sharon Hutner, First Selectman Jamie Cosgrove, Community Forest Commission (CFC) member/CEC chair Shirley McCarthy, Metro Star Executive Managing Director/Founder Robert Smith, Town Planner Harry Smith, CFC […]]]>
Branford presented an eco-friendly landscaping award to Metro Star’s development on East Main Street on Sept. 30; shown here are (lr): Clean Energy Committee (CEC) members Mike Cohen and Sharon Hutner, First Selectman Jamie Cosgrove, Community Forest Commission (CFC) member/CEC chair Shirley McCarthy, Metro Star Executive Managing Director/Founder Robert Smith, Town Planner Harry Smith, CFC chair Patrick Sweeney, CFC members Ivy Bigelow and Doreen Larson, CEC member Eunice Mahler. Pam Johnson/The Sound
Branford has presented Metro Star of Milford with an Eco-Friendly Landscaping Award, for its installation of ecologically centered, sustainable landscaping.
On behalf of the Town of Branford and Branford’s Community Forest Commission (CFC), First Selectman Jamie Cosgrove made the presentation to Robert Smith, Metro Star Executive Managing Director and Founder, on Friday, Sept. 30 at the East Main Street luxury apartments/commercial buildings complex, currently under construction (see Coming Soon: Update on Metro Star’s East Main Street Complex).
Cosgrove presented the award to Smith in recognition of “…excellence in designing a beautiful, sustainable and ecologically friendly landscaping plan.”
Cosgrove said Metro Star’s development of the new complex has created a tremendous improvement to the area. The site at 367,373-375, 377 and 383 East Main St. most notably includes a large parcel formerly occupied by the aging Days Inn, torn down to make way for the new construction.
Branford Town Planner Harry Smith (no relation) also attended to help the Town recognize Metro Star’s landscaping work. In approving the site plan in 2020, Branford’s Planning and Zoning Commission noted Metro Star’s proposed landscaping constituted “excellence in landscape design” per Section 6.3.L of town zoning regulations.
CFC member Shirley McCarthy said the importance of Metro Star’s installation of native trees and plantings can’t be underestimated.
“Robert has landscaped with all natives, which is so important for biodiversity,” said McCarthy.
Metro Star also undertook landscaping conservation practices such as installing rain swale gardens, she noted.
McCarthy, who also chairs Branford’s Clean Energy Committee (CEC), said Metro Star is also to be commended for its extraordinary incorporation of many building energy efficiencies. For that reason, McCarthy invited CEC members to join in the presentation to Metro Star.
“Metro Star incorporates energy efficiency standards that exceed the base building code requirements with all our new developments,” Smith said. “We look to achieve a minimum HERS rating of 55 which means our homes use 55 percent of the energy consumed by the ‘reference home.’ Requiring a RESNET Grade 1 insulation process, high efficiency heat pumps and Energy Star appliances are just some of our specifications for efficiency.”
The Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index is the industry standard by which a home’s energy efficiency is measured. The Residential Energy Services Network, or RESNET, is a recognized national standards-making body for building energy efficiency rating and certification systems.
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