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This all took place on the field where Odell Beckham Jr. injured his knee in the Super Bowl. He remains sidelined seven weeks into the NFL season after offseason ACL surgery. Carroll wants to see a change. He told reporters on Wednesday that he would "pound the drum" to re-examine the use of artificial turf in the offseason. Carroll was joined in the call to action by Seahawks players. Seahawks safety Ryan Neal blamed "the freakin' surface" for all three injuries on Sunday. Fellow Seahawks safety Quandre Diggs called the SoFi surface "slick." He explicitly called for a league-wide ban of artificial turf while referencing a slew of injuries at MetLife Stadium in 2020.
Athletes calling for an end to artificial turf is nothing new. The debate dates back to the 1966 debut of AstroTurf at Houston's Astrodome. The surface drew criticism from players like Gayle Sayers and Drew Pearson and was blamed for ending players' careers prematurely. But it survived until 2004, when the St. Louis Rams replaced the turf at Edwards Jones Stadium. Artificial turf has advanced since AstroTurf and is still used in 14 stadiums across the NFL. Jeff Miller, the NFL’s executive vice president overseeing player health and safety, told Yahoo Sports' Jeff Eisenberg in September that the NFL's goal is to develop a turf that's safer than both natural grass and current iterations of artificial turf. Players remain skeptical of the current iteration of artificial turf as they continue to experience and witness injuries. Until a proven alternative is viable, the calls for grass continue. In a 2020 letter, NFLPA JC Tretter didn't rule out that the technology would eventually exist, but demanded natural grass in every NFL stadium until and if it does. "There is no guarantee that artificial turf manufacturers will be able to create a product that provides as safe of a surface as natural grass, so we should not sit around hoping that happens," Tretter wrote. "Until a product is developed that satisfies engineering specifications, we must take steps to protect players from unsafe field surfaces. In short, NFL clubs should proactively change all field surfaces to natural grass."
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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