https://ceciltimes.com/2017/04/cecil-county-budget-books-business-and-ballfields-council-faces-heavy-lifting-for-limited-results/ News and Views for Cecil County and the Eastern Shore of Maryland Fri, 25 Nov 2022 14:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 https://ceciltimes.com/2017/04/cecil-county-budget-books-business-and-ballfields-council-faces-heavy-lifting-for-limited-results/#comment-49105 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 23:15:18 +0000 https://ceciltimes.com/?p=5118#comment-49105 As a parent, I am very concerned about putting our young athletes at risk with these sudden plans to make them play on astroturf fields. I have read about professional athletes that have suffered injuries on those kinds of playing surfaces. Young athletes have softer bones, less physical training and supervision. Then there is also the problem of the cheerleaders who would also be performing on these fake surfaces and at a real risk of injury, since they don’t wear helmets or protective padding. Who is proposing this and why? The costs are ridiculously high and the benefits are very small, except for government employees who don’t want to mow the grass or maintain it.

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