Are You REDdy For Some Football?

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I must be turning into Andy Rooney.

Have you seen that artificial blue football stadium turf? This football turf color thing is catching on, sorry to say. Now Eastern Washington has announced it is installing red turf.


I have briefly seen that blue turf on televised highlight reports and it makes me nauseous. It’s bad enough that climates (money) dictate the use of artificial surfaces in stadiums but screwing with the color is going too far.

NCAA football has been a bit more daring then the NFL in uniform colors, mascot nonsense and licensed products so it’s not surprising another small school is out there crying to be heard. Marketing terms for this would be “reinventing a brand” or “breaking the mold” and my favorite, “being edgy”.

I say “shove it”, “no thank you”.

Color in life should be fun. But some color traditions should not be fvcked with, know what I mean? When I want football I want it on green. Shooting pool on any felt other than green annoys me. Green leaves change colors but only for a short time. In Chicago they dye their river green on St. Pat Day but only a few shades lighter than it already is. It doesn’t last long.

Tomatoes and apples can be red or green. I Iike eating green apples but have no use for green tomatoes.

A few years ago Heinz experimented with marketing green ketchup. Seen any lately?


Well that's my latest rant. Excuse me while I pour another Bloody Mary.
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