UPDATE: AFL players have demanded a ‘better solution’ be found to replace artificial tuf at Etihad Stadium as Jimmy Bartel slams the surface. Bartel, a board member of the AFL Players’ Association, ...

As hundreds of synthetic fields and playgrounds are installed in the U.S. every year, stakeholders are debating the safety of playing on such surfaces.

Panthers owner David Tepper has a lot on his plate this offseason, between hiring a head coach and taking another stab at the quarterback riddle that has stumped him. But there’s something else Tepper ...