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Turf Wars Part II: Is artificial turf safer?
Sport: Football
Posted: September 17th, 2012 by T Nolette
by Randy Whitehouse
LEWISTON — When Bates College replaced the sod at venerable Garcelon Field with synthetic turf in 2010, college athletic officials thought the field could be an effective tool on two fronts — the recruiting wars and the battle with Mother Nature.
What they didn't expect was for the at-large student population to turn the football field at the campus' center into a scene out of an Annette Funicello/Frankie Avalon movie.
"You come out here in the spring on a nice day and there are people everywhere," said Bates College Director of Athletics Kevin McHugh. "They've got blankets out, they're reading, they're throwing frisbees. It's like the alternative to the beach scene.
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