NFL Trims Brazil Field With Scissors Before 2nd Maracana Game as Safety Fears Mount
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 27
NFL Trims Brazil Field With Scissors Before 2nd Maracana Game as Safety Fears Mount
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 27
Summary
Workers at Rio's Maracana Stadium were still cutting high grass with scissors on Saturday as the NFL rushed to ready the surface for Sunday's Ravens-Cowboys game.
The league also applied fiber with a GrassMaster Stitch Machine, underscoring how difficult it has been to bring the field up to NFL standards for the Brazil matchup.
Nick Pappas, the NFL's field director, said the surface checked out, but a video he posted at 12:54 a.m. Sunday highlighted how late preparations continued.
JC Tretter of the NFLPA said 2 of the 3 NFL games played in Brazil have had field-related issues, arguing international expansion should not force players to 'overcome the field.'