and the nflpa executive director issued a statement yesterday calling for all teams to move to grass and the data is clear that grass i simply safer. but roger goodell pushed back saying that they aren't convinced that the turf is more dangerous to play on. >> what we want to go is on science. we want go on what is the best from an injury standpoint to prevent the injuries to give our players the best possible surface to play on. and that can't be done by my feeling of looking at a particular injury. it has to be done with a real process and to look at it with medical experts, look at it with engineers, look at it with people on the cleats, look at every aspect of what can go into take injury. >> 17 of the 32 teams use artificial turf at home. and according to data released, noncontact injuries occur at a higher rate on turf compared to grass during the 2022 regular season. and if you ask patrick mahomes, he is one of many players that definitely prefers grass. >> i think it is pretty simple the numbers say that grass is healthier for the players so i want to play on the best surface

the nflpa is getting involved.ron rodgers is injured. this is one of the faces of the league, the biggest story lines and now he's no longer. >> martha: we know because we watched "hart knocks." he likes to pick up the natural grass and rub it in his fingers. >> he loves all types of grass. we know that. >> martha: yeah, got the feel the field. >> a lot of recovery and rehab. >> martha: you have a new show. just started on thursday. >> we started the first day of the regular season, of course. that's one of the holidays of the year for people like me. it's a fun place. you can get sports news, politics, everything else. we approach everything with a common sense standpoint and have fun. we have a sex therapist on the show. followed by on friday, we have dave portnoy, the ceo of bar stool. >> martha: sounds like a fascinating line-up. good to see you. >> you too. >> martha: thanks for stopping by. that is "the story" for this wednesday, september 13. the story goes on. we're going to talk to elon musk's biography, w

i would withdraw my time from being an agent, part of the nflpa here when we were certified by washington, d.c., there are rules in place in which you can weed out the bad actors, so i think that kind of standard, that kind of uniform standard at the federal level would do massive good in our world right now. mr. ellzey: director smith, you're from which o.s.u.? i'm sorry, i had to do that. mr. smith: i'm on the way out, so be careful. mr. ellzey: in deference to you, the ohio state university, are you doing something similar to t.c.u.? mr. smith: yes, sir, we do the same thing. i want to address a little by, a nuance to your question. we do a lot of education, all of our schools do. but it's the third party that impresses that individual. it's an uncle who is not an uncle that it's very difficult for us to get to. and in many of these deals are cut by them. so that's a challenge that we have in our space and why we need help. mr. ellzey: geno, would you have benefited from that kind of guidance? mr. torretta: we read about it in professional like gene said you may have somebody that's cl

nflpa executive director lloyd howell says switching to natural grass is the easiest decision that thee players overwhelming prefer it and the data is clear that grass is simply safer than artificial turf. >> i do know the players prefer grass and, you know, there's a lot invested in those young men . >> data released by the union concluded that non-contact injuries occurred at a higher rate on artificial turf compared with grass during the 2022 regular season. however our internal league data reviewed by our sister network, espn, show that the nfl's rate of non-contact injuries was roughly the same on both suaces. so believe whichever group of data poin y want to. butig now, 17 of the league's 32 am play on turf. five are in domed stiu without retractable roofs. sa move to grass could be problematic there because can't get the sun. and to grow the grass, the 49 ers at levi's stadium play on natural grass. >> all right. we're going to check out the weather for you. now here's sandy looking at a pretty mild forecast. yeah, it's going to be very pleasant. >> kristen, as we take a look at

i was part of the nflpa and we were certified in washington d c.. roles in place in whichwa you can -- so that standard that uniform standard at the federal leveler would do massive good right now. >> thank you. director smith you are from -- >> would you like me to spell that for you? i'm on my way out so be careful. [laughter] >> indifference to you the ohio state university, are you all tadoing something similar? >> yes sir we do the same. and i have nuanced to your question. all ofof our schools do but the third-party. it's an uncle who is not in uncle and it's difficult for us to give to. many of these skills are by them. that's the challenge that d we have in our space. >> gene would you have benefited from that kind of guidance collects >> well i think we read about it in professional baseball basketball and football and all kinds of issues that you are talking about wheree a player hs made significant amounts of money and they were wise with it or they were taken advantage of and i think it's happening now to like you said a 17 to 21-year-ol