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[QUOTE="BillSU, post: 4551378, member: 6809"]
My son was the sports anchor for station WPXI in Pittsburgh, knew all the players/owners, asked me if I wanted to go to their practice when I was on a visit out from CT back in the nineties. We were both multi sport athletes very familiar with football.

When we arrived at the practice facility, I watched a Pittsburgh Steeler rookie WR who was participating in a line up, you go after me passing drill, on grass. We were allowed to be on the sidelines close to the drill and as I watched this rookie, he sprinted straight down the sideline about ten yards from his set then abruptly cut towards the middle of the field and just fell and grabbed his knee.

The report was that he had torn his ACL. So, as I mentioned earlier, the injury had nothing to do with the surface, injuries occur most of the time by the pressure/over extension exerted on the ligament due to the sudden change of direction. In this case the WR's acute inside cut to the inside.

I don't think this answers your direct question but when this subject  was being discussed this year by the board, I researched both surfaces at NFL practice facilities and playing fields. There are many opinions. Some say grass is better, some say turf - then I looked at the injuries related and it was close to even with no collision injuries right up there as the above describes.

Hope this helps:  From the Mayo Clinic: ACL injuries most commonly occur during sports that involve sudden stops or changes in direction, jumping and landing — such as soccer, basketball, football and downhill skiing.
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