[Husker] Futbol

[gzimmerman at everestkc.net]

A grass pitch is a necessity. You will not have any World Cup matches played on artificial turf. The players hate it. 

Putting a temporary grass surface on top of the artificial surface is common. I'm still not sure that the surface of Memorial Stadium is wide enough. FIFA would prefer a 75 yard wide playing surface which is almost 22 yards wider than an American football field. Is there that much room available?

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
Date: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:21 pm
Subject: [Husker] Futbol

> The comments in the LJS seem to indicate that part of UNL's reason for
> declining to be involved in any World Cup bid is that they don't 
> want to
> replace the Fieldturf with grass, even temporarily.
> 
> Whether that's even a condition imposed by FIFA or US Soccer is 
> unclear 
> from their websites.  If it was not, then it's a rather lame excuse.
> 
> Having been in Berlin in 2006, just ahead of when they hosted the 
> World 
> Cup Finals, choosing not to get involved in this bid at all strikes 
> me 
> as extremely short-sighted on UNL's part.  
> 
> No, Lincoln wouldn't be likely to host the Finals, which is even 
> bigger 
> than a Super Bowl, but even hosting a few first round games could 
> have a 
> big impact on the local economy and on UNL's visibility throughout 
> the 
> world.
> 
> Perlman and UNL said yes to Larry the Cable Guy, but no to the 
> World Cup.  
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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