During a Thursday media conference call that focused on playing surfaces, the NFL tucked a little news into the same-old “fake grass is as good as real grass” messaging.

As written up by Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com, who (unlike me) was passing attention at the time, the league said that the NFL and the NFL Players Association “have agreed to a new model for selecting playing surfaces in stadiums, one that will require teams to choose from an approved set of manufacturers and styles for both natural and synthetic fields.”

The policy applies to any teams that will be installing new surfaces for 2026. By 2028, all NFL stadiums will be required to have fields from the approved list.

It’s still not what the NFLPA and many players have made clear they prefer — high-quality grass in every ve

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