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‘I needed an IV’: shoes melt as turf temperature reaches 157F in Eagles-Titans game (www.theguardian.com)
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“I’ve never thought about how hot a stadium can be if it’s [synthetic] turf. [The heat] just sits there and bounces up into you,” Mailata said. “[The union] have got to bring it up. This is why we want all grass fields, to create a standard of play in the league where we’re not putting players in dangerous positions if we don’t have to.”

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[–] 107 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Maybe now that its affecting sports something will actually be fucken done. But most likely no.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago

    They had huge ACs in qatar for the world cup 22. They let one of the hottest places on earth to host a world cup. Imagine the scale of energy required to accommodate the stadium, players, and massive number of visitors for a month in god damn Qatar.

    https://safereddit.com/r/Anticonsumption/comments/z09ivx/massive_ac_units_in_the_world_cup_stadiums/

    It's going to be held in Saudi Arabia in 2034.

    They don't give a shit about anything except the money. And the fans are the fucking same.

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