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NFLPA calls on 6 venues to improve playing surfaces

FILE - Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence leaves the field following the team's NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Oct. 16, 2022, in Indianapolis. The NFL Players Association is calling on six venues, including Indianapolis, to change their current playing surfaces, saying the turf in those stadiums results in “statistically higher in-game injury rates” involving non-contact and lower-extremity injuries. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

FILE - The New York Giants play against the Carolina Panthers during the first half an NFL football game Sept. 18, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. The NFL Players Association is calling on six venues, including East Rutherford, to change their current playing surfaces, saying the turf in those stadiums results in “statistically higher in-game injury rates” involving non-contact and lower-extremity injuries. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NFLPA calls on 6 venues to improve playing surfaces