🏈 George Toma, 94, has been caring for the turf at Super Bowls for a long time. The so-called 'Sodfather' didn't care for how the grass was handled for this year's SuperBowl (to say the least). Eagles players could be seen slipping during the game.
why the field for the Eagles-Chiefs showdown in February was such an abhorrent disaster.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.I was going to try and trim the quotes down, but Toma basically takes a flamethrower to field director Ed Mangan and the league itself so here's the whole screed:
"The 94-year-old told ESPN that he believes the field was overwatered in the days leading up to the game. According to Toma, the field was watered the Wednesday morning before the game and promptly rolled into the stadium on the moveable tray that housed the grass field for the last time before kickoff four days later.
"Toma contended that the field should've been watered in the morning and kept outside to dry before being rolled in. "'...He waters the hell out of it and puts it right into the stadium and that's it. Never sees sunlight again. He can't do that.'"A tarp was laid over the field to protect it from the rehearsals for the pregame, halftime and postgame shows, Toma said, and that led to the field emitting an odor. Toma said he was told during the week that the field was starting to decay and rot."'He sanded it two weeks too late,; Toma said. 'He had only one sanding.
Wow. Great stuff, NFL. The guy in charge of the field was so clearly ruining things that a dang 94-year-old could call him on every single missed detail? Love it. Awesome.
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