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RIP Ronald Powell

#1 high school player in 2010 out of Moreno Valley came down to USC and UF. He picked UF, played 4 years in the NFL

9 comments

9 Comments

Jan 17

Based on how his career went and what was expected. I'm guessing a series of life disappointments led to an early self induced exit

firenze5

Jan 17

I bet he was vaccinated against Covid.

Java

Jan 17

Replying to

Well they can grow plants 10-15 feet high that yu harvest and smoke. Can grow a whole forest of those indoors. Maybe they should ask those people.

SC Gator

Jan 17

Replying to

When they built the Astrodome, they installed grass. The panels on the dome were clear so the grass would grow. And it did.

But soon the players complained about the glare. So they painted the roof panels black. And the grass died.

Enter Astroturf.

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Java

Jan 17

Replying to

I remember that story. But today domed stadiums exist for football. Basketball etc. Soccer.

Baseball is pretty critical there. Lot of fly balls. Small ball. Footballs are brown. Much bigger. And don't often get hit 100

Feet in the air.

Today it's 70 years later. I'm positive they could use non glare glass. Shoot. They could grow grass using lights. As I mentioned. The pot people do. In vegas they roll the entire field in and out. Not sure why. Maybe the light inside isn't proper. Funny thing about that is that vegas weather starting about Thanksgiving. While no snow? Is very cold ugly and windy. Same as my lake house. We turn sprinklers off at thanksgiving and back on at st Patrick's or Easter.

So I'm

Not sure how vegas keeps it alive this time of year