If Fordham is going to get in the habit of painting and removing lines before and after each football game, this means the availability of the field will be reduced for other sports and uses. Also, the cost of paint and paying someone to do this overnight will offset the cost savings gained by eliminating lawn care expenses. Either way, good work checking this out ramMan and another example of a message board compensating for institutional silence. -- FORDHAM RAMS FOOTBALL FORUM

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Subject: If Fordham is going to get in the habit of painting and removing lines before and after each football game, this means the availability of the field will be reduced for other sports and uses. Also, the cost of paint and paying someone to do this overnight will offset the cost savings gained by eliminating lawn care expenses. Either way, good work checking this out ramMan and another example of a message board compensating for institutional silence.

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Date Posted: 12:50:22 02/01/05 Tue
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The University also saved money by going with the �all green� field. The contractor told me a �permanently painted� field costs significantly more because the markings are woven into the carpet, not painted. (NT) ramMan 13:08:28 02/01/05 Tue

Thanks for providing this background, ramMan. Excellent detective work. This should have been provided on the Fordham Athletics website since there have been so many alums inquiring about it. (NT) -- Rambacker, 13:27:40 02/01/05 Tue

The contractor told me University employees/groundskeepers will be trained on how to paint and remove the field markings. He said it�s a very simple process but time consuming. Check out the University of Richmond link at the end of this message. I think the machine that the groundskeeper is using may be the one that paints and removes markings. -- Click here (NT) ramMan 13:23:40 02/01/05 Tue

We only have five or six football games a year, and team practices on Murphy. We should be able to manage doing what's necessary to get the field ready for football, and then removing those markings after the game. (NT) JoltinJoe 15:20:02 02/01/05 Tue

That�s correct, Joe. I was told we could play soccer on the field on Friday, football on Saturday and soccer again on Sunday. (The soccer teams play their conference games on Fridays and Sundays.) My guess is the football team will practice on Murphy Field (which has permanent football markings) and play its games on Jack Coffey Field, and the soccer teams will practice and play their games on Coffey Field. Prep Field, which is also getting FieldTurf, would be available too. (NT) -- ramMan, 16:25:06 02/01/05 Tue

Re: Is the process of painting and removing the lines effected by the weather? (NT) -- Ram Old Man, 17:31:14 02/01/05 Tue

Not sure, we didn�t get into that, but I was told the temporary field markings last about a month (depending on the amount of rainfall) if left untouched. In addition, the turf is so durable a truck can plow snow off it, which is great for when we host playoff football games in December. ;-) (NT) -- ramMan, 17:52:36 02/01/05 Tue

DID ANYBODY THINK ABOUT FU'S TEAM OR THE VISITING TEAM FOR THAT MATTER.... DONT BOTH TEAMS PRACTICE ON FRIDAYS ON THE ACTUAL GAME SURFACE (COFFEY FIELD) ???? NOW EITHER TEAM CANT GET ON THE FIELD BECAUSE OF SOCCER GAME BEING PLAYED??? ON TOP OF THAT IF IT TAKES 6-12 HOURS TO LINE THE FIELD.. THERE WILL BE NO TIME FOR EITHER FTBL TEAM HOME OR VISITING TO GET ON IT!!!!! IF FU WAITS TO LINE FIELD UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT.. BOTH TEAMS WILL HAVE TO WARM UP/PRACTICE ON A BLANK SURFACE ON FRIDAY?? THE ADMIN. AT FU SHOULD ALL BE FIRED.. (NT) -- EGO'70, 18:58:42 02/01/05 Tue

Nearly all A-10 home soccer games are played in the month of October. We could schedule football games at night under the lights during that month so that both teams can practice on the field Saturday morning/afternoon. The removal of soccer field markings as well as installation of football markings could be done Friday night under the lights. (NT) -- ramMan, 19:44:07 02/01/05 Tue
The football teams do practice on the field on Friday, but we only have five or six home games. As for soccer, we don't play at home every Friday. We just won't be scheduling home soccer matches on Fridays when we have a home football game the next day. (NT) -- JoltinJoe, 22:25:36 02/01/05 Tue

Another option: the soccer teams could play their games on their current home field, Eddie�s Parade, on the Fridays before football games. (NT) -- ramMan, 23:09:34 02/01/05 Tue