This is the seventh first grade game we've had this season ... it's played today the best it has all year.

Players (like Kennedy) can have an opinion but today the pitch played the best it has all year.

What we take out today takes 30 to 100 years to replace back into the aquifer. You can use 10,000 to 20,000 gallons (of water) on even a small lot. Micro-irrigation uses about a 10th of that.

There are really only two options. We play here and everyone complains about the surface, or we play here and everyone says it's fine.

Even if we had not been able to lay this extra thick, ready to play turf, the games scheduled this weekend would be going ahead as the surface is not dangerous. What has happened is that we knew we had a problem with the grass when it was covered up for too long.

Falls are the leading cause of death in Rocky Mountain National Park. Jeff?s death reminds us all that the wilderness is not a controlled environment. We have 3 million visitors each year here, and most of them have a safe experience. Still, there are things people need to be aware of.