Investigating field of schemes as leading turf company plies defective product

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Longtime Philadelphia sports fans remember Vets Stadium, where the Eagles and Phillies played on artificial turf. From the vantage point of the stands, it would take a very sharp eye to discern problems with the playing surface.
Now, a newly released investigative report shines a light on the leading maker of similar playing fields who knowingly sold a defective product.
The report’s author, Chris Baxter of NJ Advance Media, joined NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller to discuss the faulty fields, many of them paid for by taxpayers.
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