{"id":2757,"date":"2020-02-25T17:46:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grantnews.com\/?p=2757"},"modified":"2020-02-25T17:46:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:46:37","slug":"the-nfl-and-the-raiders-have-awarded-a-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/the-nfl-and-the-raiders-have-awarded-a-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"High Schoolers Football"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is kind of a cool story of a massive organization giving back to a school so that high schoolers can play football more easily. The <a aria-label=\"NFL (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> and The Raiders have awarded a grant of $250,000 to the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Clark County School District will use this grant to install synthetic turf at a Las Vegas High School. Rancho High will be the recipient of this grant funding, and this turf will make it easier for the high school students to play football.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officials: \u201cThe new field will increase the safety and accessibility of the field, allowing at least a 30 percent increase in field usage\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grantnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/athletes-1867185_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/athletes-1867185_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/athletes-1867185_960_720-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/athletes-1867185_960_720-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Raiders President, Marc Badain had this to say about awarding the grant for this purpose: The students and athletes at Rancho High School can look forward to the installation of a new state of the art field as we continue our commitment to youth football and to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantnews.com\/category\/community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"community (opens in a new tab)\">community<\/a>. 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