The San Francisco 49ers and the University of Miami reportedly had a dispute over the condition of the Greentree Practice Fields, where the Hurricanes football team practices, prior to the 49ers arriving in Miami for Super Bowl 54 this week.

The 49ers and NFL determined that the condition of the fields was unsafe, and, after initial pushback from the school, the grass at the field was ultimately replaced.

"This was a fascinating situation," NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport said on Tuesday. "Really from my understanding, talking to several sources involved, in the end a crisis averted. Here is what happened, the Packers and the 49ers, two potential participants in the Super Bowl, visited the site before the NFC title game. At that point, the University of Miami practice field was deemed unsafe. The NFL did their own tests. They also deemed it unsafe, so basically that was the situation when they went to Miami. They said this field needs to be replaced if the eventual participant was going to play here.

"From what I am told, initially, the University of Miami said, 'It took us a year to grow this field. We would not like for it to change at all.' At that point, the 49ers, from what I'm told, started looking at other potential sites and moving their entire operation elsewhere. At that point, local officials got involved. Cooler heads prevailed, and a resolution was reached that under certain circumstances, if certain circumstances were met, that Miami would redo their field; get a new field at the 49ers' expense, and that is where they would practice. So that is why the 49ers did not have to move anywhere."

The Miami practice field was resurfaced for the first time in three years prior to the start of the 2019 college football season. The practice fields were not used at all for much of last summer before the football team returned to using them for fall practice in August. The Hurricanes also have an indoor practice facility that opened prior to the beginning of the 2018 season.

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Super Bowl week kicked off on Monday at Marlins Park, where players and coaches from the Kansas City Chiefs and 49ers participated in interviews with media members.

Hard Rock Stadium, where Miami plays its home football games, will host a Super Bowl for the sixth time on Sunday. It is the first time the Super Bowl has been played at Hard Rock Stadium since 2010, when the New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts to win Super Bowl 44.

The matchup between the 49ers and Chiefs is scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday.