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I'd show up to the tee-totaler section stoned off my ass, and probably have the single most agreeable Neyland experience of my life.How about an drug free section and a drug acceptable section? I really like being able to take my kids and family to the games. But increasingly the atmosphere is getting more and more vile and confrontational. Selling mind altering substances will increase the negative behavior by some. Although I doubt usage would increase greatly from current levels.
What if 1/3 of the stadium was strictly (read seriously) non-narcotic, non-alcoholic, as in certain ejection / prosecution for public drunkenness or influence. While the other 2/3 of the stadium was open for drug usage in it's various forms with current controls and even sales.
Thoughts?
This is a bad idea all around. Nothing good can come from this. All this will do is ruin the ability to take children to see the Vols play.For sporting venues on campus.
Alcohol sales legislation on Tennessee public institution campuses passes Senate
Who would have thunk that logic makes more sense than faith?I do beg to differ. They just introduced alcohol sales in Oklahoma for OSU and all sports except football at OU. OU Football will have it this coming season.
There is a notable decrease in the "get in line and hammer down five drinks" before coming in. Fans aren't any different really.
This is a bad idea all around. Nothing good can come from this. All this will do is ruin the ability to take children to see the Vols play.
That's simply not true. Read the previous posts in this thread that already cited fewer incidents than before alcohol sales at a university that recently started alcohol sales.This is a bad idea all around. Nothing good can come from this. All this will do is ruin the ability to take children to see the Vols play.
This is a bad idea all around. Nothing good can come from this. All this will do is ruin the ability to take children to see the Vols play.
Only fools. Even the Lord said, "Come now, let us reason together..." in Isaiah 1:18. Logic is a gift from the same source who made faith available.Who would have thunk that logic makes more sense than faith?
I'm glad you made this post. This was going to be my comment if it wasn't already said.I do beg to differ. They just introduced alcohol sales in Oklahoma for OSU and all sports except football at OU. OU Football will have it this coming season.
There is a notable decrease in the "get in line and hammer down five drinks" before coming in. Fans aren't any different really.
Understand your sentiment, but for crying out loud, have you been to a sporting event anytime lately? A tremendous number of fans can’t handle their liquor at public events and are far beyond obnoxious to the point that it makes it near impossible for responsible fans to enjoy their experiences sitting in the stands, especially if their kids are with them. Letting even more idiots get hammered at games is only gonna make it worse.Don't project your inability to drink responsibly onto the rest of the fanbase.
Have you actually been to a game? There is a large amount of alcohol related idiotic behavior now when people have to sneak it in. It will only get worse. One of the strangest things at the stadium in the 80s was watching the local boy scouts clean the stadium on Tuesdays during our show rehearsal. There would be around 70,000 bottles picked up after every home game. I watched several alcohol related fights break out at Legion Field when we played Alabama. One of those involved extremely serious injuries to the fans participating. It happened right next to the band.Don't project your inability to drink responsibly onto the rest of the fanbase.
Understand your sentiment, but for crying out loud, have you been to a sporting event anytime lately? A tremendous number of fans can’t handle their liquor at public events and are far beyond obnoxious to the point that it makes it near impossible for responsible fans to enjoy their experiences sitting in the stands, especially if their kids are with them. Letting even more idiots get hammered at games is only gonna make it worse.
Have you actually been to a game? There is a large amount of alcohol related idiotic behavior now when people have to sneak it in. It will only get worse. One of the strangest things at the stadium in the 80s was watching the local boy scouts clean the stadium on Tuesdays during our show rehearsal. There would be around 70,000 bottles picked up after every home game. I watched several alcohol related fights break out at Legion Field when we played Alabama. One of those involved extremely serious injuries to the fans participating. It happened right next to the band.
You can find "facts" and "studies" to make a case for anything you want to make a case for. Pharmaceutical companies do it every day. There are thousands of people running around that think smoking pot will cure cancer because a "study" said so, but in the real world, adding easier access to alcohol has only helped people do stupid stuff. Nobody is going to drink less before the game and nobody is going to drink "more responsibly". I understand there are people that can't enjoy anything in life without a substance of some kind, but when you pack 100,000 plus people in 14 inch seats and throw fuel on the fire, it is a recipe for disaster.That's simply not true. Read the previous posts in this thread that already cited fewer incidents than before alcohol sales at a university that recently started alcohol sales.
It's okay to fear or have an opinion, but when the available facts show otherwise, nothing good comes from projecting those fears as a substitute for empirical evidence that has already been provided.
Understand your sentiment, but for crying out loud, have you been to a sporting event anytime lately? A tremendous number of fans can’t handle their liquor at public events and are far beyond obnoxious to the point that it makes it near impossible for responsible fans to enjoy their experiences sitting in the stands, especially if their kids are with them. Letting even more idiots get hammered at games is only gonna make it worse.
You can find "facts" and "studies" to make a case for anything you want to make a case for. Pharmaceutical companies do it every day. There are thousands of people running around that think smoking pot will cure cancer because a "study" said so, but in the real world, adding easier access to alcohol has only helped people do stupid stuff. Nobody is going to drink less before the game and nobody is going to drink "more responsibly". I understand there are people that can't enjoy anything in life without a substance of some kind, but when you pack 100,000 plus people in 14 inch seats and throw fuel on the fire, it is a recipe for disaster.