OSU will start selling beer in Stadium starting this year

[Jonb127]

http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...wer-five-schools-offering-beer-sales-in-2016/

"According to the school, revenue will be used to fund two new positions in the school's police department as well as go towards research done by the Ohio State University Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery. The school could do whatever it wants with the revenues, but allocating them to these causes will go a long way in justifying the presence of school-provided alcohol.

Plus, as Oliver Luck argued when he was athletic director at West Virginia, allowing alcohol sales legally in the stadium can help curb binge drinking among fans tailgating in the parking lot. West Virginia, Texas, Louisville and Minnesota are also among the growing list of Power Five schools with alcohol sales available to all fans while even more are still offering alcohol in its premium seating areas."

 

[RUchip]

[cheers]

 

[chrisru99]

I hope we sell beer also and the proceeds go to the build fund.

 

[DJ Spanky]

http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...wer-five-schools-offering-beer-sales-in-2016/

"According to the school, [alcohol] revenue will be used to fund two new positions in the school's police department as well as go towards research done by the Ohio State University Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery."

Somehow this just seems contradictory.

 

[mildone]

I think we should only sell beer if we also sell hookers and blow.

 

[MV9000]

I hope we sell beer, just a missed revenue opportunity. I believe someone stated a study in which cited selling the beer in the stadium directly reduced alcohol related incidents during game day.

 

[knightfan7]

According to Dan Patrick there are now 22 schools that sell alcohol at on campus stadiums, 6 in Ohio alone. Others include WVU, Syracuse, Houston, SMU, Louisville, and Minnesota. Another 12 have it at off campus stadiums where they don't always have a say. UConn is one.

I have been and continue to be against it at RU.

 

[DJ Spanky]

According to Dan Patrick there are now 22 schools that sell alcohol at on campus stadiums, 6 in Ohio alone. Others include WVU, Syracuse, Houston, SMU, Louisville, and Minnesota. Another 12 have it at off campus stadiums where they don't always have a say. UConn is one.

I have been and continue to be against it at RU.

Ditto.

 

[Upstream]

Somehow this just seems contradictory.

I think there is a very wide gap between alcohol use, and alcohol abuse.

If Rutgers offered beer for sale inside the stadium (even if it was in a cordoned off beer garden), I would probably buy a beer or two most games. If Rutgers doesn't offer beer for sale, that's OK too.

I don't think offering beer for sale will have a marked impact on the number of drunks in the games, or the number of alcohol related incidents. On the plus side, it may discourage some people from binging just before entering the stadium, and it give Rutgers some control over alcohol consumption. On the negative side, additional alcohol gives more people additional opportunities to get drunk.

 

[demauroj]

There have been reports and studies that have concluded that serving alcohol inside the stadium at college events has reduced the the cases of drunkenness and binge drinking. It also believe or not has reduced arrests at WVU for disorderly persons because it creates a more controlled environment

 

[FanuSanu52]

It also believe or not has reduced arrests at WVU for disorderly persons because it creates a more controlled environment

Plus they're drinking beer instead of moonshine.

 

[knightfan7]

Plus they're drinking beer instead of moonshine.

Yeah, Mason Jar sales hit an all time low in Morgantown.

 

[lighty]

If you are against the sale of beer inside the stadium, how do you feel about people drinking as they tailgate outside the stadium?

 

[knightfan7]

If you are against the sale of beer inside the stadium, how do you feel about people drinking as they tailgate outside the stadium?

I'm ambivalent. I usually have a beer or maybe two but if they banned it tomorrow it wouldn't affect me one way or another. I do understand it would affect others so I wouldn't want to see it eliminated. I will say that in the decades I've attended RU home games I've only had to deal with 1 fairly minor incident in the lots and that was after the game.

Besides even tho it's all about the same event, it's really two different things.

 

[Abro1975]

$10 Spliffs would be cool too. :sunglasses: