Bronko Nagurski Gopher
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KFAN's "Common Man" Dan Cole was ripping the "all or nothing" alcohol whiners today
he spent a good portion of his air-time on this topic. he basically laid out every reason why the U of M should not be forced to sell alcohol in general admission/student seating and why the whole debate is such a farce: 1.) the gophers are not going to be the only big ten team that sells alcohol in general admission/student seating, so that is a non-starter 2.) if you can't go to any type of sporting event without drinking for 3 hours you have greater issues to deal with personally 3.) alcohol is not sold in general admission seating at other amateur sporting events such as high-school games. 4.) if you only are willing to buy a seat if you can drink for 3 hours then perhaps you should give up your ticket and take something else up. 4.) those whose only response is "well i just like to have one or two beers while watching a college game" are kidding themselves. this may be true for some, but a good portion who use that as there only reason to push this farce onto the U of M are often the ones who actually drink 2 or 3 beers at sally's; 4 or 5 beers at the metrodome/tcf stadium; 3 or 4 beers after the game at sally's; then often get in their cars and drive home drunk. when you limit the "game" part of drinking to the smallest number possible it drives down some of the extreme drinking and driving and also limits the U of M's liability, which is understandable and is within their right. 5.) several of his own reasons.
i thought it was quite hilarious. his mocking of them was top-notch today!
he spent a good portion of his air-time on this topic. he basically laid out every reason why the U of M should not be forced to sell alcohol in general admission/student seating and why the whole debate is such a farce: 1.) the gophers are not going to be the only big ten team that sells alcohol in general admission/student seating, so that is a non-starter 2.) if you can't go to any type of sporting event without drinking for 3 hours you have greater issues to deal with personally 3.) alcohol is not sold in general admission seating at other amateur sporting events such as high-school games. 4.) if you only are willing to buy a seat if you can drink for 3 hours then perhaps you should give up your ticket and take something else up. 4.) those whose only response is "well i just like to have one or two beers while watching a college game" are kidding themselves. this may be true for some, but a good portion who use that as there only reason to push this farce onto the U of M are often the ones who actually drink 2 or 3 beers at sally's; 4 or 5 beers at the metrodome/tcf stadium; 3 or 4 beers after the game at sally's; then often get in their cars and drive home drunk. when you limit the "game" part of drinking to the smallest number possible it drives down some of the extreme drinking and driving and also limits the U of M's liability, which is understandable and is within their right. 5.) several of his own reasons.
i thought it was quite hilarious. his mocking of them was top-notch today!