No Cheering at Football games

My Alma Mater, lead by their shit-for-brains athletic director Tim Curley has banned tailgating at Penn State. Well, they have banned tailgating during the game. I guess you have to go into the game.

A new policy Penn State announced yesterday could end such an atmosphere.

Tailgating parties will no longer be allowed in the parking lots outside Beaver Stadium from kick-off to the end whistle. The university said it is an effort to increase safety and curb underage drinking.

"We are worried about the health and safety of our fans," Steve Shelow, director of police services at the university, said in a news release. "We continue to see many fans under the age of 21 leaving the game early, or not even getting into the stadium for kick-off, because they must be taken to the emergency room for alcohol overdoses."

Athletic Director Tim Curley said the fans "have no interest in supporting the team inside the stadium and are simply utilizing the parking lot areas for group parties."

Well, Tim Curley watches the games from his leather bound pressbox. Get's driven to a special gate to enter the stadium. He knows nothing about what us fans deal with. $15 to park in a mud pit, $55 for a ticket. And then you are not even allowed to leave the stadium to go out to get a jacket or a quick bite to eat. NO RE-ENTRY!!

It is calling for hard rain Friday and Saturday. In all liklihood it will be a nasty day to sit on aluminum bleachers in State College, but I guess you can't leave. Because if you decide to go to your car, sit under your tent, and have a hamburger, you'll be arrested.

Nice one Timmy.

Posted by psugrad98 at August 31, 2006 09:59 AM | TrackBack