[]_[] swag;2638738 said:
As a recent UM grad, I can tell you this is going to absolutely kill student attendance at football games. A majority of students I knew at school would make the hour bus ride back and forth solely to go to the frat tailgates which centered around DJs and loud speakers.
Maybe this mentality will change for some if we start to put a consistent winning product on the field, but not for most.
2 hour long bus rides just to watch us play UVA sounds unappealing to the vast majority of students, it was only the promise of a rowdy party before that got students to the stadium.
The UM admin is insane and overbearing but even they recognized they couldn't ban rowdy tailgates, be it would kill student attendance.
Well, I don't blame the school for wanting to ban overly rowdy tailgates. I've been in the student lots over the years, and it's been insane, especially this season. Kids are going far and beyond getting buzzed, I've witnessed at least 5-6 cases of people drinking themselves to the point that they need medical attention. The current student org lot is a ****show, it's a ****show that is going to end up in someone dying, and the school and the Dolphins getting sued. If you come to football games solely for the tailgate, then stay home and get sauced. There's a difference between having a few beers, and chilling out and what is going on in a lot of lots right now.