In the Daily Texan, Matthew Gil wrote an opinion on how selling beer at sporting events will be profitable to UT. During the trial period the University, UTPD and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission will evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the policy in order to decide whether or not to sell alcohol at fall sporting events, including football at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Matthew said drinking and watching sports is an american culture which i think he is right. which if everything turns out to be good, "Allowing to sale beer at games could reduce the amount of tailgating, pre-gaming and binge drinking that occurs before the games even start. When the purchase of alcohol is prohibited, it forces an individual who wants to drink to consume excessive amounts to hold them off during the duration of the game. It is no secret that many fans are intoxicated before they hit the stands." allowing drinking more fans will want to go to more games and more money to the university. which would expand to selling to other sports besides football.
In this article Gil is reaching out to all the sports fans in Austin that they could go support their teams live if they control their alcohol and don't act crazy.
I think it is a wonderful idea! Beer at longhorn games!? Who wouldn't want that? It would make crazy amounts of money and would also help out the alumni and the community as well. By selling high priced, watered down beer at local events, the University of Texas can be very profitable. The money could be used to remodel the school, increase the pay rate of the faculty, or can be used to give Charlie Strong a raise! (NOT). The money can also be used in our local community as well. I know local downtown businesses benefit in alcohol sales, I am pretty sure it would be a great benefit to the university as well. The extra money could be donated to local charities and could help raise awareness to plenty of causes.
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