{"id":5755,"date":"2023-07-19T14:26:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=5755"},"modified":"2023-07-19T14:26:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:26:51","slug":"michigan-state-football-basketball-hockey-can-now-sell-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=5755","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State football, basketball, hockey can now sell alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Whitmer signed a bill on Tuesday that will allow alcohol sales for Michigan State football, basketball, and hockey games.<\/h3>\n

The new bill makes Michigan State and Michigan the 12th and 13th schools in the Big Ten to allow alcohol sales at major sporting events.\u00a0 This is a huge development not only for Michigan State football<\/a>, basketball, and hockey fans but for the teams, too, as the game day atmosphere might change.<\/p>\n

ChopMan, why?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It appears the bill was approved for a couple different reasons. First, this allows the schools to generate additional revenue that can help improve student programs. Second, Governor Whitmer feels this will make game days safer for fans by reducing the number of pre-game incidents and decreases the need for fans to binge drink prior to kickoff\/tip\/puck drop.<\/p>\n

ChopMan, what do you think?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I\u2019ll start by saying I have mixed feelings about this new bill. Is it going to be awesome not having a hangover in the third quarter? Heck yes. Do I think it\u2019s great a great way to help improve not only the game day atmosphere but also help funding for student programs? Heck yes (x2). But at the end of the day, I don\u2019t think it will lower the amount of binge drinking or drinking incidents that happen on game days.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s put it this way, when I was a college student, I had roughly 57 cents to my name at any given time. I know most college students don\u2019t have a dad who\u2019s a high level attorney or a mom who is a brain surgeon therefore I\u2019d say most (not all) students don\u2019t exactly have an unlimited budget. I have to imagine drinks during games are going to cost $11-$18 each. Back in my day, we were drinking Busch, Bud, and Keystone Light because you could get a 30 rack for the same price as two in-game beers (heck, they are practically giving away Bud Light nowadays). Students are still going to binge before heading into the stadium just to save on cost. As for alumni and other fans, cost of booze probably won\u2019t make as much of a difference.<\/p>\n

In regards to the experience inside the stadium. Could it heighten the tension between rival fans? Sure. But in all honesty, where there is a will there\u2019s a way and people who want to booze during the game are going to find a way to drink regardless. Let\u2019s just say waistbands are working double time on Saturdays. People will still be drinking the same amount, this time it won\u2019t be breaking the rules.<\/p>\n

ChopMan\u2019s pros and cons<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Pros<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Higher attendance<\/li>\n
  • Revenue for student programs<\/li>\n
  • Probably less booze smuggling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Cons<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Doesn\u2019t change binge drinking among students<\/li>\n
    • Probably no alleviation in fan hostility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      If ChopMan were the governor, I would also pass a bill at the same time to provide magic gummies and pre rolls to counteract the effects of alcohol sales. Let everyone get riled up on light beer and then chill them out with a THC infused Melting Moment.<\/p>\n

      Cheers,
      \nChopMan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Adult beverages and MSU athletics? Yes, please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":4734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[191,189],"class_list":["post-5755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-michigan-state-football","tag-michigan-state-spartans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}