An op-ed in Saturday’s Post caught my attention–it focused on how a culture of drinking is damaging sports, both professional and collegiate.

Toward the end of the article, the author explains what he thinks is one solution:

“A few basic reforms could help end the devastating consequences of combining sports and intoxication. Professional sports leagues, teams, stadiums, colleges and vendors need to review and reform their alcohol policies. Limiting tailgate parties, prohibiting open containers, restricting the amount of alcohol sold to a single customer, training staff to recognize signs of intoxication, and monitoring staff and customer behavior are among the reforms needed. Some colleges ban alcohol altogether at sporting events. Why should college football be saturated with beer advertising and drunken behavior? Ohio State provides a sensible approach to the problem.”

I wasn’t sure about this, so I thought I’d throw it back to the Ohio posse. Does Ohio State no longer sell beer at games? Certainly they don’t have limits on tailgate parties–having been an attendee myself at some over the years, I didn’t see any kind of enforcement or limitations. And hasn’t Ohio State had some problem with unruly behavior by students after games that has been associated with heavy drinking?