Alcohol at Tournament

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great. Drunken dads and moms are soccer tournaments.

If under control amounts, bless you and enjoy yourselves. But please, we don’t need drunken abusive behaviors/languages from parents toward kids, coaches and referees.

The parents drinking margaritas and hanging out aren’t the ones getting rowdy- it’s the ones two feet from the sideline invested in every second of the game

+1.

The drunks snoozing in the afternoon sun never cause any problems.

[Anonymous]

I personally don't drink at games but I don't mind if others do. As long as they don't get stupid drunk or cause issues, who cares?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I personally don't drink at games but I don't mind if others do. As long as they don't get stupid drunk or cause issues, who cares?

How about drunk driving? Buzzed driving? You want your kid to catch a ride home with someone who has been drinking?

How about we not normalize day drinking at kids’ sporting events?

These are the parents who will soon host parties in their home, provide white claws or seltzers for all the teenagers and then congratulate themselves for being so “safe” and open and permissive because if their kids are gonna drink they are gonna drink at home and no one is driving.

It’s all social engineering and manipulation and an attempt to be the cool parents with equally cool kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I experienced this in my son’s little league team. A small contingent of moms would bring mimosas or hard seltzers and pour then into thermoses. They also made Jell-O shots for the playoff games. They always offered to all the other parents, but most would decline.

These same parents also generally promoted an unhealthy relationship with alcohol as normal to their kids— frequent gatherings with other families where most parents got tipsy/drunk and the kids fended for themselves all evening, being hungover and then continuing to drink the next day, etc.

As far as I could tell, none of the other teams were doing this.

We had an alcoholic mom on one of my kid's little league teams. I didnt realize it until the season was nearly over. She was constantly joking about bringing drinks to our games and then convinced several parents to meet for drinks before practice. It continued several more times and eventually one of the dads was disgustingly falling down drunk at a practice. His wife had to come get him. I really liked the woman initially but saw how manipulative she was. She was surprisingly effective at convincing fairly rational adults to drink to the point of embarrassment. They didn't just sip wine. The parents were drunk.

I think it's gross and disgusting and the rules about no alcohol need to be enforced. I never noticed anyone else drinking at a game again for all the years my kids were in ll.

The fact that you only had one noticeably drunk person in all your years of games seems to suggest that maybe they don’t need to enforce it? Most people aren’t doing kegstands; that woman was an anomaly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally don't drink at games but I don't mind if others do. As long as they don't get stupid drunk or cause issues, who cares?

How about drunk driving? Buzzed driving? You want your kid to catch a ride home with someone who has been drinking?

How about we not normalize day drinking at kids’ sporting events?

These are the parents who will soon host parties in their home, provide white claws or seltzers for all the teenagers and then congratulate themselves for being so “safe” and open and permissive because if their kids are gonna drink they are gonna drink at home and no one is driving.

It’s all social engineering and manipulation and an attempt to be the cool parents with equally cool kids.

Why aren’t you driving your own child?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally don't drink at games but I don't mind if others do. As long as they don't get stupid drunk or cause issues, who cares?

How about drunk driving? Buzzed driving? You want your kid to catch a ride home with someone who has been drinking?

How about we not normalize day drinking at kids’ sporting events?

These are the parents who will soon host parties in their home, provide white claws or seltzers for all the teenagers and then congratulate themselves for being so “safe” and open and permissive because if their kids are gonna drink they are gonna drink at home and no one is driving.

It’s all social engineering and manipulation and an attempt to be the cool parents with equally cool kids.

Why aren’t you driving your own child?

This PP and ok but beware of carpooling then. Still worried about the parents drinking and driving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally don't drink at games but I don't mind if others do. As long as they don't get stupid drunk or cause issues, who cares?

How about drunk driving? Buzzed driving? You want your kid to catch a ride home with someone who has been drinking?

How about we not normalize day drinking at kids’ sporting events?

These are the parents who will soon host parties in their home, provide white claws or seltzers for all the teenagers and then congratulate themselves for being so “safe” and open and permissive because if their kids are gonna drink they are gonna drink at home and no one is driving.

It’s all social engineering and manipulation and an attempt to be the cool parents with equally cool kids.

Why aren’t you driving your own child?

Drive my kid everywhere. But I don't want you and your drunk friends on the same road.

[Anonymous]

To me, there’s a difference between going to lunch between games and having a beer, v. planning a bar setup at the field.

Bottom line is that no one should be drinking substantially, then driving. But the latter seems much more immature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally don't drink at games but I don't mind if others do. As long as they don't get stupid drunk or cause issues, who cares?

How about drunk driving? Buzzed driving? You want your kid to catch a ride home with someone who has been drinking?

How about we not normalize day drinking at kids’ sporting events?

These are the parents who will soon host parties in their home, provide white claws or seltzers for all the teenagers and then congratulate themselves for being so “safe” and open and permissive because if their kids are gonna drink they are gonna drink at home and no one is driving.

It’s all social engineering and manipulation and an attempt to be the cool parents with equally cool kids.

Why aren’t you driving your own child?

Drive my kid everywhere. But I don't want you and your drunk friends on the same road.

Sure, but that wasn't what PP said.

[Anonymous]

My oldest is U17. He has played at probably 4 different cubs over the years. I have NEVER seen ANYONE drink at a soccer event. We've been to tournaments and/or showcases all over the country (from Florida, to San Diego, to St. Louis, to S. Carolina, to NJ) and just about every local tournament numerous times. I've never seen anyone drink. However, my youngest started playing tackle football last year and the parents are drinking at practices!

[Anonymous]

It’s very common at my kids, games and tournaments. I thought people were just drinking coffees and waters until one day somebody offered me a cocktail. I was oblivious to the alcohol culture at games.

[Anonymous]

I have never seen this at any game or tournament all the years My child has been playing. We need to stop normalizing alcohol culture. What kind of example are you setting that you can’t even attend a game without partaking in alcohol? I’m not a teetotaler at all, I certainly enjoy myself, but I’m not going to drink at my child’s athletic event, and then put others at risk on the road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally don't drink at games but I don't mind if others do. As long as they don't get stupid drunk or cause issues, who cares?

How about drunk driving? Buzzed driving? You want your kid to catch a ride home with someone who has been drinking?

How about we not normalize day drinking at kids’ sporting events?

These are the parents who will soon host parties in their home, provide white claws or seltzers for all the teenagers and then congratulate themselves for being so “safe” and open and permissive because if their kids are gonna drink they are gonna drink at home and no one is driving.

It’s all social engineering and manipulation and an attempt to be the cool parents with equally cool kids.

Why aren’t you driving your own child?

Drive my kid everywhere. But I don't want you and your drunk friends on the same road.

Sure, but that wasn't what PP said.

So you’re just arguing for the sake of arguing. 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've also camped at over 50 state and national parks where alcohol is not permitted. But I have drank at everyone. Some of those rules are there to both discourage obnoxious drinking and to have as a set rule to boot out a person if they do become obnoxious. I feel that is the same for most tournaments, they all say no drinking, but I have seen low key drinking/ tailgating at all of them. -But I have never seen open consumption right at the sideline of a game.

Got news for you...IF you do get caught, this is a felony. The one place you do not want to do a misdemeanor crime is on federal land. You are upping the ante big time. Not worth it.

I got news for YOU - I got caught at a park and got a ticket. Me and my 6 friends. Open container, drinking in a national park. I paid a fine. NBD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've also camped at over 50 state and national parks where alcohol is not permitted. But I have drank at everyone. Some of those rules are there to both discourage obnoxious drinking and to have as a set rule to boot out a person if they do become obnoxious. I feel that is the same for most tournaments, they all say no drinking, but I have seen low key drinking/ tailgating at all of them. -But I have never seen open consumption right at the sideline of a game.

Got news for you...IF you do get caught, this is a felony. The one place you do not want to do a misdemeanor crime is on federal land. You are upping the ante big time. Not worth it.

At least in MD state parks, it's a Natural Resources Citation, and not a felony, of $55. That's for having alcohol outside of designated areas.

Got caught in VA at a national park - it's just a fine.