Alcohol at Tournament

[Anonymous]

Our coach would have someone’s azz if they were drinking on the sidelines.

[Anonymous]

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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. 🙄

No, I’m saying if you’re so lazy as to pawn your children’s transportation off on other people, you get what you get.

[Anonymous]

What are the league rules about consuming alcohol at team events (including practices, games, tournaments)?

[Anonymous]

We often tailgate as a team, but that’s food (jersey mikes sandwich box, fruits, sometimes dips and chips, chick fil a nugget platter, etc). We especially do this for tournaments.

I’ve seen this in almost every sport my kids have played. I haven’t seen people cracking open beers so maybe if that’s involved people are being discrete.

My kid was playing soccer this summer in a program in a Western European country. Regardless of when their games were against local clubs, the concession stand was open and selling beer (even at 9am games) and some parents were drinking. Was weird.

[Anonymous]

I have never seen this - either for our team or our opponents.

[Anonymous]

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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.

My friend and I were given tickets for having open alcohol at a national park last year. The tickets were expensive (I think like $200 each) but there were no points and it certainly wasn't a felony.

[Anonymous]

I’ve occasionally seen a parent discretely enjoy an alcoholic beverage on the sidelines; usually it’s one or two women drinking something light like a hard seltzer or wine cooler type drink. No one has ever been visibly drunk and it’s never occurred to me as being an issue or a problem.

A drink or two during a soccer tournament when folks are often also eating lunch or snacks during a long tournament day does. It seem like a big deal to me.

A—hole behavior, whether alcohol related or not, is the problem. And most of the a—hole behavior I’ve seen at soccer games was unrelated to alcohol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We often tailgate as a team, but that’s food (jersey mikes sandwich box, fruits, sometimes dips and chips, chick fil a nugget platter, etc). We especially do this for tournaments.

I’ve seen this in almost every sport my kids have played. I haven’t seen people cracking open beers so maybe if that’s involved people are being discrete.

My kid was playing soccer this summer in a program in a Western European country. Regardless of when their games were against local clubs, the concession stand was open and selling beer (even at 9am games) and some parents were drinking. Was weird.

Where are you located (Va vs MD?) My kids are involved in soccer, basketball, hockey and baseball and I have never seen this. We are in Falls Church/Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our coach would have someone’s azz if they were drinking on the sidelines.

Lol oh everyone must be so scared of your coach!

[Anonymous]

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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.

FFS. No one is getting a felony for drinking a beer at a national park. Go tell your alcoholic trauma to a therapist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We often tailgate as a team, but that’s food (jersey mikes sandwich box, fruits, sometimes dips and chips, chick fil a nugget platter, etc). We especially do this for tournaments.

I’ve seen this in almost every sport my kids have played. I haven’t seen people cracking open beers so maybe if that’s involved people are being discrete.

My kid was playing soccer this summer in a program in a Western European country. Regardless of when their games were against local clubs, the concession stand was open and selling beer (even at 9am games) and some parents were drinking. Was weird.

Where are you located (Va vs MD?) My kids are involved in soccer, basketball, hockey and baseball and I have never seen this. We are in Falls Church/Arlington.

Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Homer sober:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We often tailgate as a team, but that’s food (jersey mikes sandwich box, fruits, sometimes dips and chips, chick fil a nugget platter, etc). We especially do this for tournaments.

I’ve seen this in almost every sport my kids have played. I haven’t seen people cracking open beers so maybe if that’s involved people are being discrete.

My kid was playing soccer this summer in a program in a Western European country. Regardless of when their games were against local clubs, the concession stand was open and selling beer (even at 9am games) and some parents were drinking. Was weird.

Where are you located (Va vs MD?) My kids are involved in soccer, basketball, hockey and baseball and I have never seen this. We are in Falls Church/Arlington.

Virginia.

Let me guess…. Loudoun? Chantilly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We often tailgate as a team, but that’s food (jersey mikes sandwich box, fruits, sometimes dips and chips, chick fil a nugget platter, etc). We especially do this for tournaments.

I’ve seen this in almost every sport my kids have played. I haven’t seen people cracking open beers so maybe if that’s involved people are being discrete.

My kid was playing soccer this summer in a program in a Western European country. Regardless of when their games were against local clubs, the concession stand was open and selling beer (even at 9am games) and some parents were drinking. Was weird.

Where are you located (Va vs MD?) My kids are involved in soccer, basketball, hockey and baseball and I have never seen this. We are in Falls Church/Arlington.

Virginia.

Let me guess…. Loudoun? Chantilly?

No. I’m the poster that says we do food tail gates. What’s the problem here? You never get hungry? It builds community, increases camaraderie, and it’s fun. I’m in Alexandria.

[Anonymous]

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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. 🙄

No, I’m saying if you’re so lazy as to pawn your children’s transportation off on other people, you get what you get.

NP. I'm a manager for my kid's travel team, and I go to every game and frequently drive other players to them, but... come on, this is ridiculous. It isn't "lazy" to carpool. Not every parent can make it to every game, especially if they've got multiple kids who play multiple sports.