per http://www.ncsu.edu/news/press_releases/06_04/075.htm

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"Apr. 24, 2006 NC State Tailgaters Will See Changes This Season FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE North Carolina State University football fans can expect to see a few tailgating rule changes in the upcoming season. The changes are designed to ensure everyone can have fun in a safe and friendly environment. Chancellor James L. Oblinger convened the NC State football task force in the fall in response to complaints from fans that some of their fellow fans’ tailgating had gotten out of hand. The task force was made up of students, faculty, staff, and representatives from the Wolfpack Club and the Alumni Association. “What we’re saying to our fans is: Have fun and behave,” said Dr. Tom Stafford, vice chancellor for student affairs and co-chair of the task force. “We want everyone to have a good time and be respectful of everyone else’s right to have fun and enjoy the games.” The rule changes recommended by the task force and accepted by the chancellor include: 1. Establish and enforce listening levels for music. 2. Require that tents remain contained within the allocated parking area of a tailgating group and that they are flame-retardant. 3. Prohibit beer kegs in any stadium parking areas including vendor or university-sanctioned events. 4. Require that fans carry a picture ID in accordance with university regulations. 5. Engage the Wolfpack In The House (WITH) program as a sportsmanship initiative to assist in publicizing the rules and promoting good behavior in the tailgate lots and inside the stadium. 6. Encourage tailgating participants to bag their own trash and leave it at the parking bumper. The NC State Board of Trustees will vote on the keg provision during its April 28 meeting. The other changes do not require board approval. “No set of rules and guidelines will be effective without our fans’ support and cooperation,” Oblinger said. “I am asking all of our fans to take appropriate steps to bring a positive atmosphere to football game day. We can cheer the Wolfpack, be respectful of each other and be great hosts to our guests.” Oblinger tabled the committee’s recommendation to establish pat-downs of the ankles, wrists and small of the back, an approach used at National Football League stadium gates and at the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte. The committee also considered eliminating the practice of allowing fans to leave and then return to the stadium, but recommended the practice be retained for the 2006 season. Oblinger said he will reconvene the task force after the season “to consider whether the changes have been effective in altering the culture of football game day, and whether further changes are needed.”"

all because of one random incident that will never happen again

4/24/2006 7:58:19 PM

I don't have a problem with any of those except:

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"3. Prohibit beer kegs in any stadium parking areas including vendor or university-sanctioned events."

4/24/2006 8:01:25 PM

^ yep

and since I never drink liquor at the games (strictly beer) I won't worry about the pat-downs at the gates

4/24/2006 8:05:20 PM

I have a problem with the music rules if they are gonna be anything like the NPO.

I like to listen to music.

It's fun.


I cant think of anytimes ive seen someone whose music was way too loud.


The keg thing im sure some people will dislike but i havent gotten a keg in years and drinking out of a can is fine with me.

4/24/2006 8:14:47 PM

do they already ban glass containers in the parking lots?

4/24/2006 8:21:04 PM

will the keg law be in affect in the alumni lots aswell??

4/24/2006 8:30:20 PM

doubtful

4/24/2006 8:35:00 PM

man, i can't wait to see how this turns out

4/24/2006 8:40:32 PM

^^^ i doubt it. they don't want to piss off the people who give $Texas

and...

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"The NC State Board of Trustees will vote on the keg provision during its April 28 meeting. The other changes do not require board approval."

this is probably an indicator that kegs won't be banned.

hell, even if they do, our alumni tailgate will still buy a hundred dollars worth of cases

4/24/2006 10:35:21 PM

7. Don't be rollin' up in this piece with a gat.

4/24/2006 10:40:11 PM

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"2. Require that tents remain contained within the allocated parking area of a tailgating group and that they are flame-retardant."

Maybe I'm forgetting something here. I've been here 7 years and can't remember any incidents where a tent went up in flames. Any reason for that rule?

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"all because of one random incident that will never happen again"

Even though I don't drink, I think it's bogus that kegs aren't allowed anymore. I don't want to be insensitive to those who know the guys who were shot 2 years ago, but do we have any proof that the shooters had gotten drunk specifically as the result of a keg? If TPTB truly want to prevent what happened that day, they'd have to completely ban alcohol. Even if they did that, people would just pre-game anyway. It's just the administration's excuse to prevent any NCSU student or fan from ever having fun.

4/25/2006 12:29:14 AM

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"6. Encourage tailgating participants to bag their own trash and leave it at the parking bumper."

College kids have trouble putting a cup in a dishwasher and also taking the trash out of their own residence, let alone someone else's property. No kegs=More trash and easier job for ALE to nail underage drinking, don't think it has much to do with amount of alcohol consumed.

4/25/2006 12:41:52 AM

bttt

4/26/2006 5:49:22 PM

all of those rules are reasonable, except the keg rule.

hell, i'd even support the non-reentry policy. they should, however, allow more time to tailgate beforehand.

4/26/2006 6:21:29 PM

next thing to go is halftime passouts, there was an article about it about a month ago that I posted in ST, if I remember correctly. Now THAT is going to piss off a lot of people.

4/26/2006 6:31:50 PM

Not enough for them not to renew their LTR's, so it doesn't matter

4/26/2006 6:33:45 PM

who cares if they get rid of pass-outs...are yall such alcoholics that you can't go 4 hours without having a drink...it's a football game, you can enjoy it without having to be drunk

4/26/2006 7:56:17 PM

i bet they wont even try to enforce this shit outside the student parking areas

4/26/2006 7:59:03 PM

Ok, have your kegs, just station a police officer with a breathalyzer at the exits and get every person that is behind the wheel to blow.

4/26/2006 8:22:15 PM

ummmm.... are you being facetious?

4/26/2006 9:08:58 PM

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"easier job for ALE to nail underage drinking"

what the fuck is wrong with that

4/26/2006 9:20:36 PM

because George Dubya says drinking alcohol underage helps supports terrorism and is a sin, god damn 19 yr old kid drinking alcohol leading to the downfall of society

[Edited on April 26, 2006 at 9:49 PM. Reason : l]

4/26/2006 9:48:45 PM

well, kegs are finished. They're supposedly not going to be allowed in any of the lots but we'll see how long that one lasts.

4/28/2006 5:42:09 PM

thanks for the update

4/28/2006 6:10:34 PM

note: (john kruk) no pat-downs.

at least for now - they were presented some relevant case-law that suggests such searches would be unjustifiable, so it looks like they're going to hold off on that for now.

4/28/2006 8:26:34 PM