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21 NCAA schools to allow beer sales at on campus football games

By Mike Marteny

May 21, 2014; Miami, FL, USA; A vender sells beer during a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Miami Marlins at Marlins Ballpark. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
May 21, 2014; Miami, FL, USA; A vender sells beer during a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Miami Marlins at Marlins Ballpark. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /
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Smaller schools have long been pondering ways to keep up with the “power five” schools as far as revenue goes. Now, they are finally hitting the bottle. Literally. More and more schools are now offering beer sales at their on-campus football stadiums.

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The NCAA does have a strict no-alcohol policy to the general public at their championship events, but the schools and conferences can do as they wish. Many schools have turned to the sauce to generate revenue. Others have done it to keep an eye on unruly fans.

If you have every been to any college event, especially a football game, you know that the tailgaters are nuts. Well, many of these fans don’t even go into the game because they don’t want to stop drinking. Some schools have found that offering beer inside the stadium gets more people from the parking lot to come on inside. The local police force appreciates it. It is much easier to let stadium security deal with the riff-raff.

I know you are wondering where you can get a cold one while watching your team. 21 on-campus sites, and another 11 off campus now offer beer sales in the stadium. That is roughly 20% of Division 1. And the number will only grow. Here is the list of schools offering beer sales for the 2014 football season. Off campus sites denoted with asterisk.

Akron, Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Colorado State, Connecticut*, Georgia State*, Hawaii*, Houston, Kent State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisville, Massachusetts*(only at three games played at Gillette Stadium), Memphis*, Miami(FL)*,Minnesota, Nevada, North Texas, San Diego State*, SMU, South Alabama*, South Florida*, Syracuse, Temple*, Toledo, Troy, Tulane, UNLV, UTEP, UTSA*, Western Kentucky, and West Virginia.

You see a few power five schools infiltrated the list. And why not? You have to find some way to pay high profile coaches. If and when schools start paying players, you will likely see all schools come around to the dark side to generate enough revenue.

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