Nope. I am lucky to not be the addictive type. But, you can not live to be 74 in this world without knowing tons and tons of addicts and how they destroyed their lives and their family lives. Common topic among old folk. But hey, I'm not trying to talk you out of being a drunk. Just don't stand for every minute of a three and half hour game.
"A lot" is not and has not been the problem. Every second of three and half hours was and is the issue. Especially for that six and half foot tall dude.
I don’t drink, but that doesn’t mean I won’t stand at a game. I’m not sure what one has to do with the other. Is it OK for me to stand, if I’m drinking a bottle of water or a Diet Coke?
I am dealing with it. I'll report back here with what I find out. Maybe the old folks can't stand for three and half hour straight. But, rest assured, the next time a wasted idiot does that again I will take action of one sort or another.
What do you mean by "stand"? "Stand for the whole game and half time and never sat down" was my complaint. If that is what you mean then my answer is "no, it is not OK".
There are people who have fun drinking but don't need it. I would say the overwhelming vast majority of drinkers I know fall into this category.
This... All the blue hairs are used to empty seats and loosing so noone stood and cheered... Its a new day for gopher football... DEAL WITH IT
Most could likely construct a coherent sentence. Ouch.
I have been to games at every Big Ten school except Penn State and Rutgers. Never had to stand for the whole game including half time until the Badger game here last year. But then, I was not seated in the student sections.
My point was could they do without. My experience is that they can not. Try it sometime with a crowd of neighbors or co workers. Won't work, they can't. Glad you can.
Who says you should not stand for a big play? Not me.
It does not have to be one or the other and the only ones on this site calling for one not the other are the stand people who insist that they have have that right and all the others should go away or shut up. A possible suggestion I have made is sections being designated as standing sections. We would then not sit in that section or sections. PS I called it the "problem squad", the U calls it something PC.
Wisconsin fan habits do seem to have rubbed off on him. He comes across as a rude, strutting, ignorant jerk.
Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin typically stand during the games with the exception of timeouts and half-time. If you don’t like standing, Northwestern may be the perfect solution.
Funny, I've been to games at those places and do not recall standing that much. Must be tough on the whellchair types. Been to nearly two hundred Gopher home games and have only encountered this stand for three and half hours straight at the last game of this season. If this is not straightened out by the end of next season our three seats will be cancelled. You guys can "Row the Boat Standing!" Great job of building the fan base.
Well, bye.
there are spaces on the lower bowl that are for people if they have a disability. They are unobstructed even if the people in top row in would stand. One only needs to call ticket services to get a space reserved.
I try not to judge people who I am hanging out with.
Glad we have a thread dedicated to it.
Correct. This was brought up multiple times to veritas. You can lead a horse to water...
“Wheelchair types” - seems even you have some things to work on.
I'm just not PC and don't care to be. But, I do sincerly hope that I did not trigger you.
What does that have to do with me, my wife or my sister in law? We can stand, we just do not want to stand for three and half hours straight. And will not.
A drunk is a drunk, a rude person is a rude person, no need to pussy foot or protect these types. Standing in front of old women who do not want to stand for a whole game is rude. Full stop. Not being a wimp I will speak up and do something about that if I can whether it offens the drunks and savages or not.
Reading comprehension John. "if it is not straightened out..." I will do everything I can to straighten it out. I don't have to let the barbarians have their way, do I?