In Defense Of College Football Tailgating

The The air is filled with the scents of cheap beer, charcoal, and team spirit. It is unmistakable and all-encompassing.American Scene: A college football tailgate. And hallelujah, it’s that time of year — or it would be, if the stadium hosting the College Football Playoff National Championship hadn’t decreed that pre-game, parking lot fun is banned.

In This can only be described unprovoked cruelty SoFi Stadium, the location of the championship contest, will not allow tailgating in its parking lots prior to the game’s kickoff on Monday. Recreational It is also forbidden to park vehicles at the stadium. So if you thought 2023 couldn’t be any worse than 2022, think again.

As Fox News reported, SoFi’s Tailgating ban for matchup between the Georgia Bulldogs TCU Horned Frogs means fans “won’t be able to bring their charcoal grills, coolers or anything else that resembles a tailgate” To the stadium. The Policy is confusing, SoFi permits tailgating “in designated parking lots and other areas for ticketed guests who have purchased a tailgating pass” For Los Angeles Rams And Chargers games.

The Famous political figures like Georgia Gov. Brian KempHe voiced his displeasure in the following: tweet On Thursday. “While California may not know this, in the South a tailgate with friends & family is the only way to prepare for a big game,” He said.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz His annoyance was taken to a new direction when he offered to cosponsor parody legislation. Americans A “right” To tailgate before sporting events

The Importance This is Community

The Preventing tailgating Monday’s championship game is absolutely ludicrous. College Football without tailgating can be like Hillary Clinton Without pantsuits One can’t exist without the other.

While While tailgating has its benefits, such as unlimited beer or grilled food, it is also a social event that offers many more. Tailgates offer fans the chance to interact with people they’ve never met before. Unlike Many areas of culture have been infected with division and groupthink politics. College football remains one of the last remaining sanities. Americans Can put aside differences and work together for a common cause.

In It offers people a sense belonging and community in many ways. When tailgating, strangers get to share joy and life experiences with others they wouldn’t have met anywhere else. Interactions The bonds of mutual support for a team can lead to more personal encounters.

What starts off as conversations about one another’s favorite players and games of the past eventually morph into questions about how each other came to support the team. Before It’s not hard to imagine that strangers suddenly feel like long-lost acquaintances as they reminisce about their childhoods and recount the moment they fell in love sports. It’s a beautiful scenario we don’t see enough in modern America.

What Tailgates are different from other social events in that they combine the best of both

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