Comments on: Main Street may be scene for those displeased with new tailgating procedures http://www.cm-life.com/2009/08/28/main-street-may-be-scene-for-those-displeased-with-new-tailgating-procedures/ Your 24-hour news source for Central Michigan University Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Weekend Wrap #78: Maxim Campus Cuties 2009 Edition — Tailgating Ideas http://www.cm-life.com/2009/08/28/main-street-may-be-scene-for-those-displeased-with-new-tailgating-procedures/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Weekend Wrap #78: Maxim Campus Cuties 2009 Edition — Tailgating Ideas Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:47:55 +0000 http://www.cm-life.com/?p=1605#comment-354 [...] Main Street may be scene for those displeased with new Central Michigan tailgating procedures [...] [...] Main Street may be scene for those displeased with new Central Michigan tailgating procedures [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://www.cm-life.com/2009/08/28/main-street-may-be-scene-for-those-displeased-with-new-tailgating-procedures/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Andrew Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:07:09 +0000 http://www.cm-life.com/?p=1605#comment-321 Rob, if you've been around CMU for any amount of time, it should be very apparent to you and others that the administration doesn't listen to students when it comes to policy changes. It's only when the students have shown them (note that: shown them) through action that their ridiculous ideas have no place outside of a meeting room, that they've taken any action. Showing them that the student body cannot be contained is a fantastic method of passive defiance in my opinion. There are no rules against tailgating on main. Totally agree that this is going to kill the student attendance. Back in the day the student section was just a corner of the stadium. Last year it took up an entire endzone (which blew my mind). I sincerely hope they get an incredibly poor student turnout for the first homegame - maybe then they'll realized that to enforce draconian rules on a group of that size will only result in an opposite reaction. Rob, if you’ve been around CMU for any amount of time, it should be very apparent to you and others that the administration doesn’t listen to students when it comes to policy changes. It’s only when the students have shown them (note that: shown them) through action that their ridiculous ideas have no place outside of a meeting room, that they’ve taken any action. Showing them that the student body cannot be contained is a fantastic method of passive defiance in my opinion. There are no rules against tailgating on main.

Totally agree that this is going to kill the student attendance. Back in the day the student section was just a corner of the stadium. Last year it took up an entire endzone (which blew my mind). I sincerely hope they get an incredibly poor student turnout for the first homegame – maybe then they’ll realized that to enforce draconian rules on a group of that size will only result in an opposite reaction.

]]> By: Rob http://www.cm-life.com/2009/08/28/main-street-may-be-scene-for-those-displeased-with-new-tailgating-procedures/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Rob Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:00:25 +0000 http://www.cm-life.com/?p=1605#comment-295 This idea won't work because it isn't spreading anything out. It's just attempting to move the tailgate to a new area that's roughly the same size. Whatever problems the Tailgate currently has that is causing the rules change will only resurface on Main St., which at that point would be even more hazardous to students, especially if the crowd's attendance gets anywhere near the ballpark that the current tailgate gets. Beyond this, I'm sure that CMU would not like this at all, seeing as how they were trying to condense and isolate the tailgate area in the first place. Spreading it around over Main St. completely opposes this idea, and also puts students at risk legally for anything from serving minors to noise violations and nuisance parties. Also, this is only going to keep students from going to the games, which is the whole reason for tailgating right outside of the staduim. If people think attendance was a problem before, this will only worsen it. Not a good idea, but people will probably do it, sigh. This idea won’t work because it isn’t spreading anything out. It’s just attempting to move the tailgate to a new area that’s roughly the same size. Whatever problems the Tailgate currently has that is causing the rules change will only resurface on Main St., which at that point would be even more hazardous to students, especially if the crowd’s attendance gets anywhere near the ballpark that the current tailgate gets. Beyond this, I’m sure that CMU would not like this at all, seeing as how they were trying to condense and isolate the tailgate area in the first place. Spreading it around over Main St. completely opposes this idea, and also puts students at risk legally for anything from serving minors to noise violations and nuisance parties. Also, this is only going to keep students from going to the games, which is the whole reason for tailgating right outside of the staduim. If people think attendance was a problem before, this will only worsen it. Not a good idea, but people will probably do it, sigh.

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