1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - Alcohol sales at Husker events: February 3rd, 10:25am

Episode Date: February 3, 2022

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You're listening to one-on-one with D.P. Brought to you by Beatrice Bakery. On 93-7 The Ticket and the Ticketfm.com. It's, um, I was talking to Rico over the break. And we're talking about, you know, Barry Thompson and his lovely wife, Cynthia, who makes these amazing care packages. Uh, you can go on social with Cindy's special gifts. So, you know, like we're doing the care packages for Viatrist's Bakery.

she does she creates them by hand she takes a bunch of stuff and she does this now his son miles uh was was playing football at penn penn ivy league was in the and was in the wharton business school and decided he wanted to be a singer and guess what it's really good at it and it kind of makes me mad that you be that pretty and that talented and you can you can you can you can sing and play guitar and all that and then Layla his daughter who was at Florida artist just look up LM tweets LM tweets just amazing painter creator the Thompsons have figured out how to raise incredible young people and it is by being incredible people like good families make good people good people make good families

the Thompson's are a living example of them. So not so vicious cycle. Right. Like it is just a thing to watch these young people. I mean, yeah, not only both of them were Division I athlete level talent

and then said, okay, we're going to do something else creative because that's what we feel. That's like the space that we need to be in. And I, like I said, played you some of miles,

you know, him playing the guitar. He's too good looking to be talented to. Like I think that's just, not fair. Some people get everything. So just imagine Shamar Moore. That's Miles Thompson, except for he can say. It has hair. Yeah. That's good hair. Like has a good like he's so good looking that he tries to scraggle it up and not

he's doing that. He's doing that thing. Right. Like he's so good looking that it's like let me let me let me let me scruff this up a little bit. Like what the weekend did with his weird mop of hair. Right. That's I'm like and he's like they're two of my favorite people. Two of my favorite young people. So there's that. But I say that to say, just love on your kids. They'll find their path. Just love on them. Like, don't put expectation on them. Just love on them. And that doesn't mean give them everything. It simply means support the good things that they do. Like, we know the difference between giving support for and then supporting the good things that they do. There is a difference

and there is a method to the madness. RICO, you had a story. Did you get the, did you find the notes on it? Yes, I did. Any Regents to consider allowing alcohol sales at Husker Athletic events? The Board of Regents is going to meet February 11th. And consider revising the longstanding ban on alcohol sales at Husker athletic events. Okay. They are considering allowing alcohol sales during the Big Ten Wrestling Championship at PBA,

March 5th through the 6th through the 6th. Word. They currently have no proposals to introduce alcohol sales at University of athletic events, including football, basketball, or baseball. But... But... Hold on. Where is it at? University of Nebraska, Lincoln Athletic Director, Trev Alberts, and UNL Chancellor Ronnie Green, sponsored the proposal, while University of Nebraska President Ted Carter recommended and signed the proposed addendum. So, this just struck me, and I didn't...

I was not aware. So it hasn't always been this way. I don't. Because the release says the current policy, which has been in place since 1999. Well, this says alcohol has never been sold at Hustra Athletic events. So maybe there wasn't a proposal or there wasn't anything banning it, but they just never did it.

And then finally probably around a time when they thought about it. Okay. So the ban happened. I can't say for sure. So the way it's written is the current policy, which has been in place since 1999, states that it is unlawful for any person to consume alcoholic beverages at any intercollegiate athletic event conducted on university property. But PBA is PBA university property. No, it does not. It goes further.

The proposed amendment would be the first step toward permitting the sale of alcohol at athletics, including a moment. Memorial Stadium, Pinnacle Bank at Haymarket Park, or other campus events. So, and again, I don't have a dog. I don't have skin in the game. I don't have a dog in a fight, right? Whatever you decide to do is whatever you decide you're going to do. But this will draw different levels of conversation going forward for what people want. Right?

What people want and what's good for people. Like there is a difference between what people. want to do and what's good for people to do. Rico, from your vantage, do you want alcohol at events? Do you care if I do not care? I think if the university is so, you know, strapped for cash or they want to find a way to make more money, alcohol sales would definitely help that out, especially at, you know, baseball, softball, whatever, those, those spring slash.

summer outdoor events where, you know, you already have the taps and everything built in because the other events that happen at those venues sell alcohol. So you're set there also with PBA. I don't really care. Like it doesn't affect me one way or another. Maybe if I'm there, I'll get a beer. Maybe I won't. I can't say for sure.

So have you gone to a concert at PBA? I have not, but I've been to a couple of Salt Dogs games and I've gotten beer there. Okay. So it's not, is it obnoxious? No, not. People aren't obnoxious. People drink however much they're going to drink. People, like, everybody gets scared that people are going to get obnoxiously drunk and

start throwing stuff, especially football games. They're going to start throwing stuff on the field, or they're going to start yelling, or they're going to, you know, spill their beer everywhere. And, you know, you're going to have a couple people like that. But for the most part, I think it'll be pretty much the same, because the people that get drunk at game or people that will be drunk at games if they start selling alcohol, are the people that are currently drunk at games chugging their beer or alcohol

before they get in the stadium or sneaking some in. Right, so it doesn't, you're not, what I would think that they should do is ban being drunk at athletic events. I think you get like a little wristband, you get a little wristband or something,

and maybe you get like a little mark or something on it and it's like you get like two, three beers for the game. You know, some people might want to abuse. Like, I don't know if you can actually do that, You could do it on a app. Oh, yeah, everything's on an app. Yeah, you can just set the app.

You just set the app. Yeah. You can only know, of course, people will carry three phones in. So you can just tell people like, we're selling beer. We're not accepting cash. You have to, you know, have this app. And if people get all up in arms about it, be like, look, here's why. You wanted beer.

We got beer, but here's the rules. There are rules. You're just going to have to follow them. If you want a beer at Memorial Stadium, you can only have three. You have to download this app. We will only sell you three beers. Is the, is the, is the, is the, is the, is the, rule protecting

college students? Is it protecting or is it for college students? Like are you do you is it because you just don't want to see college? The college students are drunk. You're, you cannot tell me the the people in the student section. Is that true? The people in the student section are drunk. I didn't go to

UNL. But I can imagine, you know, at a Division I school you're out there, you know, getting loud, hooping and hollering. You're going to your own tailgate. Can you and Nick ask that? Like, ask Nick because he, you may have some, insight to that. Nick is not drunk. Nick is responsible. Right. Well, here's the thing. We talk about it all the time. Don't let

the bad apple ruin the entire thing. Yeah. So if it's just a handful of Husker fans who are getting out of control, you know, yeah. Alcohol to games will increase the number of vomit cleanup calls. Personally, I'm not a fan. The vomit cleanup is going to happen because, like, it's happening now because

those people are downing their alcohol before they get in the game. Yeah, they're chugging. They're doing, I mean, the tailgate, that's what a lot of tailgates are there. Especially like, you know, during a cold game, they're going to sneak the shooters in. And they've already had multiple shots, multiple beers before. And they're like, oh, I'm going to take these in because I'm going to see. It's going to keep me more. And then they're going to add their three beer on top of it.

And then they're going to add the three beer on top of it. So here's, here's the third. I think one, self-policing, peer policing, right? And you hate to have like people narcan on each other. But quite frankly, you can't let the bad apples ruin. the event and the experience. Yeah. Right?

Like I'm trying to figure out what at PBA at a basketball game, the game is so fast moving. Football you can kind of settle in and load up. Baseball, you can settle in and load up. Do you think trying it during Husker baseball might be? It's set up. They do it for the salt dogs. Right.

I think that would be the right now. So, okay. No spill. This is going to sound mean. I mean it in the nicest way possible. Which means he is about to blow somebody's doors off. Don't do it at basketball this season. Oh, no.

Oh, oh. Do not start a basketball, especially this season. Although, although, although, I would think that if you want to raise this thing, you can put parameters on it and say, listen, if you guys win, you get a fourth beer. No. Do not do it a basketball this season. Nobody will ever get a fourth beer. fourth beer. Right. Like, trans will be thrown out of the game. Do not do the basketball this

season. Different. Because if people get drunk, if people get drunk, you could do it for the women's game. You could. I'd be downed with that. Right? Yeah. But then, but if you do it for a woman's game, you need, although you should be doing this regardless, to open more than one concession stand. Well, why not just have beer vendors, right? Well, I mean, there's that also. But you, you have multiple concession stands around the arena. Just open them up, please and thank you. Um, but Start at baseball. It's outdoor. It's hopefully warm weather.

And you have it set up for the salt dogs already. They do that. And people don't get obnoxiously drunk at the games. Think of the number of people who will show up. Think of the number of people who vend at Memorial Stadium. If you just move those people in those same numbers to PBA, there's no bad service. Yeah. There's no bad service.

Do they have people walking through the crowd at PBA? They do not that I know. Why? Which would be interesting. Because you could do the same as you do it at football. You could have pizza. You know, Valentino's. You could have Runza.

You could have soda pop. If you start selling beer, you can have beer. But the beer one, you're going to have somebody over 21 walking around with it, obviously. Not that kids are walking around. Talk to me about these concerts that are happening in PBA. I've never gone to a concert PVA. So then I'll ask, is there rampant drunkenness at those concerts? There's rapid drunkenness at every concert, isn't there?

Well, I mean, it's like we've got to. I've never been to a concert. Oh, we got to fix that, bro. I just assume that just about every concert, indoor or outdoor, there's a lot of drunk people. I'm going to send you to Earthwind and Fire. It's outdoors at the, it's at the bowl. It's outside.

It's May 13th or something. Okay. You and Rachel need to go see Earthwood and Fire. You're down for that? I'd be down with that. You're good with that? We need to, yeah, I can't have this happen. Yeah, so Kui and Luke says this.

What's up, D.P.? What's up, Luke? Has anyone seen the line at concession stands at Memorial Stadium? No one's getting drunk from this change. Yeah, I mean, but that's why those boundaries are put in place. Like if you're, and if somebody's going to work that hard to overindulge, one, they're going to identify themselves, and two, they're not the problem. they're the outlier.

We certainly hope that of the 90,000, 85,000 that 40,000 are not there to power drink and not be involved in the game. The couple of NBA games I've gone to, I've seen people go up to the counter and get like four beers. That's just trying too hard. I didn't see if they had more people with them wherever they went and sat down. No, it's two per person. But they're just like holding them against their chest and they're just like, here we go.

I got four beers. No, it's two percent. And yeah, everybody's talking. about the price of the beer. They're not going to be cheap, first off. So if you're down to spend $30 on three beers, go ahead. I'm going to get one beer. I'm going to be good. When I was drinking beer at events, because I don't drink anymore. Start selling wine at Memorial Stadium.

Yeah, like, well, but I mean, oh, my goodness, that would actually be worse. I can see the booster. If they're selling wine, it needs to be in the boxes. Right. Right. Well, glasses. You got to drink. You're not doing a glass. It's out of paper clubs.

We're not doing glasses. Out of paper clubs. Yeah. Out of paper cups. Plastic cups. Do you put a wine in a stadium cup? In a plastic cup. Oh, that would be amazing.

That would be amazing. Just you get the, like the Husker volleyball, 32-ounce cup, and you just put wine in it instead. You know what? This is a great way to do it. A souvenir cup, just like they do with Cokes and otherwise. Okay. That size, you get one.

32-ounce piece. and you can only buy one at a time or with somebody with you. Hmm. Yeah. And then they're selling the cups. You're able to keep track of what's going on, right? Slows down the process, helps you manage it. I'm interested.

Okay. So we'll throw the break there. We're not done with this at all. We've got one more second. We'll get set up for the captain's show. But yeah, pretty interesting. We'll figure it all out. We'll work all that.

We've got seven minutes. That's enough time. We can solve it, right? Yeah. Okay, let's do that. Watch live on Facebook, YouTube, or Twitch. You're listening to one-on-one with DP on 937 the Ticket and the Ticketfm.com.