So your big problem here is the 55 gallon limit? Or the speakers being pointed at your own camper? And the cushions? Playing loud music in a crowded area accomplishes little but making a nuisance of yourself. You may not believe that not everyone in the world enjoys Eagles Greatest Hits and enjoys staying up until 4:00am, but I assure you not everyone does. Here's the deal with oversized cushions: they intrude on the very limited space other people have purchased. Your oversized cushion essentially claims space your stadium neighbors need. You may have noticed the seats in the stadium have gotten thinner and thinner over the years. I'm 6'2" about 180# and even I have problems fitting into those seats. You may also have notice parking issues on campus at game time. I know I have. There just isn't that much space out there. Hence the 55 gallon cooker limit. And honestly, how much gumbo do you need to make? You could probably get it back after the game. If not, you could always sue for its return or for money under the "just compensation" clause of the constitution. You have absolutely no idea what my name means.
Just like we have the right to take the alcohol you wanted to drink or the umbrella you try to bring in or the Tec 9 in your wasteband. All things you purchased but for one reason or another are not allowed in the stadium.
And here is where i doubt your tailgating skillz. Anybody who tailgates with a medium to large group (say, more than 7 people) knows that you need a larger than standard grill, or you'll be grilling all day. A good example is the annual Team KATT tradition of roasting a whole pig once a year. That takes way more than a 55 gallon container.
Exactly! I should have made myself more clearly but anyway I don't like this idea along with paying for police to watch rv's while they should have more important things to do. I also think that most people who go to the games aren't kids so therefore their cushions shouldn't be taken. I don't know, I might have less of a problem with it if there was some place to pick them up after the game. I would think that adults could be responsible enough if told they can't use their cushions that they could respect the people around them.
If there is one thing I've noticed from my recent forays into college football games (both home and away) is there is very little of "respect the people around [you]" going on.
As someone that has been going to college football games since the 70's my experience has been just the opposite. You will always have a handful of jerks sprinkled with an occasional drunk but most are friendly and respectful.
I get a little aggravated when we try to put 35 people in a row with 30 seats. I had 2 tickets to game last year because a friend of mine couldn't go and I didn't bother trying to sell the extra ticket, and was still very crowded in our row. I had like seats 21-22 and by halftime was in seat 24. If paid for two seats, I planned on using two seats.
What about oversized people......those lard azzes take up two spaces. It was actually considered, for airplane seats, to charge them more. Would be harder with football tickets for obvious reasons but they are all up in ya space.
Are we really arguing about the width of seat cushions? It's Tiger Stadium...you shouldn't be sitting down anyway! As far as electricity, if LSU wants to play it that way there really isn't much you can say. It technically is stealing I guess. However, in the larger scheme of things, the amount of power need to run a few TV's on gameday is such a tiny fraction compared to what the campus is using. I mean just the stadium lights alone use a thousand times more power than every "pugged in" tailgate combined. The biggest problem with the rules are certain folks will always take advantage of them. Then, LSU tightens them up and it hurts the courteous people just having a good time. It's not the group of 3 couples with their 19" TV plugged into an outlet by the Pentagon that’s causing a problem. It's the group of 50 sophomores that plunk down their 10,000 watt professional stereo system in the middle of tailgates that have been out there for 10-15 years and play "Stunin' Like My Daddy" over and over at full blast. Same with the generators. Those little Honda generators are so quite you can't even hear them. The tailgate next to ours used to run a TV, Christmas lights, and fans and I never heard or saw a generator. I was talking to them one morning and asked how they were running all that. The guy lifted up the table cloth and there was his little Honda running right along. It sounded like a fish tank pump. I was a foot from it and never knew. Then there are they guys that bring out their 5k watt Colman from the camp and it sounds like a jack hammer all day. Hopefully campus police will use judgment when enforcing some of these rules.
