Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucdcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!kaufman From: kaufman@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Football weekends Message-ID: <36200164@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 12:09:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.36200164 Posted: Mon Oct 22 12:09:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Oct-84 03:13:08 EDT References: <353@uwmacc.UUCP> Lines: 15 Nf-ID: #R:uwmacc:-35300:uiucdcs:36200164:000:845 Nf-From: uiucdcs!kaufman Oct 22 11:09:00 1984 Maybe things are different at some other schools across the country, but here at the University of Illinois, a surprisingly small percentage of the students who go to the football games are actually football fans (my opinion). The rest come for the bands, the social atmosphere, or just as an excuse to get drunk in the afternoon. The security personnel have had to become more and more like storm troopers at the stadium. In short, it's becoming less and less of an opportunity to go out and enjoy a football game. In some senses, the probation put on this school may have been a blessing in disguise. Then again, it may not have helped. I am seriously considering not renewing my tickets next year, despite the fact that we'll be beginning a home-and-home with Nebraska and USC. Ken Kaufman (uiucdcs!kaufman) "Great seats, huh, buddy?"