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Originally Posted by Cory
I am fairly sure that this policy is already in effect at most sporting events.
The thing is, there's probably 20 or 30 places a person can get beer at any given NBA game, and I'm sure no matter how drunk someone is they'd manage to find one stand that would serve them.
Beer sales make vendors WAY too much money to stop doing it on account of something like this.
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You are probably right.
I had an idea... I don't know if it would work or not, and I am sure that the system would be abused anyway... but maybe not to the extent that it is now.
Maybe a way that someone could keep track of how much a person has been drinking would be to have a little chart on the back of each person's ticket stub, and each time they bought a drink, they would be required to have the back of their ticket stub stamped. They could have a maximum amount of times that their ticket stub could be stamped... giving them a maximum number of times that they could buy a drink.
I can see where this system would fail if someone used someone else's ticket stub after theirs had already been filled up. I think that along with their ticket stub, people should also present a form of personal identification, such as a driver's license. That form of identification would be linked to their ticket stub within a database, and if their ticket stub didn't match with their ID card, then they wouldn't be allowed to buy another drink. I know it sounds a little bit complicated, but heres the scenario as I see it.
A person walks up to beer vendor and asks to buy a drink. Vendor says, "Can I see your ticket stub and an ID?" Vendor uses some sort of a handheld ticket scanner to scan a bar code that is located on the ticket stub. If the ID on the scanner for the stub matches the identification that is presented, and the person hasn't exceeded the maximum amount of drinks they are allowed... then the person is allowed to buy a drink. Then the vendor stamps the back of the person's ticket.
I know it's all a bit complicated, but this is a complicated issue. I think that the problem is common enough to merit action on the part of sports areas to eliminate excessive consumption of alcohol. There are probably some loopholes in the idea presented above... and if you can point them out... thats fine. Perhaps it will get other people thinking about other ways to solve the problem that might be even better. If there is a simpler way, I hope that someone can come up with it.
As for my feelings on taking no action at all... see my signature for a better idea of the way that I feel.