Drinking ban at North Dakota college sporting events defeated in state legislature

Thank God this moronic rule was defeated in the legislature, cooler heads have prevailed. This bill was flawed and ill conceived. Seriously, we don’t need anymore rules. This bill stunk of nannystateism, we don’t need the government telling us how to raise our children and how to live our lives, back off already. This is North Dakota, not some blue state.

Another reason this bill was ill conceived and poorly thought out was it was counter productive, is I don’t think these people that proposed this bill realized or had a clue what the economic impact would've been on the Alerus, REA and possibly the Fargo Dome. Rep. Chuck Damschen, the man that proposed this moronic bill also said that he didn't drink so he was trying to push his values on the rest of us.

BISMARCK — A proposed ban on drinking at North Dakota college sporting events has been beaten in the state House.

Valley City Rep. Phillip Mueller says the issue should be left to the colleges themselves. He says some college arenas serve alcohol to adults, and the bill would prevent them from doing it.

Representatives voted 78-13 today to defeat the proposal. It sought to ban drinking at college games, and on nearby property, if anyone younger than 18 was there.

Hampden Rep. Chuck Damschen sponsored the measure. He says it was intended to fight underage drinking in North Dakota.

Damschen says opponents of the bill claimed it was an attempt to ban tailgating at college games. He says it would have only prohibited drinking at tailgate parties.