Tailgating Tips For Beginners

With the NFL and College football seasons here, its time to review some tailgating tips to make you feel like a champ! Many people that go to games are getting into the tailgating party. For most people they have no clue what to do or how to do it. I am going to give you a few tips to make you look like your a "seasoned" veteran.

Here are the main things you need to consider as a rookie in tailgating:

1. Pack the things you need before you have the party! Assess everything that you will need to bring from home; trash bags, fold out chairs, coolers, beer and all the other necessities. Go to costco a day or so before the game and load up on the hot dogs and hamburgers and anything else you might think and don't forget to properly package them so they don't spoil.

2. Plan out the location of your tailgating party. If you can drive by where you will be tailgating and make sure you have enough space to actually have a party.

3. This one is the most common tailgating failure of all. Don't forget to fill up your propane tank before leaving for the party. You can not cook without the propane.

4. Bring separate coolers for your raw meats and your ready to eat foods! You don't want to make all of your tailgating guests really sick because then they will never go to another one of your parties and a party is no fun with only yourself.

5. This is an easy one. The night before freeze all of your drinks instead of putting them in a cooler full of ice. That way your drinks will be cold and you won't have to deal with the mess of the melting ice. As you become more seasoned at tailgating than you can use the cooler and the ice technique.

6. Go to a store and buy some of your team flags to hang everywhere. After you do that than you can move onto buying balloons and whatnot. The reasoning for this is so that you guests will be able to recognize you easier and locate you faster.

7. Always have food ready to go. Anytime a guest wants to eat there should be food awaiting them. Do not put yourself in a panic mode if your food is not ready.

8. Remove the ashes after grilling and keep them in heavy duty tin foil. Dip the foil completely in water before placing it in a container for trash. That way the trash or the container doesn't catch fire.

9. Lastly, after the party is over remember to clean up your own mess. So, make sure you have plenty of trash bags to dispose of all the garbage.

By doing all of these things, you can consider yourself as one of the Veterans in tailgating.

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You're a great football fan, if...

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All football fans go a little crazy. So how can you tell a real fan? You're a great football fan, if...

You said your wedding vows while watching a football game out of the corner of your eye.

You proposed at a tailgate party.

You asked your wife to have a Caesarian Section, because the baby was due on Super Bowl Sunday.

In preparation for a romantic evening you put on a football helmet.

You did the end zone hustle at your wedding reception.

You dated the team mascot in costume.

Your definition of "getting lucky" is finding a football ticket in your wife's jeans.

Your wife saw your marriage proposal on the stadium scoreboard.

You've ever worn face paint to Sunday church.

You met your wife when she was selling hotdogs at the stadium.

You keep a football playbook in the bathroom.

Your girlfriend used to date most of the players on the team.

Your season tickets cost more than your house.

You have a tattoo of your team logo.

You dream of having sex at half-time... in the stadium.

You have had sex at half-time... in the stadium.

Your children are named Ditka, Heisman and O.J.

Your wedding colors were the same as your team colors.

You've offered to post bail for a football player.

You're definition of "getting lucky" is a seat on the fifty-yard line.

Stadium Food Service catered your wedding.

In preparation for a romantic evening, you ask your wife to wear a cheerleader outfit.

You missed weekend visitation rights because of a football game.

You and your wife stay married for the sake of the bobblehead collection.

You do "the wave" when you're asleep in bed.

In the school yearbook, you're wearing the team uniform on picture day.

Your prenuptial agreement mentions season tickets.

You named your dog Touchdown.

You have three big screen TV's in the living room for Sunday's games.

You've worn the same shirt on Sundays for seven years

Should College Football Athletes Be Paid?

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College football is it work or is it fun? Some would argue both. The athletes have fun running, catching, blocking, and kicking. They don't necessarily enjoy 4 and 5 hour practices, daily film sessions, and weight lifting. Much of what they do is fun. Also much of what they do is work. With that in mind, should they be paid? Also keep in mind they produce millions of dollars for their schools and risk life and limb.

They have fun. They have worked their whole lives to get to the point where they are able to perform at the college level of athletics. They put in long hours of training and perform at high levels to produce wins and put people in seats. There is no doubt that what they do is work. This is why they give scholarships to the best of these athletes and provide housing and meals. Is that enough? Should they be paid?

Many colleges bring in as much as 45 million dollars a year from the football program. Notre Dame brings in 101 million a year from athletics. College football coaches are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars and even millions in many cases. The football program provides money for the entire department of athletics. Football players are given scholarships but no money. They produce a great deal but aren't given any money. I think they should be given a monthly per diem of at least $1000.00 per player.

Yes they risk life and limb with no monetary compensation. There have been athletes to receive substantial injuries from playing football from paralysis, to hip injuries, to ankle injuries and sometimes even death. These injuries have ended possible million dollar careers. They play a gladiator sport that involves violence. Athletes should be compensated monetarily for this risk and in many cases this occurrence of injuries.

The NCAA does not allow for the paying of college football players and athletes. They risk life and limb and work extra hard for their schools. They bring in millions of dollars and provide millions of dollars for other athletics at these universities. They should be paid. No doubt!

I am a writer of many things, but presently I am venturing into college football, so some would call me a sportswriter.

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