Bringing your own water bottle to the Big House? Forget it.
I think you responded to your own rant.
Well, maybe if I could take one of the "newly installed water fountains" to my seat. Or maybe 50 or so of the tiny cups they use to pass out free water.
Makes me think we need an organized protest. At kick off to the UCONN game, everyone get in line for water. Stadium will be near empty. Yeah, who am I kidding, I wouldn't miss the game for a minute.
112,000 people sharing like, 10, water fountains....tasty herpes!
(OR when what's left the of the State economy stalls on Monday because everyone's out with the flu...)
Just tape the bottle to your leg.
I thought they were switching to Dasani with the switch to Coke products? Either way, that sucks. I don't understand the point. It can get damn hot in the stadium. sealed water doesn't seem like a hazard.
Sigh.
How much does it cost to pick up all the empty water bottles after the game?
How much does ti cost to pick up all of the empty, complimentary water cups after the game?
Edit: And on top of that, this out of ignorance of the cup variety, and generally less impactful point, are we talking cups that can be recycled easier, or are talking paper/styrofoam cups that will be trashed?
It costs something like $10,000 a season for the stadium to be cleaned up after games. We have a deal with Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard HS. Their students pick up the litter on the Sunday after a home game.
My point is more will it reduce that cost any by replacing the limited number of water bottles with cups but good to know. That's actually a rather nice cause.
EDIT: Guess it's not free
beating purdue is your #1 key to the season?
wow how far have we fallen?
Far enough that we've lost to all three of the above teams twice in a row, sadly. If we win those three games, Michigan will have shown huge, huge improvement
Well, if people actually used the many recycling bins around the stadium, practically nothing.
I'm pretty sure I've heard that Michigan fans are recycling fans.
Welp, there goes the easiest way to smuggle in a bottle of vodka. Slumdog Millionaire style.
There goes my spitter for the game
Drinking water distracts you from a perfectly good game of football.
Yet it soothes the vocal chords on a hot day, so that I can scream louder. It's a fair trade off, methinks.
Just put your ice cold water in a flask. Or an even more refreshing beverage.
Trust me, by game time, it's water that I need.
What will Brian throw if someone boos?
Rocks - still permitted in Michigan stadium
Your avatar is awesome
but Polaroids kick ass. the combination? pure Columbian awesome.
Absopure water is heaven in a bottle. They used to have the fridges stocked with it at Schembechler (I assume they still do). Best water around folks...don't give me this b.s. Aquafina or Dasani. Tastes terrible.
Absopure is local too...gotta support the area.
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Absopure is just bottled Plymouth, Mi tap water. That's why it tastes so good. I live right down the street from where they bottle it, and there is definitely no spring there that I know about.
August 2nd, 2010 at 12:16 PM ^
I'm sold. I'm moving to Plymouth just so I can get awesome free water from my kitchen faucet.
How are all those guys that sell water bottles out of coolers for a buck on the way to the stadium going to keep their small businesses afloat?
I actually had that thought, too. It was a real deal, knowing that once you were inside, a bottle of water was gonna cost you 200% more than that. I guess they can hope that folks will buy it and chug it before they get to the gate.
Once it gets chilly enough for jackets, people can easily smuggle them in. Of course, that's not the peak selling season.
I could see this ban being reversed, though probably not in time for this year.
This policy change seems entirely meaningless.
http://www.mgoblue.com/feedback/mich-feedback.html
Kickstart the feedback machine.
In case anyone just wants to cut and paste, here's the feedback I submitted:
"Hello, I recently received my football season tickets and was very disappointed to see that sealed water bottles will no longer be allowed into the stadium. I realize that there are free small cups of water and drinking fountains available. However using these sources will cause me to have to leave my seat during the game (I normally never leave my seat so I don't miss any of the great action). I'd like to ask that you reconsider this ban. At the least, perhaps you might allow entirely empty bottles so that individuals can fill up their bottle at the water fountains prior to going to there seat and then not miss any of the game.
Thank you for your consideration."
I'm sure someone else can put together a more elegant response. However, if you're gonna be lazy then you can't be choosey (well I suppose technically you can...).
Cut and Pasted and Sent. Thanks.
all they're doing is creating a liquids ban, not a container ban.
"All bottles (including all types of water bottles) are prohibited from being brought into the stadium."
it likely refers to gatorade and pop bottles - there is absolutely no legal basis for banning containers except to prevent bs noise makers
but I wouldn't cut and paste it. It'd be a little suspicious if I were an AD employee and kept getting the exact same message, from different people. It's not that hard to write your own.
However, you can still do the change in the bottle noise maker thing, you just have to drink a bottle of water or dump the water out first. . I'll be there every game, making the noise....except, not for the Wisconsin game (wedding in Houston..sucks).
I do feel bad for the water bottle vendors outside the stadium - $1 was a good deal.
to the TSA? Who knows. I sneak in liquor and am happy to sneak in H2O.
Usually there is a reason. Or at least a stated reason. It may be a dumb reason, or an illegitimate reason; but at least a reason. Anybody? I'm just the curious type.
I actually tried to come up with reasons before I posted my little rant. None of 'em made any sense:
- Reducing waste? No, I could just buy one in the stadium.
- People throwing them? No, same reason.
- Possible use as an explosive device? Well, I just don't know enough to say, honestly.
- People sneaking in booze? I suppose, but there are other ways of doing that.
Like you said, I'd just love to know the thinking here. Maybe it actually is just to make a buck.
It's hard to sneak in booze if the water bottle is sealed, which is what the rule was. This new rule makes no sense, and the AD's inability to justify it makes it even more aggravating.
but depending on the person working the gate and if there's a bunch of people trying to get in right before kickoff, they don't really check to see if it's sealed.
I usually bring in a bottle to make sure my voice isn't shot by halftime, but I'm not gonna go get a drink out of a fountain and risk missing the game. And I really don't want to pay $4 for a bottle, either.
everyone voice you concerns using the link octal9 provided above,
and include how they ran out of water a few years ago
This is absurd. I felt bad for the vendors that sell water also. I guess just put the water in your shorts pocket or hooded sweat shirt. Too many people walking in to seach you up and down.
I want water pretty badly during the games, but this could have some serious health implications for dehydrated students with hangovers, who will badly need water. As funny as that sounds, being really hung over, then spending 3 hours in the blistering sun can lead to heat injuries. Fans pass out every year, and many people will object to buying $3 water in the stadium.