NFL: No alcohol for team functions, flights

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

NEW YORK (May 31, 2007) -- NFL clubs may no longer serve alcohol at team functions or on buses or flights, extending a ban that until now applied only in locker rooms.

NFL owners and executives were told by Commissioner Roger Goodell that the rule pertains not only to players but to owners, coaches and guests.

"I believe that no constructive purpose is served by clubs continuing to make alcoholic beverages available, and that doing so imposes significant and unnecessary risks to the league, its players and others," Goodell wrote to all 32 teams in a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/10204715

I really like the job that Goodell is doing, and no I'm not just saying this because he's from Jamestown, NY

[jamesiscool]

Re: NFL: No alcohol for team functions, flights

good job goodell. i like what he's doing.

punishing thugs and all that good **** is awesome.

keep it comin dood.

[Mitchy moo]

Re: NFL: No alcohol for team functions, flights

Well he didn't say they couldn't bring their own.

[Cntrygal]

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[Pinkerton Security]

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Does this mean there will be no free alcohol at the Bills camp kickoff party???

[BillsPride12]

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The 90's Bills would not have liked this move one bit

[Night Train]

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All the booze will be up in the cockpit.

[dolphan117]

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Well he didn't say they couldn't bring their own.

Yup, I assumed at first that all alcohol at all team events was being banned which pissed me off. Why shouldn't a player be able to have a beer in a team hotel following a game? But then someone pointed out just what you said, the only thing being banned is the team providing alcohol, players will be free to buy their own beer when on the road. Which there is nothing wrong with IMO as long as they aren't doing anything else stupid.

[Mitchy moo]

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IMO as long as they aren't doing anything else stupid.

Like drinking at work, lol.

[BillsFever21]

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Goodell is getting out of control now. It's not his job to tell grown men when they can have a drink. This isn't college football.

I like disciplining the thugs like Pacman Jones but telling the players when they can drink and not isn't any of his business.

There are more good guys in the NFL then there are bad guys. The problem is you only hear about the bad ones. The bad guys will eventually come into the open and he can deal with them by suspending them, but he shouldn't act like he is the moral officer of the league and decide for grown men what is good for them and what isn't.

[Mitchy moo]

Re: NFL: No alcohol for team functions, flights

Goodell is getting out of control now. It's not his job to tell grown men when they can have a drink. This isn't college football.

I like disciplining the thugs like Pacman Jones but telling the players when they can drink and not isn't any of his business.

There are more good guys in the NFL then there are bad guys. The problem is you only hear about the bad ones. The bad guys will eventually come into the open and he can deal with them by suspending them, but he shouldn't act like he is the moral officer of the league and decide for grown men what is good for them and what isn't.

Actually, he doesn't want the actions of a few to speak for the many. Alot of the guys that make mistakes do it in a alcohol / drug related event. If you think about it, if the bad boys of the NFL didn't personally abuse any substances would there be a problem. A majority of the problems are drug and alcohol related.

With all that being said, it's still BYOB.