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UF’s new alcohol policy won’t effect majority of fans

When the news that broke Wednesday that at future football and basketball games, I immediately took to social media to gauge the response of my fellow game-goers.

Based on the responses I received, I was surprised to read that virtually everyone that responded felt that athletic director Jeremy Foley is about to make a big mistake.

The SEC prohibits the sale of alcohol to the general public. Former UF president Bernie Machen took a bold stance against alcohol sales in his time at Gainesville: Machen’s preference was always for UF to maintain a “dry” campus.

The conversation about whether to allow alcohol sales must have been re-opened when Kent Fuchs replaced Machen as UF president in 2015.