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.