I came across an article on the "Times Union" website about a professional beer pong tournament. It actually sounds like a lot of fun if you want to do it, it's at "Jillian's" tonight. The thing that stands our for me though is, there is no beer involved.

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To be fair it's called the "World Pong Tour" , not "The Beer pong tour. I also, do not think anyone wants to see someone pass out or get alcohol poisoning because they were in too many rounds and a few of their matches went into some sort of overtime.  Yes, I know there is no overtime in beer pong, but you get my point.

With that said, isn't drinking the beer what makes it more difficult? Especially heading into the finals. I think in some ways it would be more and more fun as the night went on. In fact, what if we added a little chugging of the beer to more sporting events? I could just see Tiger trying to drain that last 6 footer to win the "Masters" after shots at each hole. How about watching Kobe try to hit a three pointer to win the game if he was chugging drafts after each free throw. Good times.

Now I am not advocating celebrating public intoxication or alcohol abuse, I'm just saying that if done with a sense of responsibility, a little beer can make anything a bit more fun. After all it was the great Ben Franklin who said "Beer is God's way of telling us he loves us and wants us to be happy".

 

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