I stand corrected. Only banned at NCAA championship games, RECOMENDED not to be sold at all NCAA athletic events.
[FONT="]Posted August 2005
I. Values with Regard to Alcohol[/FONT]
[FONT="]The NCAA supports the following values and general principles with regard to student-athlete use of alcohol:[/FONT]
·The NCAA is concerned about the health and safety of student-athletes.
·The NCAA takes seriously its responsibility to educate student-athletes.
·[FONT="]Illegal behaviors involving alcohol (e.g., underage drinking, manufacturing and distributing false identification, drinking and driving) are unacceptable.[/FONT]
·The NCAA does not oppose legal drinking; however, e[FONT="]xcessive use of alcohol is always discouraged.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Abstinence, as an option, is supported and never discouraged.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]The NCAA has, for many years, banned sale of alcohol at NCAA championship events.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]The NCAA has taken a leadership role in developing educational programming in this area. [/FONT]
·[FONT="]Each NCAA member institution has a responsibility to control[/FONT][FONT="] illegal and abusive drinking on its campus.
[/FONT][FONT="]III. Recommendations[/FONT]
The NCAA Executive Committee recommends that all member institutions and conferences be encouraged to:
·Prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages during all preseason, regular season, conference and postseason intercollegiate athletic events. Alcoholic beverages should not be sold or otherwise made available for public consumption in the athletics facility during intercollegiate athletics events.
·Promote legal and responsible use of alcohol by fans outside the stadium or arena (e.g., tailgating). To the extent that an institution can preclude the sale of alcohol outside the stadium or arena, those efforts should be made. When such restrictions are not feasible, an institution should visibly promote the legal and responsible use of alcohol for all fans associated with the event.
·[FONT="]Prohibit on-site alcohol advertising [/FONT]during all preseason, regular season, conference and postseason intercollegiate events. Except when expressly prohibited by prior contract, institutions should preclude advertising, banners and signs of displays for liquor, beer (including nonalcoholic beer) or wine products. Any permanently affixed or leased advertising, including banners, signs or displays in the facility, should be covered during the event.
·Prohibit media advertising of alcoholic beverages that exceed six percent alcohol by volume. Immediately prior to, during and subsequent to televised competition, institutions should preclude media advertising of alcoholic beverages that exceed six percent alcohol by volume.
·Limit advertising of malt beverages, beer and wine products that do not exceed six percent alcohol by volume and include content that emphasizes legal use of alcohol. These advertisements could include tag lines such as “Drink Responsibly and “Be Legal.” Such advertisements should not compose more than 14 percent of the space in any game publications; not more than 60 seconds per hour of any telecast or broadcast or not more than one hundred twenty (120) seconds total in any telecast or broadcast. Any such content should include an appropriate focus on legal and responsible use of alcohol.
·Provide programs and resources for education, prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse.