Alcohol at Professional Sporting Events

Everyone knows that alcohol is one of the top sources of income at almost all professional sporting events. All the income that comes from alcohol sales outweighs the effects that alcohol can have. Distributors turn the other cheek when it comes to alcohol, because they would have a lot of trouble making a profit without the sales. My question here is, is this appropriate? Is it right for distributors to forget about the possible effects of alcohol to help them make a decent profit?

Everyone understands the effect alcohol can have on people, just some of the distributors decide not to pay attention to these effects because the money is flowing in for them. The first and biggest problem with alcohol is driving. Drinking and driving, is not only absolutely stupid, but it is done way too often. When alcohol is distributed at a sporting event, people have more motive to drink, and afterwards will have to drive home. People tend to drink more because they feel they will have more fun and enjoy the game more if they are drunk. Now this may be true for some people, but having to drive home drunk is something that no one should ever do. It puts not only yourself at risk, but everyone that you pass on your way home.

A second effect caused by the consumption of alcohol is violence. People tend to get a little more violent and tend to get the bad boy syndrome after they have had a few drinks. Anyone that has had a few drink starts to feel like they are unbeatable, and at a sporting event with clashing fans that's really not a good thing. If you have two people cheering for opposite teams with a few drinks in them the chance of a fight breaking out is very high. I attended a Buffalo Sabres playoff game about a year ago where I witnessed three different fights between clashing fans. Something tells me that alcohol played a little part, but I can only assume.