BLOG: The End of Tailgating?? WTF?

Article via ESPN.com

Of all the gates — Watergate, Monicagate, Spygate — there is only one gate this country can be proud of: the tailgate.

A parking-lot spiral, a cheese brat whispering sweet nitrates and a decent ticket in your pocket. Buddy, that’s more American than deficits. So why is America trying to kill tailgating?

Look around: Outside Soldier Field — home of the Chicago Bears — fans are getting kicked out of the parking lot once the game starts. Heresy! A lot of Bears fans can’t afford tickets ($245 for a nosebleed), but they love pulling into the south lot (for which they pay $46), opening up the camper van, putting one satellite dish on the tailgate and one on the roof and living and dying for their Bears. Tailgaiting is a tradition that’s been in place for 90 years, and now it’s forbidden? Why don’t they just clean our Weber grills with the American flag! Continue