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Message: [QUOTE="schmix, post: 2186306, member: 1780"] I'm pretty anti-alcohol compared to most, but I really don't think banning players from drinking is any kind of fix. Not only is it a band-aid solution in terms of the game's problems, because players will continue to drink and then we'll just have different types of scandals on our hands, but it is not at all conducive towards these men acting like the adults they are. IMO, we need the [b]players[/b] to make their own decisions to not drink (or drink very little). The only way I can think of to make this happen is for clubs to raise their standards. Alcohol is unhealthy and these guys are professional athletes, they simply cannot be performing at their best if they're drinking too much. Clubs need to say "this is not good enough because we know you are capable of more". Less focus on the alcohol itself and more on performance, so hopefully the players will make the choice to cut back in order to live up to what is being asked of them. I really doubt there are many other professional sports in which excessive alcohol consumption is acceptable behaviour, purely from a fitness point of view. [/QUOTE]

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