Group 5 – Passaic Tech vs. Ridgewood
By Jeff Goldman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on November 29, 2016 at 8:15 AM, updated November 29, 2016 at 10:05 AM
ROBBINSVILLE — Don’t even think about tailgating at any of the 23 high school football sectional finals that will be played this weekend around New Jersey.
The New Jersey State Interstate Athletic Association issued a ban on parking lot festivities at the four sites hosting championship games Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
In a statement issued Monday reminding fans that its events are drug and alcohol free, the governing body for high school sports in the state also said, “tailgating is strictly prohibited.”
“When you attend an NFL or Big Ten football game, for example, the entire environment is dedicated to fan entertainment,” NJSIAA Executive Director Steve Timko said in a statement. “But high school sports are different — even a state championship football game contested at Met Life Stadium is an extension of the classroom. And you don’t allow alcohol, drugs or tailgating at school.”
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Parents were drinking at the high school games. Can’t separate alcohol from the sport.
They do this because after high school there won’t be any more games for most of the players. Pretending that they are at a college game. Parents living their lives through their children.
Ridgewood leading the way…tradition of excellence.