Will Wrigley Field lose their booze?

In a recent editorial that I read in the Chicago Tribune, Troy Smith refers to the possible ban on drinking at Wrigley Field. The ban would be during the game for about an hour. He attempts to connect with the reader on a logical (logos) and personal (pathos) level, but I believe he does not clearly emphasise a thesis in his piece. He does, however, clarify his point in the last sentence of the article, saying to "...Let the bars serve all the alcohol they want... As long as the laws are enforced and people are arrested when they break the law [for public intoxication], there won't be any problem" (Smith 34). He does give legitimate examples that any person who has been to a sports game can relate to, and with this connects with people with related personal experiences. Even so, his whole argument seems to be examples of drunken conduct, and with this, he seems to contradict himself when he gives these specific examples of disgusting and crude things being done by intoxicated fans at games. Although at the end he does make the point that he wants them to be arrested, it appears by all of his other statements that he would have approved of the hour band on drinking, but that seems to be false as I read on. He is trying to appeal to non-heavy drinkers who share his views in not wanting all the drunken displays, but still is apposed to the ban with his one ultimatum for police. But how can police catch every single drunk person displaying disorderly conduct? He makes the point that it is bad and drunk people should be arrested when in public, but his opinion on the ban is never clearly stated, and is contradictory throughout. I suppose you could assume that he disagrees with it because of his quote on letting bars serve all the alcohol they want, but then there is still all the negativity towards this conduct in public. Overall his point is not very clear, but he does make strong points about the negative effects of people being drunk in public, and with that relates to the readers that sympathize with him. While the article didn't necesarily get his specific views on the subject across, he did make the point of the problems of drunk people in public.

Author: Troy Smith of Buffalo Grove

Publisher: Tony W. Hunter