Baby Boomers Go To War Against Beer Pong

Beer Pong, the favorite past time of American college students, has faced ever increasing heat from concerned parents, colleges and the US government. The battle has become so mainstream it made the front page news section of Yahoo.com today.

The Nintendo Wii game formally titled “Beer Pong” has taken most of the heat as the software maker JV Games received letters from angry parents and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal who were concerned that this new form of digital binge drinking could lead to dorm room deaths. As expected JV Games copped out changing the name to “Pong Toss” and switching the cups of beer to water – what could have been a million dollar idea is now a Teen Rated waste of time.

Although the Wii game has been the popular target of late, old fashioned Beer Pong has taken a few hits around the country as well.

Georgetown University banned beer-pong in 2007 as well as “specially made beer-pong tables, inordinate numbers of Ping-Pong balls and any other alcohol-related paraphernalia in its on-campus dorms – even in the rooms of students of legal drinking age.” Multiple schools, including the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Tufts University are also planning a ban, with many schools expected to follow the trend. Even entire towns, like Belmar, NJ, are outlawing the “sport.”

What is the world coming to?

Beer Pong has been a campus staple since the 80’s so let’s hope hate-mongers divert their attention to the real problems plaguing US colleges like rising drop out rates, rising tuition costs, preventing campus shootings, shitty commencement speakers, athletic scandals and let organized beer pong leagues like World Pong Tour flourish.

Oh by the way, if you want to play virtual beer pong not “Pong Toss” head over to Addicted Games.

[Source - The War Against Beer Pong, Yahoo.com]