re: Should the SEC allow alcohol sales at sports events?

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a) Past SEC deaths due to booze including the one that killed several after the UT vs UK game

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Has little to do with selling it at games versus irresponsibility that would have happened whether you sold it at the game or not.

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b) Money is not necessarily made by the schools but by the corporations like Bud (producer) and Sodexo (middleman)

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Sure AB will make money but so would the school. Not to mention the advertising that has been pulled by companies like AB.

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c) Southern sports passion + free flowing booze = disaster waiting to happen

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It's actually more controlled if the school is selling it. What the school has no control over is the alcohol being consumed that isn't being sold by them.

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d) Selling booze in states with 21 age drinking law is asking for lawbreaking

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Meh. So is selling it at the grocery store then.

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e) Monopoly control just means taking it out of the hands of the individuals, damn un-American

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Not sure what you're saying here. What is damn un-American is not giving people the choice to drink or not. It is legal after all.

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f) more monitoring staff and cleanup staff means less net money

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You will never make less money at the end of the day because you're selling alcohol. Staff costs is BS IMO. What would have a bigger impact in all likelihood are insurance premiums.

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g) TBS and the folks who get up every 10 mins to take a piss. Booze magnifies this in the worst way

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People seem to deal with it at NBA games, MLB games, NFL games, NHL games, college baseball games that aren't played at a college and countless other venues. Hardly a reason not to sell it either.