Are Drinking Games Sports?
All, beer sports, Drinking Games, Heavy (Alleged) Drinking September 24th. 2010, 10:30am

Discover Magazine trots out a survey that states: “Intramural athletes consumed significantly more drinks per week, had significantly higher typical and peak blood alcohol concentration levels, and reported more negative consequences than nonathletes.”
So there! When was the last time anyone who conducted the survey actually played quarters or flip cups? Drinking games are less of a sport than tennis, as much as a sport as golf, and more of a sport than cheerleading. [Photos via Getty]

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September 24th, 2010 at 10:32 AM
I used to know a couple of people who were cheerleaders in school. In better shape than a lot of people who played the sports they were cheering.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:33 AM
when was it even questioned that tennis wasn’t a sport?
September 24th, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Alcohol does enhances athletic performance
September 24th, 2010 at 10:33 AM
I suck at beer pong. Pretty good at boat races, dodgebeer and anchorman.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Not trying to piss Sanders off but this.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Well, this post made my head hurt.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:35 AM
WTF, man?
September 24th, 2010 at 10:35 AM
when Michael Clarke Duncan appeared out of nowhere and started dominating.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Beer Pong > Asshole > flip cup > quarters. Although non are as devastating as power hour.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Drinking games are as much sport as poker.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Is this a sponsored post?
September 24th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
I am very surprised with that headline that this wasn’t an advertisement post of Natty.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
No, but idiots in this country claim “competitive eating” is a sport, so why not just include everything. Someone will claim masturbating is a sport soon enough.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
cornhole
September 24th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
oh come on.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Sport or no sport, don’t really care. Never needed a drinking game to get properly lit up.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
im really good at beer pong
September 24th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
+1
September 24th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Forgot Drinking Jenga, probably right after Asshole.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
I am the David Eckstein of beer pong.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:37 AM
I’m more of a sprinter than a distance runner.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Nice. I’m the Joseph Addai of quarters.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Hahahaha. Now I know THAT was sarcastic.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Word. That shit will fuck you up.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Depends on the asshole rules you’re playing by.
2 to the pres and 1 to the VP? or just one to the pres?
September 24th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
scrappy.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
If I am down, I get all Darth 18 on a muthafucka.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
If so, dude from Sons of Anarchy has the title belt on lockdown. Just as soon as – SPOILER ALERT – he gets his fingers back.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Alcohol does enhances athletic performance
Also enhances the ability to talk to ladies and be generally charming.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
If I had to pick a game to drink to it would be Risk. Ukraine is weak muthafucks.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Do you guys play nuclear option beer pong?
Where if both teammates make it in the same cup the opposing team drinks everything on the table?
= wasted face
September 24th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
It’s boat races people. Not flip cup.
And you Boston assholes can take your beirut and SHOVE IT. Beer pong, damnit.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:39 AM
Asshole is kind of a dumb game. The only person who gets drunk is the asshole and no one ever wants to be the asshole.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:39 AM
Beer die definitely takes some hand-eye coordination
September 24th, 2010 at 10:39 AM
Beer Pong > Asshole > flip cup > quarters.
Depends on the asshole rules you’re playing by.
2 to the pres and 1 to the VP? or just one to the pres?
One absolute I’ve discovered in drinking games is that everyone has their own rules for Asshole.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:39 AM
And you Boston assholes can take your beirut and SHOVE IT. Beer pong, damnit.
Thissity this.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:39 AM
True. I think the only universal is that 2′s clear and 4′s are a social.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:40 AM
If you haven’t played Horse Race, you’re doing it wrong.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:40 AM
Where if both teammates make it in the same cup the opposing team drinks everything on the table?
yep. if you bounce it in, drink two cups. but you are allowed to block the bounces. they call me the Dwight Howard of Beer Pong, block party
September 24th, 2010 at 10:40 AM
nope.
o/t: We just had 3 friends have babies in the last 2 weeks. damn, I’m old. 10 years ago, that would have been, “i have 3 friends who scored twice last week.”
September 24th, 2010 at 10:40 AM
And that waterfalls at the presidents whim are awesome.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:41 AM
i think the 4 social rule is garbage.
Also, the lame where you can “finish out” a # is lame (ie – someone drops 2 3′s … you can jump in out of turn and drop 2 3′s to clear it)
September 24th, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Didn’t Beer Fest already prove this to be true?
September 24th, 2010 at 10:41 AM
I am the Troy Brown of Kings.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:41 AM
True. I think the only universal is that 2’s clear and 4’s are a social.
Yep. Those are the only common rules I’ve seen in every game I’ve played.
If you haven’t played Horse Race, you’re doing it wrong.
Love Horse Race.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:41 AM
My favorite asshole rule is the little green man.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:42 AM
Do you guys play nuclear option beer pong?
Where if both teammates make it in the same cup the opposing team drinks everything on the table?
We do three cups and balls back for this, if you are playing leave, which is rare.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:42 AM
Two in the same cup. Drink two. Shut out. Drink everything, naked laps.
/brah’d
September 24th, 2010 at 10:42 AM
Also, the lame where you can “finish out” a # is lame (ie – someone drops 2 3’s … you can jump in out of turn and drop 2 3’s to clear it)
It’s a really awesome rule if you pay attention. No one said it was easy to become the president TBL.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:43 AM
That’s awesome
September 24th, 2010 at 10:43 AM
Good news for frat douches all over the land. Just don’t tell them Halo and date rape are sports or they’ll probably start wearing letter jackets.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:43 AM
Yes. Surprisingly people get pissed off when I tell them that’s how proper gentlemen play. And if you knock over any cups trying to block a bounce, you have to drink an equal amount of what was spilled and those cups are not replaced.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:43 AM
Hate to steal a line from Family Guy but my favorite drinking game is “drink the beer”
September 24th, 2010 at 10:44 AM
Beer Die should be televised. beats the hell out of beer pong and any other game.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:44 AM
Sanders did you see this? Discusses SoA and the IRA history.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:44 AM
Oh, that fucking little green man. Gets me every time!
September 24th, 2010 at 10:44 AM
That.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:44 AM
I don’t know about you guys, but none of the chicks in those pictures are around when I am playing drinking games.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:45 AM
It’s always great to see bro-fights break out when setting the rules for a game of beer pong.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:45 AM
It doesn’t get any better than flippy cup.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:46 AM
I hadn’t, thanks for the link. I always forget about how active that guy’s blog is. Glad to see SoA holding strong in the key demos. Shame that Terriers is likely to be a one and done. It’s really good and the last episode was extremely well done.
“I had to get the loan, Miriam.”
September 24th, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Also… NO FUCKING BLOWING. That type of conduct is punishable by shotgun or naked laps.
/does 18 second complicated handshake with Jersey
September 24th, 2010 at 10:46 AM
My favorite asshole rule is that everyone else except for me has to talk like Harry Potter.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:46 AM
My favorite asshole rule is the little green man.
Oh, that fucking little green man. Gets me every time!
No use of drink, drank, or drunk is also a pretty brutal rule.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:47 AM
Chicks can blow.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:47 AM
If you are playing with some dickhead who insists on interfering with balls swirling in the cup, the rule is – chicks blow, dudes flick.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:47 AM
I get the “I don’t need a game to get drunk” argument. Really, I do. But you know what, I love getting drunk. I love games. I love competition. Most importantly, I love proving that no matter what you like doing, I am better than you at it. Drinking games combines all that stuff.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:47 AM
/checks with Mills Lane
We’ll allow it.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:48 AM
I take bounce blocks to a whole new level. Mutombo called me up once asking for some techniques, I am that good.
Anyone who doesn’t like the bounce block should finish up their Zima and just go home.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:49 AM
It’s always great to see bro-fights break out when setting the rules for a game of beer pong.
more over throwing past the line or wrist past the line bs. people try to get too close. not having that noise
September 24th, 2010 at 10:49 AM
Awesome.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:49 AM
truf.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:50 AM
If you want to get lit up real fast, I am a firm believer in Up the River.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:50 AM
Oh mutherfucker that shit pisses me off.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:50 AM
Cant believe it hasnt been asked, but are you reracking after every make (yes)? Ive seen no reracks, or only after its down to 3.
For large games (10 or >), its a crapshoot.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:50 AM
more over throwing past the line or wrist past the line bs. people try to get too close. not having that noise
Seconded. I hate when people get pissed off when you call them out for leaning over the line too much.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:50 AM
So… fire drill in my office? Or real fire… BRB.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:51 AM
This is a really, really cool read.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:51 AM
that is amateur hour
September 24th, 2010 at 10:51 AM
Are we playing a quickie (6 cup0″ Or standard (10)? If we are men and playing standard. You get 2 reracks. That’s it.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:51 AM
I see what TBL is doing today. Confusing baseball posts, posts about drinking games, i’m sure we’ll see TBL toss a hand grenade about politics and a jets post and TBL will check out for the day around 1pm.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:51 AM
What’s the little green man rule?
September 24th, 2010 at 10:51 AM
The only thing I don’t like about drinking games is if you’re good at them you don’t drink much at all. The easy way to remedy this is to just drink throughout and ignore the rules, but I’ve played with so many people who refuse to drink their beers if they win. What kind of asshole doesn’t drink when playing a drinking game?
September 24th, 2010 at 10:52 AM
question on beer pong – re-racking.
assuming you play with the 4-3-2-1 pyramid … how/when do you re-rack?
i nearly got into a fight with some clown during my last game … part of it had to do with the re-rack
September 24th, 2010 at 10:52 AM
always a fan of beer hunter.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:52 AM
close. but not totally there.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:52 AM
veteran commenter.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:52 AM
That is bad ass, sanders. That’s gonna have to wait for Monday though.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:53 AM
Man I miss college!!
Roxanne?? Never finished the entire song. Guranteed to drink at least 4 beers in 6 mins.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:53 AM
Def a sport. Was in a 24 team BP league in college. Thurs nights arent quite the same anymore.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:53 AM
the other part: “How ’bout that ass whuppin’?”
September 24th, 2010 at 10:54 AM
Yeah, it’s a long one. I’m currently reading it while listening to last night’s episode of The Office. I’m not sure why I’m still following that show, I wish they’d just cancel it so I wouldn’t have to worry about it.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:54 AM
WTF? I have never nor ever want to witness this. What type of person doesn’t have their sidearm while they are playing a drinking game. Lame.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:55 AM
2 re-racks on a 10-cup game.
I mean, you could do more, but you could also wear an Ed Hardy t-shirt out to the bar tonight.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:55 AM
I’m a nerd, but I’ve always loved the Star Trek Next Generation drinking game. Chug if its a beardless Riker episode. You’d get shitfaced just from Picard straightening his uniform.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Best Asshole rules we had was if anybody touches their cards before the Prez allows them too, they automatically become the new asshole and redeal. Also, if anybody tells the asshole to drink while asshole is shuffling or dealing, they too automatically become the new asshole.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:55 AM
You’ve got soul.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Every make man, people are waiting. Dont have all night to wait on your drunk woman to miss every time.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Not if Christine O’Donnell has any say in the matter.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Take the imaginary little green man off of the beer before you drink from it.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:56 AM
And, totally underrated drinking game, sort of, is bowling, as in bowling leagues.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:56 AM
question on beer pong – re-racking.
assuming you play with the 4-3-2-1 pyramid … how/when do you re-rack?
w/ me it depends on what cups i have already hit. but i usually do the triangle w/ 3 cups
September 24th, 2010 at 10:56 AM
Confusing baseball posts, posts about drinking games, i’m sure we’ll see TBL toss a hand grenade about politics and a jets post and TBL will check out for the day around 1pm.
Looking forward to the UFC 119 preview.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:56 AM
This times a fucking million.
For those of us who can hold their liquor, Asshole is infuriating because everyone has their own rules and cheats like motherfuckers. Circle of Death is a pretty good alternative. A Flippy Cup, Beirut, Beer Pong, Circle of Death combination contest = missing time.
This entire post brings a tear to my eye.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:57 AM
That’s when you got to do the quickies. 6 cup, keep it movin.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:57 AM
Every make man, people are waiting. Dont have all night to wait on your drunk woman to miss every time.
lol
September 24th, 2010 at 10:57 AM
Drink, dude, you forgot to put him back on when you were finished.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:57 AM
/beer frame
September 24th, 2010 at 10:58 AM
What’s the little green man rule?
Every time you drink, you have to pick up the imaginary little green man who sits on the edge of your cup and then, after you drink and set your cup back down, you have to pick him up off the table and put him back on.
Failure to do either means punishment of more drinks.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:58 AM
TBL Commenter Drinking Game Rules…go:
September 24th, 2010 at 10:58 AM
This is a really, really cool read.
Dick Allen having a dart in the dugout is sweet.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:58 AM
Power hour is simple. Century club however is difficult.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:59 AM
This entire post just further cements how much of a cocktease college is.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:59 AM
Fuck.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:00 AM
This entire post just further cements how much of a cocktease college is.
Truer words were never spoken.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Re-rack every make? Wow. Never heard of that.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:00 AM
he definitely got #1 right
September 24th, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Breesus uses MSM in a comment
Duffy uses a word you’re ashamed to admit you had to look up
Sportsgal threatens ball-stomping
September 24th, 2010 at 11:01 AM
2 drinks for every hat picture, 5 drinks for each o’dong post. 1 drink for every meme, but 2 on you if your second to post it.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:01 AM
TBL Commenter Drinking Game Rules…go:
beer pong: both players make shot, both balls back. redemption at the end. bounce shots 2 cups, can block bounces. make both shots in one cup, game over drink entire table
September 24th, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Breesus uses MSM in a comment
Duffy uses a word you’re ashamed to admit you had to look up
Sportsgal threatens ball-stomping
Duckworthing something is punishable by chugging a full beer.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:02 AM
If someone gives you a hot glass of semen, you have to chug it.
/PL’d
September 24th, 2010 at 11:02 AM
Duckworthing = finish your beer
September 24th, 2010 at 11:03 AM
Irish gets confused about the drinking game rules…drink.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:03 AM
TBL really enjoys a movie that sucks my ass…drink.
Michael Bay movie? x2
September 24th, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Amazing, you’d be dead before noon
September 24th, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Duckworthing = finish your beer
cleet, see comment 121 and then chug a beer.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:04 AM
/chugs beer
September 24th, 2010 at 11:04 AM
shit
/chugs coffee
September 24th, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Figured you’d like #31 as well. And it’s a damn good cover. Hell, I was on the phone with my Dad last nite, and he even said, “You see this Thome cover? That is fantastic.”
I knocked the Thome article out on the train in this morn, well-done piece.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:05 AM
To be fair, I only beat you by 1 minute. So it was not an egregious Duckworthing.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Oh boy, this could escalate quickly. Drink every time…
- yelnik, jmorris, PurdueMatt, or CThomasHowell post
- Sportsgal types something in all caps
- Jay whines about the Saints not getting respect
- SC says he hasn’t seen a movie everyone else has seen 75 times
- a TV show is spoiled
- Ballz slams Peyton Manning for no reason
- Sanders references a line from some obscure TV show or movie that goes way over everyone’s head
September 24th, 2010 at 11:07 AM
Rings used as a justification results in having to do an Ironman Shot.
I just realized that apparently I am in charge of headcount for my department during a fire drill. Also, who has a fire drill in an adult workplace?
September 24th, 2010 at 11:08 AM
TBL posts a doom and gloom economic article.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:09 AM
More soccer posts than college football posts in a single day?
Chug…a Guinness.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Also, who has a fire drill in an adult workplace?
Last time I was in Toronto there was one, had to walk down from the 30th floor.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:10 AM
and why tell anyone? it’s not like people will have an advanced notice of a fire in the office if it were real.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:11 AM
that’s worth a boilermaker.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:12 AM
TBL pulls a TBL in the comments and tries to derail an offtopic conversation: drink a Michelob Ultra.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:13 AM
way way late here but survivor flip cup is the best option…you vote a member off your team when you lose, players go 2x 3x etc etc
September 24th, 2010 at 11:13 AM
We have fire drills all the time. I can chug a guinness! Through a straw!
September 24th, 2010 at 11:15 AM
i was waiting for that one
September 24th, 2010 at 11:16 AM
GG I think this needs to be your new TBL name. That’s amazing.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Don’t you mean I WAS WAITING FOR THAT ONE!
September 24th, 2010 at 11:20 AM
TBL Commenter Drinking Game Rules…go:
Drink whenever TBL uses an ugly round-up pic.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:32 AM
Drinking games are stupid but thats because I like to drink. Oh, its my turn? Hang on a second while I go get another drink because it took too long to get back to me!
September 24th, 2010 at 2:21 PM
If it leads to pork’n a fat broad it’s more than a game, it’s
a fantasy fulfilled.