Tailgating is supposed to be fun. Students show up hours before football games to enjoy a good time with friends after a long week of classes and homework.

Let’s hope the Tailgating Task Force, a university committee, can keep that fun from disappearing on weekend home games.

The talks of pony kegs, time allowed in the designated tailgating area and the age of tailgating participants are all debatable topics concerning the pre-game ritual.

This is why the task force is such a great idea. The group of people made up of Counseling Center Director David Onestak; Eric Davidson, assistant director of health services; Chief Adam Due of the University Police Department; Dave Kidwell, assistant director of athletics for sports information and marketing, and student senators Joe Gubbins and Nikki Kull hopefully will keep the most important thing in mind – the students.

When the group meets Thursday to discuss future plans, the people who most often attend the pre-game event should be considered.

Why tamper with one of the things students routinely enjoy, other universities haven’t with such restrictions.

Students at Eastern have not built up a reputation of getting too out of hand in the tailgating area before football games so why take their privileges away?

The idea of having drunken students hurl pony kegs should be the least of the task force’s concerns. It has not happened often and might not happen again.

The group should think about improving tailgating for the better before taking things away. The idea to bring more vendors and create games for students to partake in would be a positive way to improve tailgating.

Instead of looking at the negative aspect, which is the minority of the students who attend tailgating and cause trouble, the task force should think to reward the students who have good behavior.

The future depends on what the task force is able to agree on. Remember to keep the students input in mind while looking for ways to make a safe and fun tailgating environment.