Study: People Get Drunk at Tailgate Parties 3.97K Jeff Neumann 01/19/11 05:24AM Filed to: Research Research Booze Alcohol Science Tailgate Party Drinking Parties The journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research concludes in a new study that eight percent of sports fans get legally drunk at games, and pre-game tailgating is the biggest contributing factor. No shit. Really? Who pays for these studies?