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A great question for our football history: Which came first the brat or the tailgater? Though we might never know the first occurrence of either the historic “first tailgate” or when it was joined by its faithful friend the brat, this articles intent is to shed some light on tailgating history and some of its peculiar traditions. Though hard to tell, I would dare say that the first recorded tailgate party probably had its occurrence in the early roman times. Let’s face it, as long as you have athletes that perform heroic acts or defeat in strong competition you are going to have fans. In fact the Romans built great coliseums filled with thronging fans cheering for the chariot races, the gladiators, and the first Olympics. Now it is not hard to believe that humans might act similarly across the ages when placed in similar situations. I imagine that groups of people would gather prior to the games to get a good seat, bet on the outcomes, and talk about the good ol’ days. Hence the first tailgating party was born. Now yes this wasn’t true tailgating as we know it, I mean the Romans couldn’t enjoy a fine array of boom boxes, and 20 inch plasma TV’s, but who’s to say that they didn’t start off some local cook off competitions? Honestly I can see many social activities surrounding the outside of the coliseum. These People probably rallied around the gladiators, and dressed up in their own town colors. There is something in human nature that wants to celebrate great heroics. It has found its way into our national football games, and it most likely found its way into the coliseums of the day. Now the real question is when the brat entered the arena of tailgating? One of the first things that tailgaters start doing is barbequing. The fact is, most people regard brats as the food of fans, and that you really can’t have a good tailgating party without them. Logically, people were eating way before there were any athletics. This doesn’t prove that the brats came first. I would say that to have a brat you have to barbeque. Since barbequing is really cooking over an open fire I would place that way before tailgating. So that leaves us with the last question: When where brats invented? Though no one can really place a date on this truly historic occasion that someone decided to barbeque a brat, some historians have put the date of bratwurst around the 1500’s. If this is true then the bratwurst would have come after the Romans were close to their ruin. I would say then that the tailgating history has far reaches past any type of food or barbeque. However, by today’s standards even though the tailgate might be older the brats are a major component. If you forget your parties brats you might find that there is a local uprising. In the end, celebrating our great athletes is human nature. So let’s come together and share in what might be over a thousand year old tradition: Tailgating!
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