Bud Light and TEAM Coalition partner with the New York Jets to Promote Bud Light Good Sport Designated Driver Challenge -

12/01/2013

Bud Light and TEAM Coalition partner with the New York Jets
to Promote Bud Light Good Sport Designated Driver Challenge

New York Jets Fans that attended the game versus the Miami Dolphins were treated to a great afternoon of football and responsibility. Fans also helped the Jets gain ground on the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins in the Bud Light Good Sport Designated Driver Challenge. The Jets, Bud Light and TEAM Coalition partnered to promote responsible drinking and traffic safety at MetLife Stadium, encouraging fans to become designated drivers.Throughout the game, 719 fans made the pledge to be a Good Sport – a designated driver for their group, earning the New York Jets 6 points (or a touchdown) for each designated driver. All the designated drivers at the game had the opportunity to autograph a New York Jets Grafitti Board and receive a free souvenir photo.

At the end of the season, one randomly selected Designated Driver will be selected as the New York Jets Designated Driver for the Season, representing the Jets in the Responsibility Has Its Rewards sweepstakes. If the New York Jets make it to the Super Bowl, the Designated Driver of the Season and a guest will receive two tickets, hotel and airfare to watch their favorite team.

“For 30 years, Anheuser-Busch has led our industry in developing responsible drinking initiatives and Bud Light Good Sport, one of our most visible programs, promotes positive fan behavior through the use of designated drivers,” said Kathy Casso, vice president, Corporate Social Responsibility at Anheuser-Busch. “We all share the same streets after the game. This partnership with the National Football League, participating stadiums, concessionaires, TEAM Coalition and football fans displays our collective responsibility to help keep our roads safe.”

“The success of the Responsibility Has Its Rewards campaign is a direct result of the commitment from our members and all the designated driver program partners, including the teams, beer companies and wholesalers,” said Jill Pepper, executive director of TEAM Coalition. “Teamwork is what this campaign is all about. We are demonstrating that when everyone – including the fans – takes responsibility, everyone wins.”

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN: Bud Light Good Sport Designated Driver Challenge

PARTNERS INCLUDE:

New York Jets
Bud Light
TEAM Coalition

Click here to see all the Jets fan photos on Facebook

WHO: Fans and the Community

WHAT: New York Jets, Bud Light and TEAM Coalition invited fans to take the pledge to be designated drivers. Designated drivers autographed a Jets Grafitti Board and received a free souvenir photo.

WHERE: MetLife Stadium

WHEN: Sunday, December 1, 2013

New York Jets: www.NewYorkJets.com

Anheuser-Busch:
For more than three decades, Anheuser-Busch and its nationwide network of wholesalers have invested more than $980 million in national advertising campaigns and community-based programs to promote responsible drinking, prevent underage drinking and drunk driving and address college issues. For more information on these alcohol responsibility efforts and the progress being made, visit www.anheuser-busch.com.TEAM Coalition:
TEAM Coalition is an alliance of professional and collegiate sports, entertainment facilities, concessionaires, stadium service providers, the beer industry, distillers, broadcasters, traffic safety experts and others working together to promote responsible drinking and positive fan behavior at sports and entertainment facilities. TEAM Coalition members and supporters include the National Football League, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, NASCAR, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, National Collegiate Athletic Association, ARAMARK, Delaware North Companies – Sportservice, Ovations Food Services, Beer Institute, National Beer Wholesalers Association, Anheuser-Busch Companies, MillerCoors, Brown-Forman, Live Nation, National Association of Broadcasters, Contemporary Services Corporation, Elite, International Association of Venue Managers, Stadium Managers Association and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.For more information, go to www.TEAMCoalition.org, www.RHIR.org
For more than three decades, Anheuser-Busch and its nationwide network of wholesalers have invested more than $980 million in national advertising campaigns and community-based programs to promote responsible drinking, prevent underage drinking and drunk driving and address college issues. For more information on these alcohol responsibility efforts and the progress being made, visit www.Anheuser-Busch.com

US DOT / NHTSA 2012 NATIONAL DATA:

In 2012, 10,322 people were killed as a result of alcohol-related (BAC > 0.08) car crashes, an increase of 4.6% from the 9,865 fatalities in 2011.
Many, if not most of those lives would have been saved if people did not drive when they were impaired by alcohol or if they used sober, designated drivers or if they simply wore their seat belts.
Statistics and research clearly show that 21-34 year old males are the demographic most likely to be involved in an automobile crash, drive when impaired by alcohol, and fail to buckle up.

Author: jillteamcoalition