This season, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies are taking their National League West rivalry to the streets, literally.
Each D-backs fan who pledges to be a designated driver at Chase Field will earn the D-backs 1 point in the challenge. The same goes for each Rockies fan who signs the pledge at Coors Field.
The winner of the D-backs/Rockies Designated-Driver Challenge will be the Club with the most fans pledging to be designated drivers (cumulative total) at the end of the 2011 regular season. Click here to see the current standings!
Early in May, TEAM traveled to Houston, TX to take part in the Houston Astros Responsibility Day.
 TEAM offered fans the opportunity to step in front of the camera and voice their message of responsibility prior to the Houston Astros taking on the Cincinnati Reds. Over 50 groups of fans filmed their responsibility message to be included in the final PSA that will air on the Minute Maid Park video board for the remainder of the season.
TEAM would like to thank those fans that filmed their message and to all the Astros fans that pledged to be designated drivers during the course of the 2011 Major League Baseball Season.
 It's been a busy month for TEAM and MillerCoors as they visited three MLB parks to promote the message of responsibility. First off, TEAM and MillerCoors traveled to Detroit for a three game series between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals. At the series, fans had the opportunity to pledge to be a designated driver, sign a larger than life inflatable baseball and also film a responsibility message to be part of the designated driver PSA.
Click here to see photos and the PSA from the event!
 Then in late June we traveled to Chicago to visit U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, as they faced off against their cross town rival, the Chicago Cubs. Hundreds of fans stop by the TEAM booth outside of U.S. Cellular field to pledge to be a designated driver. Fans filmed a responsibility video for a PSA, they autographed the large inflatable baseball, and they also received a souvenir photo taken in front of the responsi-ball over the three-day series.
 Two days later TEAM headed up interstate 94 to make a weekend stop in Milwaukee as the Brewers were facing off against the Minnesota Twins. Brewers fans had the opportunity to show their commitment to responsibility during the weekend series by autographing their own large inflatable glove and baseball and by filming their own responsibility video for a PSA that will be shown on the Miller Park video park.
Thanks to all the fans that came out showed their support of responsible fan behavior!
 For the fifth straight year, TEAM traveled to Omaha, NE to take part of the 2011 Men's College World Series and Fan Fest. Thousands of fans stopped by the TEAM booth outside of the College World Series new home - TD Ameritrade Park - to make the responsibility pledge, sign the graffiti board back drop and receive a free souvenir photo.
Four lucky fans also won a pair of tickets for select games of the World Series just by stopping by and pledging to be responsible.
Congratulations to our responsibility winners:
- Anthony Cato Jr.
- Michael Comer
- Stephanie Eggers
- Jose Gonzalez
Click here to view photos from the 2011 Men's College World Series.
Two NBA fans were extremely excited to cheer on the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals as grand prize winners of the Responsibility Has Its Rewards Sweepstakes for Designated Drivers with the NBA. Miami Heat fan Judy Green was selected as the Miami Heat Designated Driver for the Season and won a pair of tickets to Game 1 of the 2011 NBA Finals®.
Five days later, Dallas Mavericks Designated Driver for the Season, Michael Jones, attended Game 3 of the 2011 NBA Finals®.
TEAM would like to congratulate the NBA and its over 65,000 fans that pledged to be designated drivers during the 2010-2011 NBA season.
Click here to see the 2010-2011 NBA RHIR Winners.
During the month of June, TEAM and MillerCoors partnered to promote the responsibility message at eight Gold Cup venues around the country. TEAM created a large inflatable soccer ball branded with the Gold Cup logos that was on display in the Miller Lite party area outside of the venues. Fans who pledged to be responsible autographed the large soccer ball and were entered to win various prizes from Miller Lite.
Click here to see photos from the Gold Cup events at New Meadowlands Stadium and RFK Stadium.
 TEAM Coalition has announced the winners for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game prize, the 2012 NHL All-Star Game prize and the winner of a pair of 2012 NHL regular season tickets.
Congratulations to Terry Long, Designated Driver for the Season for the Indiana Pacers! Terry, along with a guest, will be attending the 2012 NBA All-Star game to be played at the Amway Center in Orlando, FL on February 26, 2012.
 The grand prize winner of the 2011 Responsibility Has Its Rewards sweepstakes with the National Hockey League is Barry Betts, Designated Driver for the Season for the Carolina Hurricanes. Barry, along with a guest, will travel to Ottawa, ON in early 2012 to attend the 2012 NHL All-Star Game on January 29, 2012.
Mike Monroe, Designated Driver for the Season for the Colorado Avalanche, won a pair of tickets to a regular season game at the Pepsi Center for the upcoming season as runner up of the Responsibility Has Its Rewards sweepstakes for Designated Drivers with the NHL.
Thank you to the more than 87,000 NHL fans that pledged to be Designated Drivers last season!
TEAM Coalition proudly recognized the 2010 training certification and designated-driver program award winners at the NFL Security Conference June 8-10, 2011.
In 2010, nearly 20,000 employees from NFL stadiums became TEAM-certified. And a record 171,759 NFL fans pledged to be designated drivers.
The Top Five NFL Teams for Designated Drivers:
- New England Patriots: 20,440 designated drivers
- Baltimore Ravens: 14,072 designated drivers
- San Diego Chargers: 10,721 designated drivers
- Kansas City Chiefs: 8,511 designated drivers
- Atlanta Falcons: 8,419 designated drivers
Click here to see all the award winners.
TEAM Coalition has many Instructor Development Program (IDP) workshops on the 2011 calendar. Thank you to all the sports and entertainment facilities across the country that generously host these two-day workshops.
Here is the schedule of upcoming IDP workshops:
- July 19-20, 2011: EverBank Field in Jacksonville, FL
Registration Deadline: July 11, 2011
- July 20-21, 2011: Georgian Court Hotel in Vancouver, BC
Registration Deadline: July 11, 2011
- August 10-11, 2011: Prudential Center in Newark, NJ
Registration Deadline: August 1, 2011
Click here to register for an upcoming IDP.
Continue to check our Web site as we regularly add dates to the IDP calendar.
We are always looking for facilities to host IDP workshops. The host receives two free registrations. Please let us know if you are interested in hosting a future IDP.
TEAM frequently travels to promote our efforts in effective alcohol management and positive fan behavior. Here
is the list of our upcoming events.
- July 8-13: 2011 Major League Baseball FanFest and All-Star Game in Phoenix, AZ
- July 25-29: IAVM VenueConnect in Phoenix, AZ
- July 27: 2011 AT&T Major League Soccer All-Star Game at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ
Click here to see the online calendar.
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