University of Georgia student leaders have asked the administration to drop three North Campus tailgating restrictions imposed last year, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.
At issue are prohibitions against tents, tables longer than four feet and tailgating more than four hours before kickoff.
"We don't necessarily need couches and grills, but we want to see people out there," SGA President Josh Delaney told the paper.
Only a handful of fans tailgated on North Campus last season, compared to 2009 when thousands jammed the area and left behind tons of litter, according to the report.
The 2009 debacle prompted administrators to crack down. They also banned kegs, televisions, grills and other cookers, generators and couches -- restrictions the students are not protesting.
A UGA committee heard the students' request last week. There is no timetable for a decision.
"We're not going back to the damages we had before," George Stafford, the university vice president in charge of gameday activities, told the paper.
The tailgating hot spot moved to Myers Quad on the South Campus last season. So far, the committee hasn't discussed imposing new rules there.
For the Nov. 27 game against Georgia Tech, someone pulled a couch from a nearby residence hall and set it on fire in Myers Quad, and jagged glass from beer bottles was found on the ground, Stafford told the paper.
"We were unhappy with what went on over there, particularly at the last game," Stafford told the paper.
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