Officers Matthew Catron and Deron McIntrye are two of Ohio State University's newest police officers, thanks to beer sales at football games.
"Without the beer sales these officers would not exist," said Deputy Chief Kimberly Spears-McNatt.
Last year, Buckeye fans inside the stadium drank $1.1 million worth in beer.
The school is one of three Big Ten universities that offer beer throughout the stadium, joining Minnesota and Maryland.
Here's how the $1.1 million roughly breaks down: There were seven home games last season, that equates to $157,000 dollars in sales. Assuming everyone who is drinking is of drinking age, that equates to about two beers per person.
Deputy Chief Spears-McNatt said the university has hired and trained three officers and looking for a fourth.
"They can join bike patrol, help us do more crime prevention programs, they become or rape aggression defense instructors," she said.
But not everyone thinks beer sales at college football games is a good idea.
The President of Mother's Against Drunk Driving Colleen Sheehey-Church said, "MADD discourages the service of alcohol at a college game day event, we absolutely know the minimum drinking age is 21 and most of the people there are going to be under 21."
But Ohio State said adding beer sales inside the stadium didn't produce the problems some feared.
"Overall I would say the incidents have been down, but there is no notable incident that would caused any problems or concerns," said Deputy Chief Spears-McNatt.
But there is another concern: Falling attendance. Schools are competing against television and fans who would rather stay home than watch the game in the stadium.
Delivering suds to their seats may be an incentive for some fans to go to the game instead of sitting on the couch.
Ohio state said it plans on using $600,000 of the new revenue to hire and train officers. Another $50,000 will go toward university research on alcohol consumption.
