Who doesn't like a good game of beer pong? It's one of those activities that can be appreciated by all college students. It's one of the few realms of partying that everyone can appreciate.

Whether you are Greek or not, girl or guy, white or black - you can all play beer pong. But for being a universal sport (yes, sport), you would think there would be a set of universal rules for the game. I mean everywhere you turn someone has a new list of rules for this great past time.

I was at a house party of a friend, where my partner and I were dominating. We were on one of those rolls where you hardly have to even look at the cups to make a shot. We were playing your traditional 10-cup beer pong that seems to be the tried and true way of playing.

We were down to our last cup, and my turn came. Not to be vain, but I'd like to think of myself as a clutch player. I sunk that last cup. My partner yelled in triumph and I just soaked it in. The sensation felt after making that last cup is something difficult to describe.

But then we arrived at the uncomfortable situation that is the rebuttal. The way we play at my fraternity house is that you play the rebuttal like a normal turn. So, if each player makes their shot, they get to shoot again. That shoot-until-you-miss rule is total garbage. Why should you get to shoot until you miss at the end of the game?

The guys that we were up against had three cups remaining. I was pretty confident that they were not going to make all three. So the first guy made his shot. I went to remove the cup as we had been doing the entire game. But then the guy on the other team shouted to me, "Keep the cup down, because if we hit it again it counts as three cups."

I took this statement as complete crap. I yelled back, "Where did you come up with that rule?" "House rules," he said. And in the process, he pointed to the wall where there were house rules written down - he wasn't lying.

So the other player stepped up to the table. He hit the same cup. All of my work throughout the game was for naught. We had to win it in overtime.

To make a long story short, we lost. That loss marred what had been a relatively successful night. I couldn't get the game out of my head. It just wasn't fair that the rules of beer pong change on the rebuttal. It's like rewarding a team for playing poorly.

This game brought me to one conclusion: Just like any other sport, we must adopt universal beer pong rules. In a sport like basketball, the rules are no different in Chicago than they are in Los Angeles. Universal rules will add integrity to an already great sport.

Coming up with these rules will not be easy. There are so many variations out there that it will be hard to determine which is best.

First, the game will be called beer pong. Beirut is not a sport. Beer pong is a sport. Beirut sounds like something out of another country. Beer pong is an American game. In my beer pong, calling the sport Beirut would qualify as an automatic forfeit of the game.

Now, we need to determine the amount of cups used during the game. My fraternity house plays with 12 cups on each side. I am willing to compromise. The most predominant formation is the 10-cup triangle, so that's what we'll use.

Then there is the whole re-rack situation. When should teams be allowed to consolidate their cups? I've been to places where they let you re-rack with six, four, three and two cups remaining. There will be only one re-rack with six cups remaining. A deserving winner needs just one consolidation.

Bring-backs are part of the game as well. If you and your partner make both of your shots, then you receive another turn. But, there will be none of this stuff like if each person makes the same cup, then it counts as three cups. If you've ever participated in the beer pong tournament on Mondays at Touchdown Cafe, that's the type of trash they try to pull.

Also, the philosophy if you make the same cup on one turn then the game is over philosophy doesn't hold true in my game. The guiding principle is if you make two cups, then two cups should be removed from the table. And there will also be the "you're an idiot clause." This means that if you are an idiot and knock one of your own cups off the table, that cup is officially done.

There will also be an Equal Rights Amendment. Blowing and bouncing will not be allowed no matter what sex you happen to be. Nowhere else in life do we reward mediocrity, so why should we do so on the pong table?

Then there is the rebuttal process. Those two guys from the party cheated me of a victory because of their bogus rebuttal rules. There will be no shoot until you miss.

Rebuttal will be identical to the regulation rules. If a team makes both shots, then they get to shoot again. If they have two cups remaining and the first person misses their shot, then the game is over.

Beer pong is like any other sport. A team's weaknesses are going to be exposed.