They did in the past if a previous poster was accurate So I’m not sure if we’re getting all the facts here. Nonetheless I added “or equivalent” seats since not all season ticket holders will attend and since the opponent numbers will be pretty low there certainly would be seats available to do this. If allowed they should have a process that pre-sells sections via opt-in indicated at renewal time. It is done elsewhere and in other sports.
One last point … if the NCAA prohibited a home team from exercising some discretion on how they sell tickets then the email from RU would not have said due to ”time constraints“ and would certainly said due to “NCAA rules.” Also aren’t all of our games NCAA sanctioned to some degree?
PS - Rutgers playing a game at the RAC/JMA is a home game, the NCAA deemed our MSU game at MSG a home game… so not sure what your statement “ this is not a Rutgers home game” even means.