So... politics aside.. is 501 too many for a Rutgers football game?
Given all the examples seen in this thread of inconsistent standards.. why is 500 the number?
And skinny... yes.. insurance companies pretty much make these decisions.,, but when the Governor has weird and changing limits.. it makes it hard on everyone.
Rutgers will get its pro-rated share of BTN and other TV money from airing football games.. everything else becomes a question of whether the insurance company will cover you if you are sued under X, Y Z rules. The insurance company may have checked off on coverage if Rutgers limits attendance to 500. Of course, they could shop for insurance if they set it at 10K and seen what was available. The Big Ten could shop for insurance for all teams at once...but then you have chaos. One team might "allow" or tolerate wild tailgates while another comes down like stormtroopers on any gatherings. Any little variance might allow insurance companies to say.. oh ono.. we weren't covering you for THAT.
And is 500 the number for a small stadium like Monmouth? What about a HS stadium? Do they also get 500, the same number allowed at Met Life Stadium?
You know people will be tailgating at the games whether they can enter or not. That should be interesting to see how that plays out.