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[QUOTE="Pharm73, post: 1777581, member: 4938"]
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Part of the reason the big 10 wanted RU  is they believe that RU could eventually be a NYC team in regards to college football interest... I am sure when discussions were going on for RU to join, Delaney might have asked if we would play there occasionally...  The main draw for RU to get into the big 10 was tv, but a secondary thought was increasing RU support in the city, to further those tv numbers..... Plenty of RU alumni in NY

I personally think that part is a waste of time, as I am sure you do... No need to refute it.

However,
Your thoughts are exactly opposite to mine in regards to the attendance for that game... RU will have a baseline of at least 40 something thousand for all its home games...as you can see from the figures above, RU averages between 46-50 thousand over the last four years.

When we play in Yankee stadium I would expect less season ticket holders to go to the game...
There will be less fans there than if played in Piscataway.

The fans hate the venue, we all know the view sucks, you lose out on tailgating, etc.
Many have already said they would rather watch on tv.

The attendance for any late season game depends on how well the season is going till that point...the last home Maryland game had decent ticket sales, but was
Attended poorly, a number of ticket holders just did not show as the season was ending as a disappointment.
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