[Husker] The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

[Kathy Jackson]

>Greg,
>I can see the distinction between sales (and sellouts) and turnstile counts.
>I have seen people at the gates clicking counters in some past games. Of
>course, no matter how you count a crowd of that size, getting a "true"
>number in an absolute sense will be impossible (i.e. Even if you could count
>the same crowd multiple times the same way, you still would get some
>differences in the totals.)
>
>On the other hand, the Athletic Dept. certainly knows exactly how many
>tickets were sold or given away for a game.
>
>So if the "attendance" = "number of tickets (sold)," and every game is sold
>out, then why is there any difference at all in the "attendance" from one
>game to another? How can big games lay claim to setting a "new record" for
>attendance? Is it "sold" vs. "given away?" Are they putting up extra rows of
>folding chairs in the skyboxes? Selling seats on the top of Hamilton Hall?

I am sure there is someone more authoritative than me but here is 
what I remember reading about this in the past.

Sold out means the athletic department sold all the tickets available 
for the game.

Attendance is the number of people that actually come into the 
stadium.  That includes players, coaches and press.  I don't know if 
they include concession people in the total or not.  Some of the 
discrepancy is the number of press people was far greater last week 
than this - If you looked up in the press box there were lots of 
empty spaces.  While the number of players on a travel squad has a 
maximum (correct me if I am wrong) all the trainers cheerleaders etc 
can vary as well.

I don't think that there is some vast left or right wing conspiracy 
on this point.

Kathy Jackson