BATON ROUGE, La. -- A new LSU policy bars the marching bands of opposing teams from performing at halftime of football games at Tiger Stadium.
The school adopted the policy last season to address safety concerns, LSU athletic department spokesman Michael Bonnette said Saturday. Bonnette said the field's sidelines have become too crowded to accommodate bands from both schools as the first half of a game draws to a close.
Although the policy took effect last season, Bonnette said it only affected bands from two schools that had planned to perform at halftime. One was Auburn. The other was McNeese State, which couldn't have performed even without the policy in place since stormy weather forced the cancellation of its matchup with LSU before halftime.