That’s not at all the conclusion I’ve personally drawn in the post. Remember the criteria is only the entry requirements for consideration.

As a few of the long form articles have raised, the Index Committee has a lot of discretionary power and meetings are confidential. Based on this unknown factor and their approach to companies in the past as well as the environment GameStop is besieged by on multiple fronts - they could easily dismiss it on grounds of it being a volatile stock or knowing that MOASS could affect it.

At the same time, I have raised points as to why a reasonable individual on the Committee would look at the fundamentals, low weighting in the 500 and conclude it fine to add.