NFL hit with Super Bowl scandal: Around 100 players facing bans
All NFL players are allowed to buy two tickets at face value. This year, when the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas in New Orleans, prices reportedly ranged from $950 to $7,500. On resale sites, however, some tickets were going for close to $57,000. The average price of a Super Bowl ticket in the final weeks leading up to the game was $8,076, according to CBS.
ESPN claims the players face a possible fine and could be suspended if they refuse to pay. They will also lose the right to their allotted tickets to the next two Super Bowls, unless they are playing in the game, in which case they will have the opportunity to buy seats. No specific players, coaches, or teams who violated the policy were named, but some people have already shelled out to avoid missing playing time, according to ESPN.
Players violating the agreement between the league and the NFL Players Association around the resale of Super Bowl tickets are reportedly subject to penalties including fines of one-and-a-half times the face value of the tickets. Other team employees who violated the policy will reportedly be fined two times the face value of the tickets. According to reports, those players and employees who had a 'greater role' — by working directly with the 'bundlers,' for instance — 'will face increased penalties.'
'Our initial investigation has determined that a number of NFL players and coaches, employed by several NFL Clubs, sold Super Bowl tickets for more than the ticket's face value in violation of the policy,' read a memo, sent to teams by the NFL — and cited by ESPN. 'This long-standing League Policy, which is specifically incorporated into the Collective Bargaining Agreement, prohibits League or Club employees, including players, from selling NFL game tickets acquired from their employer for more than the ticket's face value or for an amount greater than the employee originally paid for the ticket, whichever is less.'
'We are in the process of completing our investigation into this matter, but the investigation has revealed that club employees and players sold their tickets to a small number of "bundlers" who were working with a ticket reseller to sell the Super Bowl tickets above face value.'
The NFL also insists it will be enhancing 'mandatory compliance training regarding the Policy' for all personnel, which will emphasize that 'no one should profit personally from their NFL affiliation at the expense of our fans.' 'We will also increase the penalties for future violations of this Policy,' the league memo adds. 'All clubs must ensure their personnel understand and comply with this policy. Additional details regarding the enhanced compliance measures will be provided in early fall.'
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