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The NFL has fined 100 players and two dozen club employees for reselling Super Bowl LIX tickets above face value and violating league policy, according to the AP.
No individuals or teams have been named yet in the ongoing investigation.
In a memo to NFL teams Friday obtained by the AP, NFL head of compliance Sabrina Perel said the league is still investigating but has determined some employees and players sold their tickets to “bundlers” working with resellers, who offer multiple tickets as a single package at a discounted price.
The NFL’s longstanding policy, as included in the collective bargaining agreement (CBA), bans league and club personnel, including players, from reselling tickets at a mark up price. Players can purchase up to two Super Bowl tickets per year under the CBA.
Players in violation of the policy must pay one and a half times what they originally paid for the tickets and are barred from buying Super Bowl tickets for the next two years unless they’re part of a team competing in the game. Team employees can be fined up to twice the ticket’s face value. And the league slaps additional punishments on anyone found to have coordinated with the bundlers.
“No one should profit personally from their NFL affiliation at the expense of our fans,” Perel wrote. She added that the league will increase penalties for future violations and expand compliance training ahead of Super Bowl LX in February.
Neither the NFL nor the NFL Players Association responded to requests for comment.
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