NFL fining more than 100 players for policy violation related to Super Bowl 59

A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Friday that the NFL is fining roughly 100 players and two dozen club workers for selling Super Bowl 59 tickets for more than face value, in violation of league regulation.

The players who resold their tickets will be fined 1 1/2 times the face value they paid, the source told the AP, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing investigation. Additionally, unless they are participating in the game, they will not be able to purchase tickets for the next two Super Bowls.

Employees of the club who break the rules will be penalized double their face value.

NFL head of compliance Sabrina Perel stated that the league was still finishing up its investigation in a memo that was issued to teams and that the AP was able to get.

According to the results of our preliminary inquiry, some NFL coaches and players who worked for multiple NFL Clubs sold Super Bowl tickets for more than their face value, which is against the Policy. According to this long-standing League Policy, which is expressly included in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, League or Club employees—including players—are not allowed to sell NFL game tickets they purchased from their employer for more than the face value of the ticket or more than the employee’s initial purchase price, whichever is lower. Our investigation into this issue is still ongoing, but it has shown that club staff and players sold their tickets to a few bundlers who were collaborating with a ticket reseller to resell the Super Bowl tickets for more than face value.

According to the memo, the bundlers will be subject to harsher punishments.

Players from all 32 teams are permitted to buy two Super Bowl tickets, according the CBA.

Perel stated in the memo that we will be improving the required compliance training on the Policy for all League employees in the run-up to Super Bowl LX. This training will focus on the particular requirements of the Policy as well as the more general idea that no one should profit personally from their NFL affiliation at the expense of our fans. Penalties for subsequent infractions of this policy will also be raised. Every club is required to make sure that its employees are aware of and abide by this policy. Early in the fall, more information on the improved compliance methods will be made available.

In a Super Bowl rematch from two years prior, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated Kansas City on February 9.