100 NFL Players in Trouble for Reselling Super Bowl Tickets at Higher Prices

Roughly 100 NFL players are being penalized by the league after they were found to be selling tickets to the 2025 Super Bowl for profit, according to The Associated Press.

The NFL's Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) allows players on all 32 teams to purchase two tickets to the Super Bowl, but reselling those tickets above face value strictly violates the league's policy.

A source close to the situation told the AP that roughly 100 players and two dozen club employees are being investigated for reselling their tickets.

The insider told the outlet that the players who are found to have resold the tickets will face fines of more than double the amount they paid for the tickets. Additionally, those players will be banned from purchasing tickets to the 2026 and 2027 Super Bowl games, unless their team competes.

In a memo sent to teams and obtained by the AP on July 25, NFL head of compliance Sabrina Perel said the league is still investigating, but the "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."

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"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," the memo from Perel continued.

"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.”

Perel's memo also said the league will be "enhancing the mandatory compliance training regarding the policy for all league personnel" in preparation for the 2026 Super Bowl, "which will emphasize the specific requirements of the Policy and the broader principle 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. 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," Perel concluded, per the AP.

No specific players have been named as part of the investigation.

The 2025 Super Bowl took place on Feb. 9 in New Orleans, and saw the Philadelphia Eagles, led by Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley, wallop Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs.

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