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Passengers Renee Cassell (L) of Brooklyn and her Godson Pierre Percy of New Windsor, show their Super Bowl tickets on the way to on their way to Meadowlands Station for the Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.

Report: More than 100 players face fines for re-selling SB tickets

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At least 100 players, as well as coaches and other team personnel from approximately half the teams in the NFL, allegedly sold their Super Bowl tickets for above face-value in violation of league policies, ESPN reported Friday.

According to a memo sent to all 32 NFL teams and reviewed by ESPN, an investigation by the league found that some “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.”

Players violating the agreement between the league and the NFL Players Association around the re-sale of Super Bowl tickets are reportedly subject to penalties including fines of 1 1/2 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.

The memo stated that those found to have bundled tickets would face steeper fines, according to Sports Illustrated.

Face value of tickets to February’s Super Bowl LIX between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs reportedly ranged from $950 to $7,500, while prices on secondary sites ranged from $2,588 to nearly $3,500 on the low end to over $10,000, with the average price of a Super Bowl ticket being $8,076 in the final weeks leading up to the game, according to CBS.

Players could be suspended if they refuse to pay the fines, per ESPN.

Some players have reportedly already paid the fines to avoid missing playing time.

In addition to fines, players breaking the rule will reportedly also lose the right to their allotted tickets to the next two Super Bowls.

No specific players, coaches or teams who violated the policy were identified in the report by ESPN.

–Field Level Media

Sep 8, 2024; Inglewood, California, USA; Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce reacts in the first half against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

NCAA penalizes Raiders coach Antonio Pierce over ASU violations

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The NCAA slapped Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce with a significant penalty that will take effect should he ever return to college coaching.

The Division I Committee on Infractions announced Thursday that Pierce received an eight-year show-cause order for his role in recruiting violations when he served as associate head coach on the staff of former Sun Devils coach Herm Edwards.

The committee said Pierce and former noncoaching staff member Anthony Garnett “participated in a program wide effort to engage in impermissible recruiting activities during the COVID-19 dead period.”

As a result, should Pierce ever be hired by an NCAA school, he will be suspended for the first year. Garnett received a five-year show-cause order and a one-year suspension.

Earlier this year, four other members of the Arizona State staff agreed to penalties for violating the dead period, but Pierce and Garnett contested.

The NCAA laid out a series of events that were part of what it termed as a recruiting “scheme.” Pierce, other football staff members and a booster orchestrated unofficial — and impermissible — visits to Tempe, Ariz., for recruits and their families during a time in which in-person recruiting was on pause due to the pandemic.

The NCAA said the committee’s investigation found that Pierce “ran the show” and some members of the coaching staff feared they would be fired if they didn’t follow his orders.

Pierce, 45, was an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator for the Sun Devils from 2017-21. He resigned prior to the 2022 season and was hired as the linebackers coach of the Raiders.

Pierce took over as interim head coach in Las Vegas on Oct. 31, 2023, when Josh McDaniels was fired. The team named him the permanent head coach in January.

–Field Level Media