New Orleans, LA – The NFL has announced that around 100 players and roughly two dozen club employees will be fined for violating league policy related to ticket sales. This follows an investigation into the resale of Super Bowl 59 tickets, which the Philadelphia Eagles won against the Kansas City Chiefs with a score of 40-22 on February 9, 2025.
A person familiar with the details, who requested to remain anonymous due to the ongoing investigation, revealed that players who resold their tickets will face a fine amounting to 1.5 times the face value they paid. Furthermore, these players will not be allowed to purchase tickets for the next two Super Bowls unless they are directly participating in the game. For club employees found in violation, the fines will be twice the face value of the tickets.
The NFL’s head of compliance, Sabrina Perel, stated in a memo that the investigation has identified several NFL players and employees from various clubs who sold Super Bowl tickets above face value. This act contravenes a longstanding policy outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which prohibits employees from selling NFL game tickets for more than they originally paid or the ticket’s face value.
According to the memo, some players and employees sold their tickets to what are referred to as “bundlers,” who collaborated with ticket resellers to profit from the sales.
In response to these violations, Perel mentioned that the league will be enhancing mandatory compliance training for all personnel, focusing on understanding the policy and ensuring no one profits from their NFL affiliation at the expense of fans. She added that penalties for future violations of this policy will be increased, with further details coming this fall.
As a reminder, players across all 32 NFL teams are allowed to buy two tickets for the Super Bowl.
