More than 100 NFL players and coaches scalped tickets to Super Bowl LIX – and got caught

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.

The NFL's secondary ticket market is a very profitable business, but when folks are simply scalping tickets, well, the NFL and its teams don't love that. And they definitely don't love it when players and club employees do it for a Super Bowl.

But that is apparently what happened at Super Bowl LIX, played on Feb. 9 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) scores touchdown on a tush push during Super Bowl LIX between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs on February 9, 2025 at the Superdome in New Orleans, LA. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

And the league, which frowns on this, caught the scalpers. 

The NFL can track the tickets to its games and has the digital capability to confirm if the people who purchased a Super Bowl ticket actually used it.

So the NFL is fining approximately 100 players – 100! – and two dozen club employees for violating league policy of selling Super Bowl LIX tickets above face value, a league source told OutKick on Friday. The story was first reported by the Associated Press.

The NFL isn't done. There is an ongoing investigation into the matter.

The actual amount of the fines will vary. Players who resold their tickets will have to pay 150 percent of the face value of the ticket they originally bought. Those players will also forfeit their privilege of buying tickets to future Super Bowls unless they're actually playing in the game.

BRANDON AIYUK'S WIFE GIVES INTEL ON WHY NFL WAGS ARE 'IN A PANIC' DURING TRAINING CAMP

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) calls a play