Pro Athletes and Ticket Scalping
Remember when former Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Tice got in hot water for ticket scalping? It's a temptation most pro athletes (other than the top earners) have probably thought about every now and then: Sure, you make a nice salary, but wouldn't it be nice to put a few hundred bucks in your pocket by scalping your free ticket allotment?
Recent media reports have listed tickets for the Vikings-Packers Nov. 1 showdown at Lambeau Field at $364, which vastly exceeds face value. Would it be tempting for the players on either team to scalp their tickets? Perhaps it would be a temptation, as the value of these ticket will only increase, unless Brett Favre gets hurt. Pro football players have enough to worry about without trying to pick up extra cash by scalping tickets.
