Nev. resident sues NFL over ticket policy
By John Breech, CBS Sports
If you watched the NFC Championship Game on television back in January, you may have noticed that there weren’t a lot of 49ers fans at the game. One of the reasons for that is that the game was in Seattle. So that makes sense.
Another reason 49ers fans weren’t there though is because the Seahawks didn’t want them there: The team restricted ticket sales to only the fans who had a credit card billing address in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Alaska or Hawaii — and Canada. Let’s not forget Canada. Canadians could buy tickets too.
Thanks to the restrictions, there were 44 states where fans couldn’t purchase tickets. One of those states? Nevada. And now one fan in that state is suing.
John E. Williams III has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the NFL because he says the Seahawks and the league used a selective ticket process that violates the law.