subject: Relocated Super Bowl Fans Get Better Reimbursement Option by NFL [print this page] Relocated Super Bowl Fans Get Better Reimbursement Option by NFL
At the stadium, 400 football fans had to be relocated due to problems in seats. Days after the game, NFL decided to repay the expenses to fans and made a reimbursement offer, which the fans rejected. Then, NFL made another, better offer. Fans rejected that one, too. Now, NFL has increased the compensation for the third time.The first reimbursement offer by NFL put in front of the 400 fans the option of getting $2,400 each from NFL. It should be noted that the offered money was three times the face value of each affected seat. The first offer by NFL also included a ticket to next year's Super Bowl to each of the 400 fans.When the fans rejected the first offer, the league offered the 400 fans each the addition of a ticket to any future Super Bowl plus airfare and hotel costs, to the previous offer.When the fans recently rejected the second one, too, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told that after hearing the rejection, the NFL has further increased the offer to either $5,000 or reimbursement for "actual documented" Super Bowl expenses, whichever is higher.The NFL email to the 400 fans states, "As you may know, we have been reaching out directly to those fans who regrettably and inexcusably were unable to watch Super Bowl XLV from a seat in Cowboys Stadium. In listening to your feedback, we have decided to offer a third option."It is important to note here that there were actually some 1,250 seats that were declared unsafe hours before the Super Bowl. Although the NFL jumbled seats to make room for about 850 fans to sit, the remaining 400 poor souls had to watch the game from standing-room areas or on TV from places with no view of the field.Visit FanIQ for the latest happening in the world of sports.FanIQ
