Already dealing with lawsuits from the Collective Bargaining agreement, the NFL faces another lawsiut from a fan. The NFL found a way to charge fans a one-time licensing fee so that they could have exclusive rights to certain seats for their favorite team. Of course they had to pay for those seats on a per-game basis even with an up-front financial commitment. Now, one Cleveland fan is turning this business practice against the NFL with the looming threat that there will be no games this season. Cleveland Browns fan (and attempted politician) Ken Lanci is seeking $75,000 in damages. Ultimately those damages aren't the real story here. The story is that one of the league's most egregious money-grabbing techniques is now being used against it.
As it has turned out through the 1990s and 2000s, they have created a game that is so in demand that they have been able to get away with many tactics that have fans shaking their head every year. Personal seating licenses did that.
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