Three Sheboygan County residents caught up in the Super Bowl ticket snafu said today the communication with the NFL remains spotty and their course of action unclear
Dave Richardson of Sheboygan, Herb Binkowsky of Sheboygan Falls and Scott Richards of Plymouth were among 400 people whose Super Bowl XLV seats were declared unsafe because they were not properly inspected. They wound up watching the game from a sports bar in the basement of Cowboys Stadium, with no view of the field.
“It was more than just the game, and it was more than just the ticket, it was the chance to experience something we may not ever be able to do again,” said Richards, 59. “I don’t see anybody that’s been displaced trying to be a gold-digger on the thing, but you want just compensation and a chance to go to another Super Bowl.”
All three men are Green Bay Packers season ticket holders who won the seat lottery and a chance to purchase Super Bowl tickets at the $800 face value. One miserable experience later, they are left to choose their compensation from an ever-sweetening pot of NFL recompense.
The league initially offered $2,400 plus a ticket to the next Super Bowl, and a few days later the NFL said the 400 could also choose a ticket — plus roundtrip airfare and hotel accommodations — for any future Super Bowl.
Earlier this week, Commissioner Roger Goodell added a third option in an e-mail to the ticketholders, offering the greater of $5,000 or the actual documented expense of attending the Super Bowl.
But Richards — who has submitted his information on the proper NFL website and called league representatives — never received that e-mail. And when he asked for details on how the future Super Bowl tickets would be awarded or what happens if he misses the March 1 deadline, NFL officials had no answers.
“It’s sort of been the pattern of everything,” said Richards, who has not yet decided which option to take. “I still think they’re searching for what they’re trying to do.”
Richardson said he plans to take the first option, but he hasn’t finalized anything. He went with a college buddy from Illinois this year but plans to take his son next year.
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