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Jerry Jones will be forced to testify in Super Bowl XLV ticket case

By Stanford Crissey

Oct 11, 2014; Fayetteville, AR, USA; Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is honored along with his teammates from the 1964 team prior to the game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 11, 2014; Fayetteville, AR, USA; Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is honored along with his teammates from the 1964 team prior to the game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports /
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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will testify in court on ticket fiasco from Dallas Super Bowl

It may have gotten lost among the myriad of scandals that have hit the NFL since, but back in 2011, there was a minor scandal at the Super Bowl. The game was at Dallas’ AT&T Stadium, and many people who paid for tickets ended up in seats with obstructed views, or worse, with no seats at all, despite paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars for their tickets.

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The ticket holders filed a lawsuit not long after, and now, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been ordered by a judge to testify at the trial, according to ProFootballTalk.

The trial is finally coming before a judge, and though Jones and the team have been dropped from the lawsuit, Jones has still been ordered to testify in front of the judge, something he had reportedly been resisting up until now.

2,800 fans who paid for tickets had obstructed views, while 400 were left with no seats at all and were unable to watch the game in the stadium.

The idea of ticket selling is generally pretty simple: you sell tickets for as many seats as you have. But that seems to have escaped the NFL in this case.

In a rare moment, commissioner Roger Goodell accepted responsibility for the ticket fiasco and said the Cowboys were not to blame (although it did take him four years to do so).

The NFL offered its own compensation to those affected, offering them the prices they paid for their tickets plus all documented travel, lodging and meal expenses. About 2,800 people who were delayed getting to their seats or were relocated could receive the face value of their tickets or a ticket to a future Super Bowl.

As for those left with no seats, the NFL says it gave them a choice of options: $2,400 plus a ticket to the 2012 Super Bowl; a trip to a future Super Bowl with airfare and a four-night hotel stay; a check for $5,000; or a check for more than $5,000 with documented expenses.

But the fans who traveled to Dallas for the game and paid for tickets only to find out they had no seats are still looking for further compensation, and the trial is ongoing.

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