The Facts:
Tice has been fined $100,000 for scalping some of his allotment of tickets for Super Bowl XXXIX. The league made the announcement on Thursday and also fined Vikings assistants Dean Dalton and Rusty Tillman were also $10,000 apiece. NFL policy prohibits the scalping of any ticket to an NFL game or event. Tice admitted to scalping the tickets and expected to be hit with a heavy fine.
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"I respect Commissioner (Paul) Tagliabue's decision," Tice, the NFL's lowest-paid coach at $1 million per season, said in a statement apologizing for his actions. "I used poor judgement and it will not happen again. ... I consider this matter closed and remain focused on the upcoming 2005 season. ..." Fair enough. We're certainly ready to move on.
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