New York AG Investigates NFL Resale Ticketing

Published January 28, 2016 at 1:33 PM EST

The NFL encourages people who want to sell their tickets to go to the NFL Ticket Exchange, a marketplace operated by Ticketmaster. Pictured is a screenshot from the site. (ticketexchangebyticketmaster.com/NFL)

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is now investigating the NFL over its ticketing practices – specifically, whether it is illegally pricing tickets on the resale market using a mechanism known as “resale price floors.” Bloomberg has been covering the story, and Mike Regan of Bloomberg joins Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd with details.

Guest

Mike Regan, columnist for Bloomberg Gadfly. He tweets @Reganonymous.

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