NFL security looking at Tice handling of Super Bowl tickets

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Tice met Tuesday with NFL security officials looking into possible scalping of Super Bowl tickets, according to a published report.

Reached by The Associated Press Tuesday night, Tice confirmed that he met with league security officials but declined to elaborate.

Tice told SI.com that the officials were talking to him and others in the organization about how they distribute their Super Bowl tickets, but that he had nothing to do with re-selling players' tickets.

``I'm confident when the league finishes looking at this, everything will come out fine,'' he told SI.com in a report posted late Tuesday. ``It's a shame assumptions are being made about my role in this. I did not approach any player about Super Bowl tickets as head coach of the Minnesota Vikings.''

Greg Aiello, an NFL spokesman, declined to confirm to SI.com whether the league was investigating ticket scalping within the Vikings organization.

NFL players, coaches and club personnel can buy Super Bowl tickets, but have to sign a document saying they won't re-sell them at a profit.

Tice is heading into the final year of a contract that ranks him among the NFL's lowest-paid head coaches.