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Super Bowl Bust: Feds Grab 307 NFL Websites; $4.8M

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 2, 2012 @10:58AM from the first-they-came-for-the-pirated-sports-gewgaws dept.

coondoggie writes "Speaking at a National Football League press conference ahead of this weekend's Super Bowl, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said special agents this week seized a total of 307 websites and snatched up 42,692 items of phony Super Bowl-related memorabilia along with other counterfeit items for a total take of more than $4.8 million – up from $3.72 million last year."

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Re:Mathematics by Obfuscant · 2012-02-02 11:14 · Score: -1, Flamebait

... 42,692 items of phony Super Bowl-related memorabilia along with other counterfeit items..."
It's hard to calculate an average value when you don't have the denominator. But yes, $100 on average sounds reasonable. You don't realize how much money sports nuts will drop on stuff, especially the Stupor Bowel.