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dave briggs has more from phoenix. >> reporter: new england patriots and seattle seahawks have traveled to arizona for the biggest game of the season. so too have agents from the department of homeland security intent on cracking down on counterfeit super bowl mercha been hearing thistive initiative for a week. seized items with msrp of $100,000. >> reporter: licensed sport apparel a $3 billion business a year for a third of the league's an you'll revenue but also a target for criminals. last year federal authorities seized more than 300,000 counterfeit items valued at nearly $20 million. >> we're thinking of the package, identified possibly containing possible merchandise. so we're going to go in here for the package. >> reporter: while agents are focused on phoenix today, counterfeiting is a national problem. >> i think when it affects the economy of the united states i think we all have to agree it's not just a local issue. >> reporter: buying fake merchandise takes money away from the local businesses that sell off empty goods. that hurts local economies which hurts the country as a

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dave briggs is back and in phoenix with some super bowl sticker shock. dave?ly buy a new car actually. it's not just shaping up to be the most expensive super bowl ever, it's shaping up to be the most expensive sporting event of you a time. the cheapest seat available right now on stub hub.com is just shy of $9,000. of the 265 available on stub hub, the most expensive was $50,000 per ticket and the average on the secondary market north of 10 grand. that's the most expensive ever. and even at that it's you have to to find vivid seats shows zero tickets available. the question really is what's happening here? is this the free market at play or are these prices being manipulated by speculation? i asked nfl commissioner roger goodell that question earlier today. >> we follow the various secondary ticket marketing companies. we want to make sure that our fans are protected, so we will follow that closely and make sure that everything is being done to protect the fan interest. >> so even the nfl commissioner does at times punt like his players. i spoke with will fla

joined by nbc sports dave brigg.ing. >> good to on on. >> the early take is belichick is throwing brady under the bus, you agree? >> it sure felt that way. a couple of things, i'm covering the patriots every practice every game four a four-year span, a couple of things. bell belichick controls every single aspect of that patriots franchise, nothing happens without his knowledge, his instruct. number two, bill belichick knows everything about every aspect of football he can tell you what he ate at lunch ten years ago before he played the jets in game three of the season. for him to say he had no knowledge of the various steps vovled in the game balls that made me fall off the chair. did feel like he threw tom brady under the bus, brady's personal preference on the footballs something he can talk about in better detail. tom brady's press conference moved from tomorrow to today. now that just got exnoengslily more interesting what tom brady has to say about the condition of his footballs. >> dave what do you say to peop

>> dave briggs cnbc. the average ticket is over $10,000 make ago it the most expensive super bowl and sporting event of all time. there's concern the free market is not dictating prices that it's being fixed and manipulated. is there concern? is that something the league has looked into? >> just to be specific to your question i think you meant on secondary level the prices are at that level. that shows the incredible fan demand. we obviously follow that closely. we follow the various secondary ticket marketing companies. we want to make sure that our fans are protected. we will follow that closely and make sure everything is done to protect the fan interest as this game continues to increasekreescrease in popularity. we want to make sure the game remains successful. i want to thank the people of this region in arizona starting with the bidwell family who without them their leadership the work they've done we would not be here. so we thank them mike and his entire family for the tremendous work. i'd also

dave briggs is very lucky.from phoenix. >> guys an estimated $115 million expected to be wagered on super bowl xlix with the patriots a slight favorite and 73% of the action so far going on new england says sportsbooks,.com. the real fun starts with the more than 300 prop bets on the big game. before it starts you can bet on if marshawn lynch will be fined. odds say yes he will. color and style of hoodie bill belichick will wear. they say he'll ware a agree cutoff version. how many times will tom brady's supermodel wife been shown. the over/under is 1.5. sorry, guys. but the over/under on how much times the deflategate scandal will be mentioned is three. who color of gatorade bath will soak the winning coach? orange the favorite. and afterwards who's headed for disneyland? brady to be the mvp followed by wilson and lynch. >> all right. we're just two days away from super bowl xlix. social media is already on fire. tweets involving the super bowl for this month 52% from last year. in the latest deal with youtube

joining us we the latest is dave briggs anchor with nbc sports.ks between games. >> too much maybe. >> a lot of times there nothing to talk about. >> so we guys have created this. >> off lot to talk about. i like it. here's the only thing. i hope before sunday we are able to just -- let's assume that the officials -- >> you're assuming that deflategate will end. >> no. let's just hope on sunday that the officials check all the balls. >> they will check the balls. it will not be a factor in the super bowl. >> let's assume that and then let's talk about the game itself and russell versus brady. >> we will. but first let's look back. let's do a test. one ball is -- >> this is a blind test. >> blind test. how long does it take you to identify the underinflated football. >> this is the over one. i can tell without touching the other. >> she didn't even need to hold it. >> this is underinflated definitely. >> yes. it's very easy to tell big fella. here you go joe. >> so they give it to the officials the day of the game. >> two and a half hours before th