Miami and Indiana will play in the College Football Playoff National Championship in just a few hours but a large number of fans who purchased tickets are still uncertain how they are going to get into the game. Resale entities like StubHub are putting the Hoosiers and Hurricanes in a sticky situation.
They do not possess item they purchased!
This issue does not only apply to the national title game or college football. The ticketing system is broken and there is no hope for change.
Ticket prices for the national championship are still outrageous.
One of the biggest talking points about the national title game has been the cost to attend. Ticket prices hovered well above $1,500 per seat even before the matchup was set after the semifinal.
And then Miami beat Ole Miss. It is a literal home game for the Hurricanes, which put the Hoosiers at a severe disadvantage in terms of cost.
Indiana fans (yes, I know it is the largest alumni base in the country) are forced to pay for travel on top of their game tickets. Plus, they had one less day to buy their tickets after their team officially won because of the Playoff calendar. That may not seem like a big deal but it is.
Miami fans were able to buy their tickets as early as late Thursday night, knowing they did not have to figure out any travel plans. Their opponents could not book anything (without the risk of losing and having to cancel the entire trip) until late Friday night.
There will still be a lot of red at Hard Rock Stadium but the takeover at the Peach Bowl will not be replicated at the national championship. And it will cost a fortune to be there.
As of this writing, the current get-in price for one single ticket hovers around $3,200. That number might drop even further closer to kickoff but the last-minute scramble by those who chose to wait could also cause a price increase. We’ll see.
Either way, it ain’t cheap.
Indiana and Miami fans don’t know how they’re getting into the game or where they are going to park.
Many college football fans who did already purchase a ticket are just as much caught in limbo as those who did not. There are a few different scenarios that continue to play out.
The first scenario is what happened to Matt Shaff. His order, which was placed more than 48 hours ago, was not fulfilled so he no longer has tickets despite already being in Miami.
The second scenario also includes parking passes.
Parking at Hard Rock Stadium opened at 11:00 a.m. However, because the game does not kickoff until 7:30, the sellers have until 5:30 p.m. to fulfill the order. That leaves a large amount of eager tailgaters who tried to get to the stadium early without a way to get in. They don’t have access to the parking pass they purchased in advance.
Same thing for tickets. The game does not kickoff until 7:30 so the seller does not have to transfer the tickets until 5:30. That is an uneasy feeling. What if the same thing happens to them that happened to Matt, and those people are left without a ticket with only two hours until kickoff.
The third scenario applies only to parking. The parking passes are not verified as legit so people who thought they were going to the tailgate are forced to park outside of the stadium.
Bought an orange lot off stubhub and received an offsite $9.90 ParkWhiz pass just now. What a joke @StubHub is. They need to find a way to verify sellers and kick out the jokers that try to scam people off
— Mike Noble (@fsuisdbest) January 19, 2026
StubHub is getting crushed and for good reason. Something needs to change. (I can’t imagine this only applies to StubHub and not other resellers but StubHub is the primary culprit today.)
And here’s the thing.
StubHub no longer rectifies bad experiences. It cancels the sale, charges the seller 200% and refunds the purchaser. From what I understand, StubHub then gets to pocket the penalty paid by the seller.
Resale entities simply do not care about the customer. They used to replace your ticket with equal value or better. Now they offer worse, to essentially force the refund. Brutal.
Indiana and Miami fans are without their tickets and/or parking passes on game day. That can’t happen.
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