NFL Reportedly Asking Potential Super Bowl Halftime Acts to Pay to Perform

August 19, 2014   ·   Tim Daniels   ·   Jump to comments

The National Football League knows the publicity associated with performing during the Super Bowl halftime show. Now it apparently wants to get compensated by the group or artist for the opportunity to become the featured act.
Tom Ley of Deadspin passed along a report from Hannah Karp of The Wall Street Journal, which states league representatives asked the finalists whether they would provide a financial reward if given the spot:
The NFL has narrowed down the list of potential performers for the 2015 Super Bowl to three candidates: Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Coldplay, these people said. While notifying the artists' camps of their candidacy, league representatives also asked at least some of the acts if they would be willing to contribute a portion of their post-Super Bowl tour income to the league, or if they would make some other type of financial contribution, in exchange for the halftime gig.
The report also notes the league usually hasn't paid its performers eith...

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