The National Football League has made its stance clear on prediction markets.
In an amicus brief on Thursday, the league said that the sites fall under the sports gambling umbrella and should similarly be regulated by states.
"Billions of dollars will be bet on NFL games through prediction markets each season, and any delay from the Court will result in increasing consumer harm and risk to game integrity," the NFL wrote in the brief, via ESPN.
The league sent a letter to prediction market operators just before the start of the season saying they objected to markets like coaching and officiating decisions, injuries, and other markets that could be swayed by insider info. The league has yet to partner with predict markets but does have deals with official online sportsbooks.
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