Faced with the gold rush of the sports betting and prediction markets, player investment remains the forbidden fruit.
Via Sports at receptionEagles running back Saquon Barkley said he was forced to sell his stake in Polymarket, one of the leading brands in the prediction market.
“I’m not in there right now” Barkley said. FOS. “I have no right to be in there.”
Barkley previously owned stock in the company.
“I kind of had to get through it,” Barkley said. “I was there before, but no good.”
The NFL previously explained to PFT that team owners are allowed to own up to five percent of any business operating a sportsbook, provided the owner is not involved in running the betting operations. The NFL, however, will not disclose which owners own what share of which company.
We asked about the rules for owners with a stake in predictive markets. If this is allowed to happen, it’s another example of the league’s “do as we say, not as we profit” attitude when it comes to speculation in sports.
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