Before 2018, the NFL hated gambling. Currently, the NFL hates prediction markets.

Via David Purdum of ESPN.com, the league submitted written testimony to the House Committee on Agriculture for a hearing regarding the oversight of prediction markets by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

The problem, in a nutshell, is this. Prediction markets, which include sports-related estimations, are currently legal in all 50 states. Sports betting is currently legal in only 39 states and the District of Columbia.

“We are particularly troubled that several sports-related futures contracts have been launched nationwide, including in jurisdictions where sports betting has not been legalized,” NFL executive V.P. of communications, public affairs and policy Jeff Miller told the committee. “The

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