The National Football League (NFL) has sent a letter to multiple prediction market operators, urging them to remove specific types of event contracts that are connected to fan safety, player misconduct, and player injury.
The letter was sent on September 3, 2026, following up on the League’s first letter that was published back in March 2026 regarding the same issue. The document was written by the NFL’s Chief Compliance Officer, Sabrina Perel, who argued that the mentioned contract categories were still available despite the first letter.
Perel shared:
“It is deeply concerning that bets within the objectionable categories that we identified months ago have been and continue to be listed as contracts on exchanges. Continuing to list these objectionable contracts threatens the underlying integrity of our games and creates significant risks for our players, coaches, and officials, as well as for those participating on your exchanges.”
In addition to the player-related contracts, the NFL has also called on prediction market companies to prohibit celebrity attendance and broadcast mention markets, which are easily manipulated according to the League. Officiating contracts were also listed in the letter, asking operators to remove bets tied to replay results, the timing, number, or type of penalties, and officiating actions and assignments.
