India, Aug. 27 -- The NFL, in a media call on Monday, August 25, made clear its stance against sports prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, stipulating that the league's regular sports betting rules apply to these platforms as well. The platforms, however, have repeatedly held the view that their system operates in a manner different from that of regular betting.

Sabrina Perel, the NFL's Chief Compliance Officer, said on a media call with reporters, "Our view is that these platforms mimic sports betting and that they are covered as prohibited conduct under our policy. That would be for all of our personnel, and now we're educating on this point as well." In addition, the NFL has urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to ...