The National Football League is calling on federal regulators to crack down on prediction market platforms, urging a complete ban on event contracts that target individual player performance, officiating calls, and game-day injuries.

In formal filings submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the league warned that exchange-traded binary contracts focusing on hyper-specific game outcomes carry severe risks of insider manipulation and threaten the fundamental integrity of professional sports.

Unlike traditional sportsbooks regulated under state gaming frameworks, financial prediction platforms operate under federal commodities regulations. While these platforms allow users to trade contracts on political elections and macroeconomic events, their recent push into sports outcomes has drawn intense pushback from major professional leagues.

NFL representatives specifically highlighted contracts tied to non-public information—such as injury reports, officiating decisions, and roster designations—as “objectionable bets” that are particularly vulnerable to illicit trading. The league argued that players, team staff, medical personnel, and game officials could face unprecedented exposure to pressure or corruption if high-stakes trading remains unchecked on federal exchanges.

The NFL has already prohibited league personnel, coaches, and active players from participating in prediction market trading, treating the platforms under the same strict gambling guidelines as traditional sportsbooks.

With prediction market activity continuing to surge, the league is pushing the CFTC to establish clear regulatory boundaries that carve out sports-related contracts, insisting that federal financial exchanges were never intended to host micro-level sports gambling.