Players negotiated three new concessions pertaining to sports gambling out of Major League Baseball as part of the new collective bargaining agreement, US Bets has learned.
The new CBA, which was ratified by both sides last week to end baseball’s three-month-long lockout, compels teams to take new steps around player safety, bans the sale of players’ biometric and medical data, and frees active players to sign deals to work as brand ambassadors for sports betting operators.
That the issues arose in labor talks speaks to the rapid growth of legal sports betting, which has launched in 32 states, with others working toward legalization.