The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) are allies of circumstance over prop bets. The league and the players — stung by three public relations spectacles, with former Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter banned for life for manipulating prop bets and two others under investigation — continue to ask for the reduction of what they consider vulnerable types of player-dependent wagers.
Where do the other leagues stand?
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has long been critical of the type of bets that led to the investigations that put Cleveland Guardians’ pitchers Luis L. Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase on paid administrative leave until at least Aug. 31.
