The Major League Baseball Players Association said Monday that it supports prohibiting players from participating in personalized marketing campaigns for sportsbook VIP programs, amid congressional scrutiny of a video of Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper that a FanDuel employee sent to a customer who had a gambling addiction.
Jeffrey Perconte, MLBPA’s general counsel, wrote in a letter to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) and U.S. Reps. Paul D. Tonko (D., N.Y.) and Valerie P. Foushee (D., N.C.), that the union would be willing to adopt this restriction as part of a new collective bargaining agreement that it is negotiating with Major League Baseball.
