is likely to be first<\/a>, and that’s assuming voters in 2022 approve a proposition backed by tribal gaming entities, which would set the stage for the first legitimate bets to be placed in 2023 at the earliest.<\/p>\nBeating Rivals to the Punch<\/h2>\n
MKF may be smaller than its aforementioned foes, but it did beat them to an agreement with the NFLPA, becoming the union’s official licensee in DFS.<\/p>\n
For the operator, the move makes sense because, after all, DFS is predicated on real players, something other firms in the space haven’t always tapped into.<\/p>\n
\u201cProfessional athletes have historically been under-leveraged by DFS companies despite athletes being the predicate for these games’ existence,\u201d <\/strong>said OneTeam CEO Ahmad Nassar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL Players Association (NFLPA), the labor union for the league’s athletes, is capitalizing on its strongest currency, its members. It is taking a financial stake in daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator Monkey Knife Fight (MKF). The financial terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed. California-based MKF is closely held and its early investors include private […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":153904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14007,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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