is one day out from launching and the sports media giant is taking precautions to ensure its employees uphold the company s standards of journalistic integrity.
ESPN last week sent out an internal memo of sports betting guidelines to employees detailing what they can and cannot do when ESPN BET launches on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
As per the new guidelines, any employees who covers or works with a specific sports league will be prohibited from betting on any events, markets, or awards within that league.
Maintaining ESPN s Journalistic Integrity
The new guidelines came after several questions arose from state sports betting regulators asking how the media giant would monitor employees and ensure the fairness of games ESPN BET offered its customers.
In a recent…