Pham in a keynote address today: "It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve as a Commissioner and now acting Chairman, and I will leave with deep pride in what we’ve accomplished and great confidence in what the CFTC will continue to achieve in the years ahead."

Plus, recent developments mean there is only one active commissioner who intends to stay on long-term, and significant moves on a subject like prediction markets during an agency line change would be unusual.

EA Sports has cozied up to third-party services to boost in-game spending, striking a deal with Futbin after formerly sharing a difficult relationship. sportico.com/business/tech/…

“I think EA are starting to wake up to see the potential in a third-party collaboration,” said Futbin head Christian Sørensen in a video interview.

Longtime soccer video game fans are very familiar with the cottage industry of independent sites offering data tools around FIFA/EA FC Ultimate Team. The space is evolving amid a tactical shift from EA Sports: sportico.com/business/tech/…

NEWS: The first TGL franchises sold mostly in the $30-35M range. The new Detroit expansion team is paying more than $70 million. More from me and ✏️Jacob Feldman at Sportico 👇 sportico.com/leagues/golf/2…

NEWS: Amid a flood of investment in youth sports, streaming service LiveBarn is for sale. More from me and Scott Soshnick 👇 sportico.com/business/tech/…

Given today's news re: Trump and Harvard University, here's something that we wrote at Sportico last month about the international students that make up more than 20% of Harvard's athletic department. More with Daniel Libit and Lev Akabas 👇 sportico.com/leagues/colleg…

Robinhood's Sports Prediction Markets Are a Hook for Wider Play sportico.com/business/sport…

Robinhood’s Sports Prediction Markets Are a Hook for Wider Play sportico.com/business/sport… via @sportico Dan Bernstein

NEW: As Deloitte has taken increasing scrutiny over its role as administrator of "NIL Go," the House settlement athlete deal clearinghouse, its young college athletic department practice has made barely a peep. I dug/FOIA'd into for Sportico👇 sportico.com/leagues/colleg…

Per source: The Stanley Cup Final games at Rogers Place are projected to generate more ticket revenue than any other games in NHL history. Details at @sportico. sportico.com/leagues/hockey…

Huge sports law news: Judge Wilken approves the House settlement. A major victory for the NCAA and for the big time college sports industry. But it's not the end of the story for NCAA legal issues, as other litigation awaits. Here's what you need to know: sportico.com/law/analysis/2….