In a segment that was a bit shocking both in its timing and placement, ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt took over two minutes of his SportsCenter broadcast this week to criticize daily fantasy sports leagues, saying that daily fantasy is, in fact, gambling.

Sports gambling is still illegal in most of this country, so for Van Pelt to call out daily fantasy sites questions the very legality of the way they currently operate. This is a surprising stance because it might make things uncomfortable for his employer, ESPN, who run advertisements for both FanDuel and DraftKings, two of the largest daily fantasy sites in the world.

Van Pelt’s argument isn’t too wild or extreme — he’s offering a balanced perspective of the debate. But it’s still interesting that ESPN, who has multiple writers covering daily fantasy, would have one of its biggest names deliver a monologue that ultimately places daily fantasy in a compromising position.