Quote:I think the more moving parts, the harder is to have analytics be useful.

 

MLB is basically a one-on-one game most of the time, so analytics can be useful.

 

Basketball is 5 on 5.

 

Football is 11 on 11, so it's just a much more complex game to "analyze" because there are too many factors to control.  

Yeah, I didn't say it was better than them, but it's still a whole lot better than nothing, and we're just scratching the surface. Like the very small leaks we got from Next Gen Stats about the RFID shoulder pad chips being used to analyze how close the WR and DB were when the ball was released and also when the ball was touched by the WR or DB. That'll be incredibly useful as it is expanded and more open to the public. 

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