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Message: [QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5355708, member: 173"] So - you have strong evidence that sports teams are deriving lots of value from analytics? Like specific examples of success due to analytics uncovering some advantage they couldn’t have found any other way? That teams are spending money isn’t an indicator it provides value - teams crap away boatloads of money on free agents too. I worked at a company that had a corporate Operational Excellence division. They were phenomenal at manipulating data in a way that showed the value they provided to the organization. Almost none of it was legitimate, but an empire had been built and was going to defend itself. I suspect analytics in sports is very similar - I’d expect lots of soft “examples” of success that don’t stand up under even mild scrutiny. [/QUOTE]