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Explore the player-driven shift in soccer contract negotiations, discover NCAA basketball predictions powered by TRACR, unravel the mysteries behind the Miami Dolphins' offensive formations, evaluate Nick Saban's player development magic at Alabama, and venture into the realm of AI-generated physical metrics by StatsBomb.
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This Week's Lineup
The rise of data and analytics in soccer contract negotiations
The player-driven shift towards data-informed negotiations is becoming more prevalent, influencing contract complexities, clauses, and free-agent decisions, reflecting a broader transformation in football contract dynamics.
NCAA Basketball Predictions: Regular-Season Conference Titles
The TRACR-powered supercomputer is trained on data points accumulated over the past 15 years of college basketball games and produces insight into how teams have performed so far and will perform over the rest of this season.
What a difference one change in alignment makes for the Dolphins
The Dolphins shotgun offense is awesome in 3×1 formations and terrible in 2×2 formations. What is behind that?
Which college teams are best at preparing players for the NFL?
Evaluate Nick Saban's player development at Alabama by introducing a metric comparing the NFL draft rates of former players to their high school recruiting scores, revealing Alabama's success in surpassing predicted draft rates.
Creating Better Data: Calculating Physical Metrics
Leveraging AI and computer vision techniques, generates high-frequency tracking data, smoothing raw tracking output to reduce sensor noise, and provides examples of physical metrics for players, offering nuanced insights into player performance throughout a play.
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