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In recent years the OPS ratio in Baseball (On-Base Plus
Slugging Percentage) has gained widespread acceptance as an
analytical tool in evaluating a player’s skills. However,
OPS has major flaws which limits its effectiveness as an
analytical tool.
Read more on the limitations of the OPS stats.
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Ranking the NBA's fifty greatest players
In the summer of 1996 the NBA commissioned the nation’s most eminent and revered sports journalists and historians to determine the fifty greatest players of all time. That great commission was intended to
identify not just the most skillful player, but also the player with the most heart, courage and determination to win. The player with the greatest leadership qualities, and also the ability to singlehandedly take on an opponent if all other elements of his team are non-performing.
However, having chosen the top fifty which of them can lay claim to
the crown as the greatest player
to ever play in the NBA.
Read more here...
Does the
NFL's first-round playoff bye benefit the top teams?
After the Green Bay Packers lost to the New York Giants in the 2011
NFC Divisional Round we are once again left to ask that all-important
question, does the first-round playoff bye benefit the NFL's top
teams? Read more...
------------------------------------------------ Critiquing the Playoff Selection process in
US Pro Sports
During the NFL’s 2007 regular season the Cleveland
Browns shocked everyone (except maybe themselves) by winning 10
games, the highest single-season victory total for the ‘new’
Cleveland Browns franchise that was established under Al Lerner in
1999, and the most for a Browns team since 1994. However, for all
that accomplishment the Browns narrowly missed making the play-offs
from the AFC. Nevertheless, another team that had fewer wins than
them – the Washington Redskins – managed to make the playoffs
despite winning only 9 games. Is this fair and should it be allowed
to continue?
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Proposing a workable College Football Playoff System
We have lived through over a decade of the highs and lows of the
Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and while it has left us with some
great memories it has also caused us some grave consternations. Now
after 14 years the time is right for introducing a playoff system in
College Football. Exactly how could it be implemented, while
preserving the sanctity of the Bowls has been a questions for some
time. Now, finally, we have a proposal that could please everyone,
from the Bowl purists to the ardent playoff crusaders.
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The Limitations of the
Quarterback Rating
System
The QB rating system has been rising in
prominence in its ability to evaluate a quarterback’s
on-field performance. However, it has also produced some very questionable
results when comparing career performances.
Read more on the limitations of the QB passer rating system
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Time for a new ‘Super’ League in
European Soccer
The UEFA Champions League has been a very
exciting tournament in recent times, and fast becoming a premier
soccer competition around the globe. However, can it be strengthened
even further and eventually surpass the World Cup as the grandest of
all soccer competitions. The answer in a nutshell is yes, and this
article lays out a blueprint to achieving that.
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How the Big East could restore its football
credentials
Since the
departure of Boston College, the University of Miami and Virginia
Tech from the Big East the football conference has languished in a
sub-standard existence. In order to revive the fortunes of this
once-great conference we propose a possible realignment also
involving the Big Ten conference.
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A Critique of the Amateur Player Draft in Professional Sports
Sam Bowie in his Kentucky
playing days, widely regarded as the biggest bust in NBA Draft
history. Professional sports in America today is almost unthinkable
without the annual rituals known as the Draft. The NFL's version of
the annual College beauty pageant, replete with its talent shows and
evening gown attire, is such a spectacular event that it consumes
over two days of primetime viewing and many more months of pre-draft
festivities. Meanwhile the NBA's version is no less compelling, if
only slightly less grandiose, despite its measly 4 and a half hour
length. However, where did this concept come from, and is it good
for the modern games.
Read more here...
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PER Sports has published a book entitled Heroes
of the Hardcourt, which introduces a sophisticated way of
evaluating basket-ball performance and |
objectively ranks the 100 greatest players in the history of
professional basketball.
This PER Sports concept has proven effective at
measuring the top players in the history of the game, the top
players in the game today, and the top Draft prospects. In short, it
can assess the past, present and future stars in the game of
basketball. This is a phenomenal book by PER Sports and it is sure
to change the way the game of basketball is evaluated going forward. To pick up your copy be sure to visit any of the following: The
publisher
Authorhouse,
Amazon's website,
Barnes and Noble's website, or wherever books are sold
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