<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-name-field-event-time gmail-field-type-datetime gmail-field-label-above" style="margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14.4px;line-height:20.16px;font-family:"Open Sans";letter-spacing:0.16px;color:rgb(77,77,77);display:inline"><div class="gmail-field-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:0.9rem;line-height:20.16px;letter-spacing:0.01rem">Event time:  <span style="color:rgb(0,61,117);font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;letter-spacing:0.01rem">Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 4:00pm</span></div><div class="gmail-field-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:0.9rem;line-height:20.16px;letter-spacing:0.01rem"><span style="font-size:0.9rem;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;letter-spacing:0.01rem">Location:  </span><span class="gmail-fn" style="font:inherit;letter-spacing:0.01rem;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline">DL220</span><span style="font-size:0.9rem;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;letter-spacing:0.01rem;font-weight:normal"> </span></div></div><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-name-body gmail-field-type-text-with-summary gmail-field-label-above" style="margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14.4px;line-height:20.16px;font-family:"Open Sans";letter-spacing:0.16px;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><div class="gmail-field-items" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:0.9rem;line-height:20.16px;letter-spacing:0.01rem"><div class="gmail-field-item even" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:0.9rem;line-height:20.16px;letter-spacing:0.01rem"><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 0.75rem;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:21px;line-height:27.3px;font-family:"Museo Slab 300";font-weight:300;letter-spacing:0.01rem"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(0,61,117)">FDS Seminar</strong></h2><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 0.75rem;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:21px;line-height:27.3px;font-family:"Museo Slab 300";font-weight:300;letter-spacing:0.01rem"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(0,61,117)">“Analyzing the National Football League is challenging, but player tracking data is here to help”</strong></em></h2><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75rem;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:0.9rem;line-height:20.16px;letter-spacing:0.01rem"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(0,61,117)">Speaker: Michael Lopez</strong><br>Sr. Director of Football Data/Analytics<br>National Football League </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75rem;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:0.9rem;line-height:20.16px;letter-spacing:0.01rem"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(0,61,117)">Abstract: </strong>Most historical National Football League (NFL) analysis, both mainstream and academic, has relied on play-by-play data to generate team and player-level trends. Given the number of outside variables that impact on-field results, such as play call and game situation, findings are often no more than interesting anecdotes. With the release of player tracking data, however, analysts can appropriately ask and answer questions that better isolate player skill and coaching strategy. In this talk, we highlight the limitations of traditional analyses, and use a decades-old punching bag for analysts – fourth-down strategy – as a microcosm for why tracking data is needed. </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75rem;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:0.9rem;line-height:20.16px;letter-spacing:0.01rem"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(0,61,117)">Speaker Bio: </strong>Michael Lopez is a Senior Director of Football Data and Analytics at the National Football League. At the National Football League, his work centers on how to use data to enhance and better understand the game of football.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75rem;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:0.9rem;line-height:20.16px;letter-spacing:0.01rem">This is an in-person event, with a remote access option: </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75rem;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:0.9rem;line-height:20.16px;letter-spacing:0.01rem"><a href="https://yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=2adcd8f2-132c-41ca-abb3-af3900d8fe0d" title="https://yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=2adcd8f2-132c-41ca-abb3-af3900d8fe0d" class="ext" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font:inherit;color:rgb(0,61,117);text-decoration-line:none">https://yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=2adcd8f2-132c-41ca-abb3-af3900d8fe0d</a></p></div></div></div></div>