[Sds-seminars] [Sds-announce] Wednesday at 4pm: “Analyzing the National Football League...” by Michael Lopez Sr. Director of Football Data/Analytics National Football League

[Dan Spielman]

Event time:  Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 4:00pm
Location:  DL220
*FDS Seminar**“Analyzing the National Football League is challenging, but
player tracking data is here to help”*

*Speaker: Michael Lopez*
Sr. Director of Football Data/Analytics
National Football League

*Abstract: *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.

*Speaker Bio: *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.

This is an in-person event, with a remote access option:

https://yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=2adcd8f2-132c-41ca-abb3-af3900d8fe0d
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