Chey’s Lounge

Well, first things first, after the Monday night NFL games were said and done, I have now securely claimed second place in the family football pool. A few years ago, my brother said that you’ll probably win overall if you can average about 8 wins/week over the course of the season. That’s basically the goal/benchmark I‘very been aiming for. Obviously there’s a lot of luck involved, but there’s definitely some statistical advantages hidden out there when it comes to sports betting. I wouldn’t know specifics considering I’m nowhere near a statistician. Statistics and number crunching in sports are kinda crazy. I think there’s a ton of value to them, but I don’t think they’re the only thing that matters. I feel like the professional sports teams themselves are occasionally victims of analytics. 

People let the numbers cloud the vision. I feel like people don’t place enough emphasis on the value of the vibe. Intangibles often get overlooked in the age of analytics. If projected benefits don’t show up on a spreadsheet, it’s hard for people who don’t get to experience the vibe firsthand to justify investing in an asset. When the stakes are so high, people want numbers to back up their decisions. I do think there are ways to sufficiently quantify intangibles so they can be used/viewed/compared with each other in a more moderns sense of the word. I personally feel you can just look at someone and determine whether or not they have that “it” factor. Maybe that’s getting a little too close to the eugenics sun if you think about it too hard. I will move on from this now. 

People say the media market can affect a player’s mentality. I don’t really like when people talk about it because I feel like it isn’t thattt big of a deal, but just because I don’t feel that way doesn’t mean it isn’t. I don’t know zilch about anything, don’t trust me. Media, like every other variable, does have some type of effect, at least for some athletes. The big question is if the extent of the effect is calculable. 

There are ways to account for differences in the weight the variable should hold when evaluating in comparison to others. Just because there is a low doesn’t mean it won’t lead to statistically significant changes. When it comes to professional sports, every minute detail counts. Teams invest millions of dollars in different types of research and who knows what to gain literally any kind of edge. When you are dealing with the best of the best, everything counts. I feel like I think that way in my real life, so I try my best and think about every possible angle I imagine and compare it against what I can be missing. It’s so dumb of me because the standards I’m surrounded with in my real life are, well, low. I mean, what do you expect? You’re reading a post about how I dedicate time and energy to professional sports. I feel like I’m a big dumb clown if I dedicate too much of my time and energy into doing my best when what I am doing isn’t worth my best. Unfortunately, I’m currently wearing big shoes and I have a big, squeaky, red nose. Cue the clown music! Okay, let’s not go there, let’s just focus on me being a clown for investing any, never mind so much, time into a professional sports franchise. Maybe I will write one more sports post in the near future because I still haven’t covered how a phase I’ve been in recently is looking into old franchises/the history of franchises that have moved. Because I am a clown. Honk honk!