Sports Analytics Challenges

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Typical challenges related to analytics faced in the sports industry:
a) Ambiguity: The applications of analytics are vast. Analytics can be used to scout new talent, enrich fan experience, manage finances more efficiently, improve team and player performance, create customized fitness programs etc. Although, sports teams today have a lot of data at their disposal, they are still struggling with the application of analytics to that data.
b) Data collection: In addition to working on historical data, the real value in sports analytics lies in being able to collect and analyze real time data. This presents one of the biggest challenges in sports analytics as tools and techniques for collecting real time data are still evolving. Moreover, cost

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