This is a terrible blow to statistically inclined football fans and amateur analysts. It also looks like a terrible decision by Opta, who made a lot of money off of selling fan interest in sports...
This is a terrible blow to statistically inclined football fans and amateur analysts.
It also looks like a terrible decision by Opta, who made a lot of money off of selling fan interest in sports statistics to broadcasters and other media companies. Cutting off access to regular people just as football statistics are starting to become mainstream is clearly not going to help the long term standing of their industry, nor their reputation within it.
This is a terrible blow to statistically inclined football fans and amateur analysts.
It also looks like a terrible decision by Opta, who made a lot of money off of selling fan interest in sports statistics to broadcasters and other media companies. Cutting off access to regular people just as football statistics are starting to become mainstream is clearly not going to help the long term standing of their industry, nor their reputation within it.