From Adam Gold at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. (Via Katie Baker at Grantland) As soon as one gets eliminated, you earn points for wins and ties (as always), but these points go towards draft order. More points, higher draft pick. I like it, though it makes it tough for teams who are perpetually on the cusp to have a good chance of getting that one top pick which can push them to the top.
I've wanted to attend this conference for quite some time. However, I have very little background in sports analytics. I think I need to spend the summer reading all these sabermetrics books (and the respective sport analyses). Also, it would be pretty awesome, I think, for students to take a class in this; get more students interested in economic analysis.
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