Online Games Vs. Traditional Fantasy Sports

This project investigates how salary and performance of offensive players in Major League Baseball are linked. We believe this is an interesting problem because it is traditionally believed that professional athletes play with hopes of earning a high salary, yet it often seems a batter’s performance is not linked to their salary (Jensen). Therefore, it seems as if the link between a player’s performance and their salary is different than their true performance. Performing a statistical analysis of this conundrum will give us great insight as to if it is accurate to say that performance changes salary drastically. Studies that prior statisticians have done differ from this study because their studies focus on salary and team performance rather than on the performance of individual players (Jane). Our study focuses on salary and individual performance in the current season. While there is extensive data on both game performances in the MLB and salaries, we can contribute to the statistical community by comparing how salaries are affected by different performance indicators for randomly selected individual players. Essentially, our hypothesis is an examination into how a batter 's game performance affects salary. We expect that the better a player’s statistics are, the higher their salary will be.

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States and to most; it is considered the top professional football league in the world. In order to become a monopoly, you have to take control of the market you’re in. The NFL was created in the early 1900’s. In 1920 the APFL was created when representatives from many leagues and teams came together. The APFA originally had 11 teams when they merged with NFL they currently have 32 teams (Tuchner, 2012). The National Football League is now the most attended domestic sports league in the world. Since completion to the NFL is at a minimum some substitutes are two similar monopolies, the NBA and MLB. But the NFL still is the most powerful out of all of them. (The NFL, 2013)

The National Football League has made many people rich, but it is not short of problems, controversy and appauling storylines. The two weaknesses I can identify are issues in player discipline and player health. The NFL is inconsistent in how it disciplines its players. Some have reframed this as an “league image” issue caused by reckless however the statistics support that the league itself is equally to blame for the bad reputation. According to independent research, McCann (2014) states, “The NFL’s punishment of personal conduct violations has been inconsistent and on average less harsh than its punishment of drug offenses” . There are

Fantasy Football is a game that puts you in complete control over a football team. In fantasy football, you are the head of your own league or rather, your very own franchise. That means, you are involved in the administrative portion of the game and you are able to coach your fantasy football team or act as the GM. You decide on the order weekly by participating in a draft pick or you can let a machine do it, and compete each week as your team's representative.

One topic that has taken precedence over all others, are the dangers of concussions. A concussion is a traumatic injury to soft tissue, usually the brain, as a result of a violent blow, shaking, or spinning (medicinenet.com). A brain concussion can cause immediate but temporary impairment of brain functions, such as thinking, vision, equilibrium, and consciousness (medicinenet.com). In this debate, I believe that the media framed the danger of concussions in a negative light causing a negative view toward contact sports. While the issues of concussions have been going on since 1994, it did not become a prevalent issue in the media until 2012. In May of 2012, Junior Seau, a highly thought of retired linebacker committed suicide. This came as a shock to many and his brain was donated to the National Institutes of Health for further research. This sparked a national debate between players and the league, both trying to defend their side. In August of 2013 the NFL agreed to pay $765 million to settle the lawsuit with the retired players (PBS.org). Since then the presence of concussions in the media has died down because of the rule changes and awareness it has brought to all levels of sports from the pros to the little

Though at the time, the league did in fact instate a number of safety revisions and regulations, they have steadily ignored and denied the severe connections between American football and the pressing

For teams with smaller salary caps, it was difficult to compete with the most prestigious organizations which had more to offer the top caliber player. This made acquiring top players extremely difficult for the smaller teams, however a former player turned executive implement a method that leveled the playing field. The former player introduced a method changing the

Have you ever dreamed of what it would be like to own your own professional fantasy squad? Fantasy sports are a way to live out that dream. To make things easier, all illusion games are fundamentally the same, real number athletes and their real-living performances are used to generate full head for fantasy teams in fantasy conferences. For example, in a traditional fantasy league there is a set number of team owners. There is a set of rules that determine everything from team roster size, to scoring method, to strength of schedule. You and your fellow team owners are all in full control of your team.

It’s a typical Fall Sunday afternoon and millions of people are huddled around their televisions at home, or at sports bars watching their local team’s battle on the gridiron for football supremacy. Meanwhile, a growing number of the most diehard football fanatics are sitting around their computers. Why aren’t they watching the game you may wonder? It’s simple. A new phenomenon called Fantasy Football is sweeping the nation.

The use of computerized statistical analysis has developed into a vital tool in the world of sports. Using data analytics to project player abilities, indicative of their potential future performance, is now an important part of team decision-making. This analysis can provide information that makes the difference between adding a quality player, as opposed to one who does not perform up to expectations.

Economic theory introduces us to four different types of markets: perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly. Professional sports teams operate in an environment that is different than the typical business structure. The goal of this paper is to look at this industry, in particular the NFL, in an economics context and gain an understanding of the market structure of this unique industry. To do this I will discuss a brief history of the National Football League in the U.S. and how this organization is structured. I will also discuss typical market structures and type of

It is almost like if the stock market grew in a day. The companies are based on player performance and how much you are willing to put on a player is completely up to you. Daily Fantasy can raise league revenue as well as personal endorsements to players in the leagues. So in turn Fantasy Sports brings in money for nearly anyone who invests rather than just the

Major League Baseball is known as America’s favorite pastime, and MLB teams spend an extensive amount of money in the excess of a billion dollars with the ultimate goal to win the World Series. This learning team’s focus throughout this descriptive statistics paper is the MLB players’ performances, salaries, salary caps, and winning percentages. Though salaries will by no means be a trade for wins, the goal is to use the less experienced players and pay them a lower salary. Research has been done on whether or not player’s salaries and wins are connected.

a few cases of players abusing drugs, which have led the NFL to consider changes to the

and analyzing vast amounts of baseball data. Then came the boom in baseball players’ salaries: this dramatically