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<blockquote data-quote="DumbAmerican" data-source="post: 910937" data-attributes="member: 77777"><p>At any rate, I think what Cruz was saying is that sabermetrics is way more advanced in the US than other countries. Obviously, the focus of the traditional US sports are the domestic leagues rather than international competition, even though basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world and baseball and hockey probably compare to rugby in how many countries care alot about the game. I have no idea Cruz&#039;s point is true. My perception is that baseball was the first sport to be transformed by data analysis in the 90s and early 00s, and now it&#039;s spread like wildfire to the other sports over the past decade. Basketball especially has been transformed.</p><p></p><div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">I don&#039;t see college soccer taking off as the way to develop US based players. There are already 206 Division 1 teams, and there doesn&#039;t seem to be any growing spectator interest. 99% of the guys who are going to be on the national team will already be signed up to pro contracts, by the time they get to college aged.</span></div></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="DumbAmerican, post: 910937, member: 77777"] At any rate, I think what Cruz was saying is that sabermetrics is way more advanced in the US than other countries. Obviously, the focus of the traditional US sports are the domestic leagues rather than international competition, even though basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world and baseball and hockey probably compare to rugby in how many countries care alot about the game. I have no idea Cruz's point is true. My perception is that baseball was the first sport to be transformed by data analysis in the 90s and early 00s, and now it's spread like wildfire to the other sports over the past decade. Basketball especially has been transformed. [LEFT][COLOR=rgb(20, 20, 20)] I don't see college soccer taking off as the way to develop US based players. There are already 206 Division 1 teams, and there doesn't seem to be any growing spectator interest. 99% of the guys who are going to be on the national team will already be signed up to pro contracts, by the time they get to college aged.[/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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