Episode 55 (S2:E6): By The Numbers-MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Co-Founder, Jessica Gelman

Wait, What? Sportsbiz Chat with DP & McGhee · Feb 15, 2023 · 52m

CEO of the Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR) and co-founder of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Jessica Gelman joins the show to talk about the growth and evolution of analytics in the sports business, on both the sporting and commercial side. Gelman feels that the science of data analytics in sports is still in its very early stages of development and has only begun to scratch the surface of what it can add to the business of sports. Started as a one-day event in 2006 with only a keynote speaker, the conference is now sold out, offers dozens of panels about all aspects of the sports…