How the data helps you win Fantasy Football with ESPN's Greeny

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This is a podcast episode titled, How the data helps you win Fantasy Football with ESPN's Greeny. The summary for this episode is: <p>Data driven decision making exceeds any intuition in fantasy football (or any other sport). When you get your data ready the right way, you can use AI model so gain powerful insights. Insights that can help you drive growth—or win at fantasy football. In this episode, ESPN host Mike Greenberg joins podcast host Albert Lawrence and Elizabeth O'Brien, Senior Executive of Sports and Entertainment Sponsorship Marketing at IBM, to discuss the importance of making game decisions based on data and how generative AI is changing the game in the fantasy football space. Learn about the powerful AI models co-created by IBM and ESPN that transform football data into insights to help fantasy team owners set their lineups.</p><p><br></p><p><em>The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.</em></p>
Introduction
00:36 MIN
How fantasy football changed the relationship between fans and football?
00:22 MIN
How is IBM involved in fantasy football?
00:36 MIN
Greeny's beginnings with AI
00:42 MIN
How fans can use the data provided by watsonx.
00:23 MIN
Generative AI helps fans decode the contributing factors
00:52 MIN
How the data is gathered
00:44 MIN
Playing for fun vs playing for the competition
00:26 MIN
Data not gut: How to win at fantasy football
00:37 MIN
How Daryl Morey changed the game by bringing analytics into the NBA
00:30 MIN
How quickly data gets processed when it comes to fantasy football?
00:56 MIN
Now, gen AI offers personalised recommendations
00:43 MIN
Understanding the information and how would you utilize it in a business transaction analogy
00:38 MIN
It's art and science
01:10 MIN
Are the players using the data?
02:02 MIN
How IBM crunches all the data?
01:31 MIN
It has to be trusted data
01:06 MIN

DESCRIPTION

Data driven decision making exceeds any intuition in fantasy football (or any other sport). When you get your data ready the right way, you can use AI model so gain powerful insights. Insights that can help you drive growth—or win at fantasy football. In this episode, ESPN host Mike Greenberg joins podcast host Albert Lawrence and Elizabeth O'Brien, Senior Executive of Sports and Entertainment Sponsorship Marketing at IBM, to discuss the importance of making game decisions based on data and how generative AI is changing the game in the fantasy football space. Learn about the powerful AI models co-created by IBM and ESPN that transform football data into insights to help fantasy team owners set their lineups.


The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.

Today's Host

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Albert Lawrence

|Host

Today's Guests

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Elizabeth O'Brien

|Senior Executive of Sports and Entertainment Sponsorship Marketing, IBM
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Mike Greenberg

|Host, ESPN