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if nfl not power distribution, why have detroit li...

2010-09-16T23:14:43.229-04:00

if nfl not power distribution, why have detroit lions been so bad for so long? I guess you forgot the dumbass factor.

One of the best football articles I've ever re...

2010-06-21T21:32:35.541-04:00

One of the best football articles I've ever read. Thanks for this Brian.

Did you write this after reading The Black Swan? This sounds very Taleb?

I know the feeling. I ws kind of hoping I'd ge...

2009-12-09T17:09:00.652-05:00

I know the feeling. I ws kind of hoping I'd get more interesting comments. Since you 'felt the need' to ask...

The rich-get-richer phenomenon is frequently used as a knock against the free market. But in truth it's a characteristic of all self-organizing systems, whether it's the NCAA or a socialist economy.

Interesting post, though I was hoping you were goi...

2009-12-09T16:33:22.707-05:00

Interesting post, though I was hoping you were going to go somewhere a little more interesting with it.

I have to agree with "Fidel" here, that little tangent didn't add anything to the post. I'd be curious to know why you felt the need to include it.

Thanks for the suggestion, Fidel.

2009-09-21T12:24:44.731-04:00

Thanks for the suggestion, Fidel.

Nice overall, although the aside about socialism i...

2009-09-21T12:17:35.710-04:00

Nice overall, although the aside about socialism is a poor addition to the article. If you want to get serious about economics, that's one thing. However, to tack on a highly tangential and unsupported claim as you did comes across as rather crass propaganda.

Good point. The graphs of fantasy point distributi...

2009-04-14T13:54:00.000-04:00

Good point. The graphs of fantasy point distributions in this article are probably power law curves.

I think I tried to fit log curves to them though.

It reminds me of when a coached talked about the N...

2009-04-14T13:21:00.000-04:00

It reminds me of when a coached talked about the NCAA men's basketball Top 25 Poll. He said that just as hard is it to get into the Top 25, it's just as hard to get out.

Well put. The power law applies to a lot of thing...

2009-04-14T12:20:00.000-04:00

Well put. The power law applies to a lot of things. It is also present when you look at a plot of fantasy points per player. One player always stands out the most every year and it drops off sharply after that.