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Just My Take: The Nerding of american sports continues

Related Topics: Anti-intellectualism, Sport, Nerd

We mock things we don’t understand. It’s easier that way. Why accept change when you can call someone a name and dismiss their argument outright? Where sports are concerned, anti-intellectualism is the order of the day. It’s what non-sports fans expect and are usually not disappointed. But sports don’t have to be dumb. In fact, they can pretty smart. By utilizing statistics in ways that tell a story you can’t actually see, is like how an astronomer might gauge the size of a planet they have no hope of ever viewing with the naked eye.

Stats don’t necessarily tell you everything you could get by watching the game, but it’s a smart and a new way of thinking that could elevate sports beyond the meathead image of the past.