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Old 09-04-2018, 04:33 PM   #350
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Originally Posted by Jay Random View Post
Hockey, of course, is less predictable because hockey players (as a rule) are capable of making their own choices and planets aren't. But those choices are highly constrained by the situation, and you can measure a player's value by the use he makes of the choices available to him.
Thanks.. and to be clear, I do stats all the time and just could see how the word binary was being used there.

I think that all sports are constrained to some degree and none of the events are independent, so for sure this is an analysis problem. But that is what makes sports fun to watch!
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