Further Adventures of Watson: Fantasy Football Time, Fans

August 12, 2015

Short honk: I read “IBM’s Watson Can Now Help You Kick Ass in Fantasy Football.” I don’t anything about fantasy football. I don’t want to know. For me the notion of paying to pick players and then receive a share of money in the pool seems like something that should be regulated and available from Churchill Downs. You may have a different view. IBM sure does.

The write says:

IBM announced it has teamed up with Edge Up Sports, a company that provides analysis for hard-core fantasy sports players, on an app that could help you dominate your league.

The article recycles the glories and wonders of Watson. The article does not discuss revenues, on going development costs, interest on Watson related investments, or Google’s credit card debit analysis. Link is here.

Several questions crossed my mind:

If players have access to Watson, will the system generate equally viable outputs for each player?
Is IBM getting a piece of the action, or is the initiative funded by IBM as a way to make Watson more of a goal scorer?
What are the demographics of fantasy football players? Are these demographics the ones to which IBM hopes to license the Watson technology?

I have no answers. Just hunches.

Stephen E Arnold, August 12, 2015

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Marketing, News

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