No Champion Data Prospectus this year

[Ron The Bear]

Around this time I start thinking about preparing for fantasy footy and the imminent publication of two esteemed tomes: the AFL Record Season Guide and the AFL Prospectus. Got a nasty surprise concerning the Prospectus.

Some will shrug and ask "What's a prospectus?", others will be aware of it without being interested enough to buy it, and still more will consider its statistics junk anyway. But some of you will, like me, be disappointed.

Noted also that there was no women's Footy Almanac last year (presumably not profitable enough). One hopes that a similar issue is not responsible for the demise of the (men's) Prospectus.

 

[HTT]

If it included useful stats and was live (or at least up to date to the week) I would absolutely go for it.

 

[74561347]

if they charge the same price for a digital copy rather a physical one - no thanks

 

[markm106]

I have bought this for a while now. If they bro g out something digitally I’ll probably give it a go.

 

[KissKiss]

If its just the same product but digital then no, if they actually do something meaningful with their hold on all the data and provide a new service that is better than whats already out there - then maybe.

They have all the power but have (comparing to other sports around the world) really poor on passing on useful data about the sport

 

[Roobs321]

The Season Guide (fond memories by the way, used to be hype for those release days) like a lot of print became less relevant once online sources such as AFL Tables and the like became the simpler option. Prospectus is more intriguing, but I think the sorts of people into that sort of thing would welcome the predominantly digital move for data leveraging ease.

 

[nick1408]

The app they had a few years ago was great. I stopped buying it after they stopped the app

 

[mouncey2franklin]

We follow a backwater league and the lack of in-depth stats for the average punter to peruse is a case in point.

In any major sport in the world, is there a greater gulf between what the professionals (clubs and commentators) and the regular viewers have access to, in terms of stats?

 

[Demonic Ascent]

We follow a backwater league and the lack of in-depth stats for the average punter to peruse is a case in point.

In any major sport in the world, is there a greater gulf between what the professionals (clubs and commentators) and the regular viewers have access to, in terms of stats?

Especially considering the commentators are so loathe to pass any of this information on to the supporters - they'd rather discuss a players new haircut or if theyre dating another players sister.

 

[Vikingnz]

We follow a backwater league and the lack of in-depth stats for the average punter to peruse is a case in point.

In any major sport in the world, is there a greater gulf between what the professionals (clubs and commentators) and the regular viewers have access to, in terms of stats?

Doubly ridiculous when you consider AFL has been called the most data rich sport in the world.

 

[Lsta062]

We follow a backwater league and the lack of in-depth stats for the average punter to peruse is a case in point.

In any major sport in the world, is there a greater gulf between what the professionals (clubs and commentators) and the regular viewers have access to, in terms of stats?

Yeah, the commentators produce these stats about how many 50-metre penalties each team had between certain rounds and then you try to look into it with only access to the general free kicks each team has received/conceded. There isn't much option on getting great stats for the regular viewer.

 

[Hoos]

Around this time I start thinking about preparing for fantasy footy and the imminent publication of two esteemed tomes: the AFL Record Season Guide and the AFL Prospectus. Got a nasty surprise concerning the Prospectus.

Some will shrug and ask "What's a prospectus?", others will be aware of it without being interested enough to buy it, and still more will consider its statistics junk anyway. But some of you will, like me, be disappointed.

Noted also that there was no women's Footy Almanac last year (presumably not profitable enough). One hopes that a similar issue is not responsible for the demise of the (men's) Prospectus.

They can go * themselves.