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ESPN’s College Football Player Impact Rating, Google Uploads Australian Cricket History

Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 – A roundup of some of the key sports technology stories you need to know, including SportTechie’s own content and stories from around the web.

  • ESPN has launched a Player Impact Rating system for the upcoming college football season in partnership with PlayStation. The new metric evaluates the impact of every college football player relative to their position by tracking team success when a player is on-field versus when they are not, and attempts to adjust for the skill of their teammates and opponents on each play.