OT: How arrogant is ESPN?

by **Casey** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:55 pm

They made up a stat (the so-called Total Quarterback Rating), which is designed to rank quarterbacks based on "everything from completions and interceptions to sacks taken, fumbles, rushing plays and more."

I guess this fits here, because it's safe to assume ESPN will force-feed the stat to us all season long.

True, the previous quarterback rating is a little odd (the maximum ranking is something random like 158.3 or so), but the NFL and NCAA get to make up stats ... not a damn network.

by **BleedingRed+Blue** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:21 am

Saw that. I hope they keep it only to the NFL. I don't want to have to pay attention to a stupid stat that makes ESPN feel even more important.

by **Wuba** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:18 am

There are all sorts of stats in baseball, football and basketball that were "made up" by people besides the leagues.

This page for sabermetrics has a long list for baseball.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabermetrics

I am not saying that espn is not arrogant, I am just saying they are far from being the first people outside of a league to start tracking a stat and I do not think it is even close to being a sign of arrogance.

by **texasmustang10** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:16 am

ESPN is arrogant but there's no harm in sabermetrics

by **lwjr** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:54 am

For some reason and I believe it was ESPN that coined the phrase, "Walk Off"' I can not stand that phrase.

by **smuuth** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:42 am

I wish there was a stat for "doing everything in your power to help your team win".

by **htownponyfan** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:55 am

lwjr wrote:For some reason and I believe it was ESPN that coined the phrase, "Walk Off"' I can not stand that phrase.

I believe it was Billy Zane in the movie Zoolander who coined the phrase "Walk Off"

by **Stallion** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:56 am

wished I hadn't wasted time reading this thread

by **Treadway21** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:40 am

The QB rating is the most ridiculous stat ever. Some mysterious stat not tied to a base ten scale is virtually meaningless. If a stat is something the average joe can't compute or understand while the game is going on, then it is worthless as a stat, IMO.

by **lwjr** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:49 pm

htownponyfan wrote:
lwjr wrote:For some reason and I believe it was ESPN that coined the phrase, "Walk Off"' I can not stand that phrase.

I believe it was Billy Zane in the movie Zoolander who coined the phrase "Walk Off"

Oh, I never saw the movie. Thanks