NFL.com and Bloomberg Launch Fantasy Football Product as Part
September 13, 2010
NFL.com and Bloomberg Launch Fantasy Football Product as Part of New NFL Fantasy Football Game Bloomberg Sports “Decision Maker” Available to all NFL Fantasy Subscribers for Free Business Wire NEW YORK -- September 13, 2010 Bloomberg L.P. in partnership with the NFL introduced Decision Maker, a web-based interactive fantasy football application that uses Bloomberg’s advanced analytic tools to advise NFL.com fantasy football players on their best starting lineup each week. The product will give fans the ability to compare any two NFL players’ performance and predict which player at any position will produce the best fantasy results. “We are very excited to be able to use our analytic tools to work with the NFL in the creation of Decision Maker, a product any fantasy player will find enjoyable, effective and very visually compelling,” said Bill Squadron, head of Bloomberg Sports. “We have been able to draw on the successful model Bloomberg has built in the financial community and apply it to sports data, the result of which is a unique ‘must have’ for any fantasy football player.” Bloomberg Sports Decision Maker – while driven by extremely detailed, fact-based, historical calculations – is very quick and simple to use. It provides fantasy players with the key answers they need to make their choices each week. The players are ranked by a system using complex analysis and formulas update based on recent performance and other factors such as the opposing defense that week and the weather forecast at that week’s venue. Decision Maker also has a unique technology-driven Risk/Reward Index, analyzing consistency of the scrutinized NFL players and pointing to long shot opportunities for players whose performance tends to be most unpredictable. By integrating Decision Maker into NFL FANTASY FOOTBALL, the new NFL fantasy football game and the only one with video integration, NFL.com will offer the product for free to its fantasy subscribers. “Our goal in re-launching the NFL.com Fantasy game was to provide our fans the best possible fantasy football experience,” said Hans Schroeder, Vice President of Media Strategy and Development for the NFL. “We are excited to be working with Bloomberg Sports to offer our NFL.com Fantasy players the Decision Maker product for free as part of our Fantasy game, with the goal of further enhancing their fantasy football experience on NFL.com.” The tool is available also as a standalone product at www.bloombergsports.com/nfl, for use by all fantasy football players using any fantasy provider. For more information on Bloomberg Sports, please visit https://www.bloombergsports.com and follow us on Twitter (@BloombergSports) and Facebook. For more information on Bloomberg, please visit https://www.bloomberg.com/about and follow us on Twitter (@BloombergLP) and Facebook. About BLOOMBERG SPORTS Launched in 2010, Bloomberg Sports takes the tools developed by Bloomberg, the leading global provider in data and analytics, and applying applies them to the vast data analysis opportunities in sports. Working with MLB.com and NFL.com, Bloomberg Sports fantasy products give fans the most powerful resources as they draft and manage their fantasy teams. Additionally, Bloomberg Sports provides a professional product that delivers Major League Baseball clubs with a secure, virtually unlimited set of analytical functions to assist them in personnel evaluation and performance matchups. For more details, please visit https://www.bloombergsports.com. About Bloomberg Bloomberg is the world’s most trusted source of information for financial professionals and businesses. Bloomberg combines innovative technology with unmatched analytic, data, news, display and distribution capabilities, to deliver critical information via the Bloomberg Professional service and multimedia platforms. Bloomberg's media properties span television, radio, digital and print, making up one of the world’s largest news organizations with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: https://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6427330&lang=en Multimedia Available: https://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6427330 Contact: For Bloomberg: Silvia Alvarez, 212-617-3707 Salvarez13@bloomberg.net or For NFL: Joanna Hunter, 212-450-2449 Joanna.hunter@nfl.com