Football Outsiders analytics site is no more.

[2the9s]

I used to get a lot of info from Football Outsiders, but their website is now dead.

In case anyone is looking for their data, former owner Aaron Schatz has moved to a site called ftnfantasy.com and his NFL DVOA ratings from last year are here. NCAAF FEI rankings for last year have moved to a site called bcftoys.com and are linked here. I don't know if they'll be continuing ratings for this upcoming season at their respective sites.

 

[Tanko]

Here's why FO eventually failed. Its from April.
When Champions Gaming took over they screwed all the freelance writers and stopped paying them.

https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/football-outsiders-aaron-schatz-champion-gaming.html#:~:text=Football%20Outsiders%20has%20undergone%20some,Prime%20City%20One%20Capital%20Corp)

 

[Tanko]

FEI data has always been on bcftoys.com for a long time. Fremeau data is exceptionally useful for CFB capping and I think he was paid at FO for posting it there.

Once FO lost the S&P football data (Bill Connelly now at ESPN) and the FEI data (and now losing the DVOA data as well), there wasn't much to see.

I appreciate the link to the DVOA data. I use it for some NFL capping.

 

[2the9s]

Here's why FO eventually failed. Its from April.
When Champions Gaming took over they screwed all the freelance writers and stopped paying them.

https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/football-outsiders-aaron-schatz-champion-gaming.html#:~:text=Football%20Outsiders%20has%20undergone%20some,Prime%20City%20One%20Capital%20Corp)

Thanks for posting this. I had no idea about any of the drama at the site. Horrible stuff stiffing their writers.

I agree about the FEI data. I didn't know it wasn't original to FO and I'm glad it's around for next year.

 

[jjgold]

Never heard of it

 

[2the9s]

Never heard of it

Not surprised.

 

[Tanko]

Never heard of it

Its for people who like to win their bets.

 

[jjgold]

If those sites were so good, nobody would work never ever forget that this is all random stuff we’re doing