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KC Joyner, The Football Scientist: A Buffett/Munger Approach to Fantasy Football

KC Joyner, The Football Scientist: A Buffett/Munger Approach to Fantasy Football

FromThe Investors First Podcast


KC Joyner, The Football Scientist: A Buffett/Munger Approach to Fantasy Football

FromThe Investors First Podcast

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Aug 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Our guest today is KC Joyner, a fantasy football guru and pioneer of the football analytics revolution, featured on ESPN and The Athletic. He is Founder of the Football Scientist, a data analytics subscription service designed to help you win your fantasy football league. KC left his career in telecom to pursue a lifelong dream of writing a Bill James-style book about football. 19 months later, his detailed tape breakdowns of the 2003 and 2004 season led to the self-publication of Joyner’s groundbreaking book Scientific Football in 2005. Since his first book was released, he has joined forced with the likes of ESPN and most recently the writing team at The Athletic. KC is a nationally published author and his other books include Blindsided, Why the Left Tackle is Overrated and Other Contrarian Football Thoughts. In today’s episode, we discuss KC’s background and how the The Football Scientist publication came to be. We then dive in to the quant approach he uses for fantasy football and how it could help you win your league this year, with several stops in between. Our hosts today are Steve Curley, CFA and Colby Donovan, current board members of CFA Society Orlando. Please enjoy the episode. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. Social Media: LinkedIn Post (and Facebook): New episode w/ KC Joyner, Founder of Football Scientist, hosted by Steve Curley, CFA and Colby Donovan. *KC’s background and the research and book that put him on the map *His pursuit of a Bill James style of advanced analytics for the National Football League *Time w/ ESPN, the Athletic & more *How to win your fantasy football league this year, with actionable ideas for this year’s draft Enjoy! Insert link here (and please add KC’s twitter handle to below) Twitter Post: New episode w/ the Football Scientist KC Joyner, his background & the book that put him on the map, his pursuit of Bill James style analytics for NFL, time w/ ESPN, & how to win your fantasy football league this year. Show Notes:thefootballscientist.com (use code “CFA” to save on draft guide)https://theathletic.com/3359667/2022/06/23/warren-buffett-fantasy-football-strategy/
Released:
Aug 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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The award* winning Investors First Podcast is a service of CFA Society Orlando. Subject matter experts from our Society interview Founders, Chief Executive Officer’s, Chief Investment Strategists, Fed Presidents and more to discuss timely and relevant topics in finance. Our mission is to educate investors and investment professionals in Florida, the Americas and beyond, with a focus on making you a more informed investor and/or advisor. *The CFA Institute awarded CFA Society Orlando the 2020 Impact and Innovation Award for the Investor’s First Podcast. Previous guests include Patrick O’Shaugnessy, Liz Ann Sonders, Barry Ritholtz, Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic, Dr. David Kelly, Mark Yusko, Annie Duke, Morgan Housel, Peter Zeihan, and Meb Faber. CFA Society Orlando is a member of the CFA Institute's Network of over 150 societies globally. The majority of its members hold the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, which is considered the most respected and recognized investment management credential in the world. Fewer than 1 in 5 candidates who begin the program end up successfully earning the CFA charter. Successful candidates take an average of four years to complete the program.