2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Thanks to Lincoln for passing this along.

BOSTON -- The Los Angeles Lakers are the only team that does not have a representative listed at to the 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics conference. Many teams made it public that they sent five or more. But even as the conference has expanded to the mainstream event it is today, there has remained a sense of conflict between two worlds: that of the removed statistical analyst, and that of the coach or player who can actually implement that analysis in competition.

The 2013 opening panel, which was moderated by Moneyball author Michael Lewis and featured Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Rockets GM Daryl Morey and 49ers COO Paraag Marathe, in addition to baseball and political sabermetrician Nate Silver, suggested that division is failing.

Titled "Revenge of the Nerds," the panel was something of a victory lap for those who longed to see sabermetricians in powerful roles within sports teams.