The well-known video game saga Football Manager It will soon become another tool in the work of football club managers around the world. Prozone, a company that is dedicated to carrying out performance analysis of athletes who are subsequently handed over to the directives of these teams with whom they reach agreements, has signed a collaboration with Sports Interactive, developer of the video game to have access to its databases with information on thousands of players.
Surely many of you will know the game developed by Sports Interactive and distributed by Sega "Football Manager", and it is a classic among sport classics. Contrary to what happens with Fifa or Pro Evolution Soccer, it is a title of sports management simulationIn other words, we put ourselves in the shoes of the leaders of the clubs. Your job will consist of managing the money and other resources of the organization, signing the players you need and making the best possible line-up to lead your team to meet the objectives that it sets. A game that is usually quite affordable and that can offer hours of entertainment.
Everton FC, a pioneer in this regard
If there is something that characterizes this video game and that is key to moving forward, it is that it has a extensive information about the players, which evolve over the years, losing faculties as they pass certain ages or becoming the new stars. Already in 2008, officials of a team with a great tradition in England such as Everton FC declared that used some of the Football Manager data to meet unpopular players and thus probe the market for potential signings with great potential.
Agreement with Prozone
Although many put their hands to their heads in their day, surely many of us find it so crazy. Nor to Prozone, one of the companies with the most important partners in the world of sport that is dedicated to player performance analysis, providing useful information to teams, who study all sources before spending a huge amount of money. From now on and after their agreement with Sports Interactive they will make use of the data of this video game, and therefore, managers can directly consult the information "playing some games".
Vía: Engadget