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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Make me a deal for Leverage Index
You guys know I love the Wisdom of the Crowds approach. So, let’s use it for something that has an outcome, rather than just the academic exercise we’ve been doing. I offered for Leverage Index to be part of the Bill James Handbook.
For a non-commercial product (specifically, if one of my readers can get the product or service for free), I have a free licence for it. I figure that as long as you guys don’t pay for it, I’m happy to donate it to these guys so that you in turn can see it in action. That’s why I’m happy that Fangraphs and B-r.com has taken it.
Now, other commercial ventures have approached me for it (video games mostly). I’ve turned them all down, because now that’s a consumer-paid product (as opposed to the ad-driven service that Fangraphs and B-r.com offer), and I honestly don’t know what it’s worth. Plus, I never play video games, so I don’t really know how it’s going to be used, etc.
So, this is where you guys come in. What is a licence to Leverage Index worth? You can state it in terms of dollars, in terms of % of revenue, in terms of value per book sold. You can state it in terms of in-kind, like data(*). Or in other terms that you can think of. Maybe make Bill James agree to drop Runs Created in favor of BaseRuns! Whatever.
(*) For data, I already have an understanding that any work I do with BIS-related data at Fangraphs is published at Fangraphs. So, I’m thinking there is a limit to the value over and above this. But, maybe you guys have other ideas here.
Make me a deal guys. You are the wise ones.