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Skin in the Game

All About Analytics with Mike Lewis

Published September 6, 2024 at 6:00 PM EDT

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Why are Buffalo Bills fans ranked 17 (up from 25) on a recent report, and will they ever get to #1? On episode two of Skin in the Game, John Cimperman and Tim O'Shei crunch the numbers with Mike Lewis, host of the Fanalytics Podcast and Professor of Marketing at Emory University.

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