The yellow boxes of The National sports daily became daily stops and quarter-eaters on the way to work. Innovation has its price too. Lenny Melnick recalled the days when he would call up an NBA team and interrogate a receptionist on a player's availability that night. That used to happen a lot in fantasy baseball. Now, information is no longer at a premium.
Adverse selection is hard to find on draft day anymore.
There are no secrets. Some owners bring no books, others a library. Some carry paper, pencils, and lots of erasers. Others sport laptops with fast new processors. Tools are just a way to express 13 different opinions on the one player in front of them.