Future of Sport: "We have to differentiate ourselves with data" (D. Comolli, TFC)

"The data aspect has an impact on everything we do. It goes from the choice of a coach to the decision to sack him, but also to the way we play, develop our tactics, our recruitment, our measurement of players' performance, their sleep, and so on. If we did everything the other clubs did, we wouldn't be able to perform. That's why we have to differentiate ourselves," said Damien Comolli, president of Toulouse FC (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), at Future of Sport (Paris Expo Porte de Versailles) on 14/06/2023.

Comolli took part in a round table entitled "Peak Performance: Using Data to Win" alongside Jonas Baer Hoffmann, secretary general at FIFPro, Timo Gross, assistant coach and director of video analysis at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (Bundesliga), and Arnaud Santin, co-founder and CEO of SportsDynamics.

"We're very pro-data when it comes to valuing players and protecting them. But we are cautious about questions of ownership of the data, its accessibility, what happens when a player changes clubs or if that involves redundancy. What's more, many companies, such as GAFAM, generate billions of euros…