What makes sports exciting is action. When basketball turns into a FT contest and baseball turns into a HR derby, there is less action. Analytics have made players more efficient, but they've also taken much of the action out of the game.

Pretty soon football analytics people are going to be researching the best ways to force opponents into penalties in order to gain free yardage. And the NFL is going to turn into a bunch of deep throws where WRs just try to sell contact in order to get a flag for PI.