Author

Pranav Patel

Founder and editor of Field Signal. Source-first analysis on sports AI, media rights, athlete data, scouting, and the builder workflows underneath modern sports.

Pranav Patel is the founder and editor of Field Signal, a source-first publication covering sports AI, sports technology, media rights, fan and athlete data, scouting systems, and the builder workflows connecting them. He writes from the operator's seat: what matters, what is noise, and what should be built next.

Every serious Field Signal piece answers four questions — why it matters, what system is changing, what a builder should do with it, and what to watch next. The opinion layer stays clearly separated from reported facts, and external links carry the source material.

Beat

Sports AI & workflow

Front-office and operations AI: where prediction reaches the meeting, drill, roster, clip, or customer loop a real decision turns on.

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Rights & athlete data

Media rights, league strategy, fan data, athlete data, and the distribution shifts reshaping how value is captured.

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Sports business

Ownership, valuation, sponsorship, and the software leverage rewriting the economics of modern sports.

Editorial standard

No generic roundups. Each piece should leave you with a sharper model of the market, the workflow, or the system worth building — backed by sources, written for operators and builders.