CLICK TO WATCH : ‘ WESPORTUS – APP PROMO ’ 55 played at least one sport once a week ; three out of 10 also played in clubs . That ’ s nearly 155mn , not to mention the amateurs who sometimes play several sports , in the park or at home . More than 600,000 hours of videos are uploaded to YouTube every day . With so many people participating in sport , it is difficult to identify the new talent who could dominate their discipline .
The solution would need to incorporate an innovative social network based on openness . Today , our talent spotting system is focused on just a few institutions located in the richest
countries . So we need a mechanism which could enable young talent to truly emerge from the multitude of amateur athletes around the world . This is still difficult to imagine on social networks in their current format .
In asking myself how we could make sports-scouting less random , I started thinking about my experience of business , banking and blockchain . Could scouting benefit from blockchain ; the disruptive technology that is disrupting the business world ? It is a decentralised and participatory system and so , through its differentiating cultural and monetary
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