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Article: Q & A; Jeff Ma, Co-founder and VP of Protrade.com.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- March 2, 2006
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Byline: Michael Rand; Staff Writer
Jeff Ma is the co-founder and vice president of research for Protrade.com, a site that is part fantasy game, part very serious sports research. The game part is that players "buy" and "sell" athletes as though they were stocks, then watch them gain or lose value based on market forces and performance. The serious part is that the way athletes' performances are measured is part of Protrade's mission to revolutionize the way people think about sports. The site debuted this season with the NFL, recently added the NBA and will add baseball before the season starts. In his previous life, Ma was known for a much different reason. ...