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by boomboomsubban 2030 days ago
>Proving actual instances of harm suffered from the dissemination of unfavourable statistics is also going to be tricky (even though there are undoubtedly players that have lost out).

All you would need is one club saying they searched the data for say "any player over six foot" and one player who fit the search term but the data was inaccurate.

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That would only count toward one person one club not a widespread pattern.
While I was being extreme, showing that similar searches happen often and errors are somewhat common makes the case.